In order to grasp the overall shape of the Catholic account of reality, it is important to understand what it claims to be in the first place. What does it mean to say Christianity is a revealed religion? How are we to grapple with mystery? What does it mean to accept salvation?
The point of apologetics is not the mere winning of arguments; instead, it is meant to show the reasonableness of the Gospel, clearing away obstacles to an authentic encounter with Christ.
If God has revealed himself definitively to humanity, the sensible thing to do is receive that revelation and live accordingly. Otherwise, we are left to find our way as best we can.
In order to understand the Scriptures, we must recognize their simultaneous human and divine origins: through the Bible we encounter the living Being who inspired its human authors.
Mystery lies at the heart of the Catholic imaginative vision. To understand what this means, we must get clear on what 'mystery' truly means.
As one examines the historical data behind the astonishing claim that Jesus rose from the dead, it becomes clear that the Christian claim of the Resurrection is the simplest explanation.
Does the evil we so constantly experience arise because of a deep moral flaw within each individual person, or does it come upon us from a source outside of us?
"Are you saved?" "Have you been born again?" The Catholic answers to these common questions arise from the heart of our understanding of our vocation as Christian disciples.
Christian faith puts us in relationship with the living God, and this relationship cannot be established simply by individual study and personal interpretation. What is the alternative?
How are we to understand the role of the sense of the faithful - a supernatural instinct of the devout baptized - within the context of the modern Church?