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Response (10/6/24)
Posted by Gail Schlicht on 10/29/24
Response In some ways, this column of our series on the basic Gospel message is the most challenging. Once we have seen, heard, and understood all that God has done for us, we might be at a loss as to what to do next. The Psalmist King David says ... Read More »
Rescued (9/29/24)
Posted by Gail Schlicht on 10/29/24
Rescued I recently re-watched the HBO series Band of Brothers, a World War II story told through the eyes of Easy Company (a parachute rifle company in the US Army) from training for D-Day in June 1944 to the end of the war the next summer. The scenes of ... Read More »
Captured (9/22/24)
Posted by Gail Schlicht on 10/29/24
Captured The story is told that one year the London Times sent out an inquiry to famous authors asking them to answer the question, “What’s wrong with the world today?” to which the English author and Catholic convert G.K. Chesterton replied, “Dear Sir, I am. Yours, G.K. Chesterton”. Last ... Read More »
Created (9/15/24)
Posted by Gail Schlicht on 10/29/24
Created The following articles are inspired by The Rescue Project, a series of videos explaining the fundamental Christian message by Acts XXIX. More information will be shared about this movement when we host the series in the future.
In order for you to be reading this right now, ... Read More »
Kerygma (9/8/24)
Posted by Gail Schlicht on 10/29/24
Kerygma - Back to Basics It’s never a bad idea to go “back to basics” once in a while and re-emphasize the most elemental things. NBA players practice free throws and layups, teachers do long division by hand, and chefs come back to their grandmother’s recipes. As ... Read More »
The Eucharist in the Early Church Part VII: The Bread of Eternal Life (8/25/24)
Posted by Gail Schlicht on 10/17/24
The Eucharist in the Early Church Part VII: The Bread of Eternal Life This is the seventh in a seven-part series on the Eucharist in the Early Church. This series began as an attempt to show, by reference to the earliest witnesses, the consistency of the ... Read More »
The Eucharist in the Early Church Part VI: Preparing for Communion (8/18/24)
Posted by Gail Schlicht on 10/17/24
The Eucharist in the Early Church Part VI: Preparing for Communion This is the sixth in a seven-part series on the Eucharist in the Early Church. Last month, we looked at how by receiving the Eucharist we become the Body of Christ. Yet before we can ... Read More »
The Eucharist in the Early Church Part V: Communion and Unity (8/11/24)
Posted by Gail Schlicht on 10/17/24
The Eucharist in the Early Church Part V: Communion and Unity This is the fifth in a seven-part series on the Eucharist in the Early Church. St. Augustine (4th c.) poetically describes the relationship between receiving Holy Communion and becoming the Church: “therefore receive and eat ... Read More »
The Eucharist in the Early Church Part IV: The New Passover (8/4/24)
Posted by Gail Schlicht on 10/17/24
The Eucharist in the Early Church Part IV: The New Passover This is the fourth in a seven-part series on the Eucharist in the Early Church. Dr. Brant Pitre in his book Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist, poses the important question, “How did ... Read More »
The Eucharist in the Early Church Part III: Transubstantiation (7/28/24)
Posted by Gail Schlicht on 10/17/24
The Eucharist in the Early Church Part III: Transubstantiation This is the third in a seven-part series on the Eucharist in the Early Church. Last week, I wrote about the doctrine of the Real Presence, that Jesus Christ is present Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity beneath ... Read More »