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Dom Raso: SEAL Team Six Operator, Warrior for God
Bridget McCartney Nohara
Former Navy SEAL Team Six / Development Group (DEVGRU) Operator Dom Raso knows something about battle—both physical and spiritual. As one of the most elite soldiers in the United States military, Raso’s name is revered across the country for his service as well as his contributions to research and development of military techniques. Now, armed with a Rosary, he enlists himself everyday as a warrior of God. |
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We Can Console Jesus
Michael Adams
Through the very lives we live today, we are capable of consoling Jesus as he hangs upon the cross. To relieve his loneliness and ease his suffering and pain, we must go beyond being near Jesus. We must tend to him. To do this, we must recognize the reality of the gift of his mercy and feel the guilt for having denied him. Then, moved by love, we must ask him how we can give of ourselves and bring him joy. |
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Abortion, Slavery, and the Image of God
Dr. Richard Clements
Arguments in favor of abortion “rights” have undergone an evolution in the past thirty years that parallels an evolution that took place in the arguments in favor of slavery prior to the Civil War. Pro-life advocates have pointed out that our country is dehumanizing unborn children who, like all human beings, are made in the image and likeness of God, just as our country dehumanized slaves. Human beings should never have been enslaved in order to facilitate the flourishing of other human beings, nor should unborn children be killed in order to facilitate such “flourishing.” |
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Tradwives, Kate Middleton, and Tradition
Maggie Phillips
The draw of social media accounts where women show themselves and their families living simple, ordered lives that are rooted in tradition, clearly speaks to something that is hardwired in the human condition. The women are being scrutinized—by turns enviously, critically, and aspirationally. The recent case of the missing princess explains the downside of this phenomenon. Kate Middleton’s humanity was reduced in the minds of many to public roles performed for public consumption. When she stopped performing them, the public rushed to fill the vacuum. |
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Flawed Objections to Marian Apparitions
Justin Kalan
Let’s hope that any Protestants looking into Marian apparitions are more open to the evidence than Elliot Miller and Kenneth Samples. In their book, they make a variety of objections to Marian apparitions using arguments that can be leveled and have been leveled against Christianity. The writers failure to evaluate apparitions on the basis of the evidence, instead dismissing them out of hand in ways that are completely consistent with non-Christian rejections of the claims of Christianity. |
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Prenatal Testing and Abortion in a Post-Roe World
Mark Bradford
The global prenatal testing market was valued at $15.5 billion in 2022 and is projected to increase by an annual growth rate of about 10.2 percent to $40.9 billion by 2032. The most common advice pregnant women receive from their healthcare professionals is encouragement to end their pregnancy. Women are caught in this quandary created by the medical profession, along with the abortion and prenatal testing industries. Down syndrome and other disability advocates now have to work harder than ever to evangelize a culture that is told it should reject an “imperfect” life. The stakes are high. |
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Calvary: A Very Lenten Movie
Collin Slowey
In seeking a film in these final days of Lent, there is a uniquely compelling exploration of Christ’s atonement to be found in the 2014 cinema masterpiece, Calvary. John Michael McDonagh’s main character’s ordeal is a kind of dramatized analogy of Girard’s scapegoat theory. The film is unrelentingly bleak in its portrayal of the human condition without God, while the messages raise it to the level of genuine spiritual edification. Movie-watching isn’t typically penitential, but these 101 minutes are Lenten indeed. |
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Theology in Community: Meet Dr. Richard DeClue
Nell O‘Leary
“The task before me is precisely to make theology more accessible. I view my role as a simplifying one.” As the Word on Fire Institute Fellow of Theology, Dr. Richard DeClue is driven by one primary motivation: the salvation of souls. Nell O’Leary caught up with Richard to learn about his new Theology for Evangelists Community in the Institute, where he strives to share the treasures of theology so others can benefit from the beauty of our faith and share the joy of the Gospel with others. |
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Get Married, or at Least Read This Book
Dr. Christopher Kaczor
Some people today choose not to pursue marriage because of online misinformation and media manipulation. In his book, Brad Wilcox busts multiple marriage myths. You’ve heard things like you should prioritize making money over marriage, that having kids makes your life and your marriage miserable, that marriage makes no difference for raising kids. Reality shows otherwise, and the research proves it. |
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4 Lessons from St. Patrick of Ireland
Fr. Billy Swan
The Gospel St. Patrick proclaimed was a power that united people with God and to one another. So successful was he in telling the story of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, that it would transform a whole nation and inspire countless men and women to tell that story across the globe as missionaries. St. Patrick of Ireland reminds us of the essentials of our evangelizing enterprise in order to help a modern audience find its place within it. |
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A Parable from the Science Textbook: The Magnet of the Trinity
Vanessa Lopez
God has revealed his mysterious inner life to be that of the Blessed Trinity. The love of God the Father and God the Son is so substantial that it is another person: God the Holy Spirit. As one pole of a magnet is irresistibly attracted to the opposite pole, generating a magnetic field, the Father and Son are forever drawn to each other, generating the magnetic field of love, which is the Holy Spirit. |
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