Double-Vision
The man born blind in John's Gospel represents all sons of fallen Adam. By responding to the grace won by the second Adam, our spiritual sight can be restored.... Read More
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By Rupturing Faith and Reason, You End Up with Neither
The full integration of reason and faith, the head and the heart, are necessary for happiness. Why, then, does it seem that so many people are hellbent on being unhappy?... Read More
Supernatural Gift of Faith is Another Term for Spiritual Sight
Before sin entered the world and disconnected human nature from perfect union with God, our first parents were able to ‘see’ God through faith, by the unimpeded sanctifying grace that was offered (but rejected). This spiritual sight is restored by the grace won for humanity on the cross, albeit as a bit more cloudy and […]... Read More
Faith and Works
The faith-works controversy may be assisted by looking back at the two main covenants of the Old Testament: God’s covenant with Abraham was based on a test of faith; and His covenant with Moses came with moral obligations: the Ten Commandments. Faith then works; in that sequential order. In the new and eternal covenant in […]... Read More
Faith, Wisdom, and Science
No one can survive by believing as true 'only' that which has been scientifically or empirically proven to him.... Read More
Knowing God through Reason Alone
Modernity's false dichotomy between science and faith has had a dehumanizing effect. Human reason is the bridge and arbiter between knowledge of the heart and knowledge through the senses.... Read More
Unnatural rupture of science and religion
Metaphysics is the bridge between science and faith. Modern education destroying that bridge led to a form of fundamentalism in both science and religion, making inevitable an unnecessary war between them.... Read More
The Tragic Divorce of Faith and Reason
The world has suffered greatly since the tragic divorce between faith and reason. A great reconciliation is necessary!... Read More
The Faith/Works Problem in a Nutshell
It's more a way of thinking than it is a way of believing.... Read More
The Era of Unreason
Other than the point that they’ve chosen the never-ending misery of hell as their eternal destiny, the problem with post-Christian “progressives” is that while they crown humanity its own god, they must reject not only faith, but reason. There’s no way to reasonably claim human beings don’t begin at conception, that marriage is meant to […]... Read More
Know your faith!
Don't just recite a prayer. Understand its meaning. Let's go beneath the surface on each line of the Creed. ... Read More
Murano Minute: Unscientific Science
The scientific method was never meant to shut us off to what's outside the box, but rather to be used as a steady springboard from which to soar to the ultimate truths.... Read More
The Dogma Lives Loudly within You
“The dogma lives loudly within you.” We are a believing species. Unlike animals that live by instinct alone, our intellects must judge truth from falsehood, right from wrong. We must discern and choose to believe certain tenets about reality. We know what we know through three means of information: faith, reason, and experience. This corresponds […]... Read More
Compassion
Without truth and courage afforded by the gift of grace, human compassion, causes more harm than good.... Read More
The Creed, Beneath the Surface. Episode One: "I Believe"
This is our first installment of a multi-episode series called, The Creed: Beneath the Surface! Episode One: "I Believe"... Read More
