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-5 posts tagged "Heaven"
Andrew Sveda | Monday, October 31, 2022
Paul’s most scathing words are found in Galatians, where he vigorously defends the doctrine of justification by faith. Why was this teaching so important to him? Let us look at a passage in Galatians 3: “For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse; for it is written, ‘Cursed is everyone
Genevieve Coleman | Wednesday, March 24, 2021
As I was writing this column, my mind kept drifting back to one of the most profound and highly contentious debates I have ever participated in through my more than 14 years of Catholic schooling: whether pets go to Heaven. As a 19-year-old who considers herself somewhat educated, I can now comprehend the theological foundations
Andrew Sveda | Monday, November 2, 2020
If you talk with Christians about their faith, no doubt many will tell you about a deep crisis in their life — a death of a loved one or a terrible illness — during which they were brought to faith in Jesus Christ. Sometimes people are moved by these stories, but I think most of
Willoughby Thom | Thursday, September 5, 2019
Twenty-thousand Christians have signed a petition to remove Amazon Prime’s mini-series “Good Omens” from Netflix due to concerns that the show is “normalizing Satanism.” Wait, that doesn’t seem right. There are two issues here: the series isn’t on Netflix, and it isn’t promoting Satanism in any way. In fact, this beautiful piece of work is
Erin Thomassen | Tuesday, February 3, 2015
New Year’s Day sales were great. Being called “ma’am” was not. The beaming employee in Macy’s meant no harm. That made it worse. She thought she was being polite, that she might get a gold star from her manager. She didn’t realize that when she was ‘ma’aming’ me, she was maiming me. I’m being a