So often we feel like our prayers go unanswered. Like God must be ignoring them. But maybe we’re the ones doing the ignoring? Unfortunately, we are too often close-minded about what an answered prayer should look like that we end up missing the answer all together. God is everywhere, yet somehow we miss Him. The [...]
Catholics get a bad rap for thinking we somehow “merit” or “earn” our own sanctification (and salvation) through “works” that we do. But that’s a misunderstanding of what the Catholic Church actually teaches. Our sanctification (our being made holy) happens only by the Grace of God. But it does require a response on our part. [...]
The complete and full definition of something is often much deeper than the words that attempt to articulate it. In other words, how we define something may only express a mere part of the reality of the object being defined. That may be because we simply don’t know much about it yet. Or it may [...]
Are you saved? Are you absolutely sure that you are going to heaven? Is it possible to know for sure? Can you lose salvation? Are we saved by faith alone? Or do our works have anything to do with it? What does the bible say about this? Former Protestant minister turned Catholic apologist, Tim Staples, [...]
“You only live once. And in the south, once is enough if you do it right.” – Joe Barnett, Shrimp and Grits Champion
