A man I’d never met called a few months ago and asked for an appointment about an urgent matter. So we met. “My son is dating a Catholic girl and my wife and I are sick about it! What should we do?” I’ve been asked this question dozens of times over the years, so I’ve learned to ask this question; “What kind of Catholic is she (or he)?” Invariably the reaction is always the same. “What do you mean by that? She’s Catholic. How many kinds of Catholics are there?” “There are as many kinds of...

I grew up in a wonderful church that was part of the theologically strong denomination. So what about to discribe is more about the Christian culture I grew up in than my church, or denomination. Growing up in the 50’s amd 60’s I heard the phrase used often, “I have a private faith.” Or “She, or he, or they have a private faith.” I took that to mean that just because they never, or rarely talked about their relationship with Jesus to family and friends and almost never to strangers didn’t...

In last week’s blog, I described the sin Jesus said could not be pardoned or forgiven in this life or the next. The unpardonable sin is attributing to Satan, a work of the Holy Spirit like the miracle Jesus did and the Pharasies said Jesus was empowered by the Devil. But if what it means to be saved   is that all past and future sins are forgiven by God, because of Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection, is it even possible for Christians to commit an unpardonable sin? Maybe There are two...