FROM what we have already covered, we know John the Baptist baptised with water to identify and present Jesus to the audience. As we go along, we are seeing more people accepting the spirit and intent ...

Justification in Catholic soteriology is ongoing, as I discussed in my previous article. One might draw an analogy to the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. He is first received through baptism: “Be ...

In a time when the world has been dramatically transformed, many people feel disconnected and abandoned by God. Today’s readings reveal that we are not alone, for the Holy Spirit is with us. As we ...

Nearly 50 years ago, an Episcopal priest shocked his listeners during a Palm Sunday sermon at St. Mark’s Church in Van Nuys, Calif. On April 3, 1960, the Rev. Dennis Bennett announced he had received ...

Pope Francis arrives for an audience with faithful from the Italian dioceses of Bologna and Cesena in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican April 21. (CNS/Angelo Carconi, EPA) The sacrament of baptism isn ...

Ask D. L. Moody, Charles G. Finney, Jonathan Edwards, or Cotton Mather. Recently we’ve heard a lot about the rapid worldwide growth of Pentecostal and charismatic groups. Researcher David Barrett and ...

You often hear that Jesus and the apostles quoted from the deuterocanonical books of the Bible—those that aren’t in the Protestant Old Testament. Did they? If not, what does the New Testament’s use of ...

Man is a spirit but he has a soul and lives in a body (1 Thess 5:23)- “May the very God of peace sanctify you completely and may your whole spirit, soul and body be preserved blameless to the coming ...