This article first appeared on Public Square Magazine. Alma 32, a chapter in the Book of Mormon, offers a profound exploration of faith, knowledge, and their relationship. However, the message of this chapter is often oversimplified, as readers isolate it from the historical context. Alma delivers his discourse on faith
11But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb; 12and she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had been lying, one at the head and the other at the feet. 13They said to her, "Woman, why
Welcome to Sundays at All Hallows. This Sunday is the Second Sunday of Easter, according to the liturgical calendar of the Western Church. Called “Low Sunday,” it concludes the Octave of Easter, an eight-day period that marks the beginning of Eastertide, the Fifty Great Days of Easter. The origin
Christian thinkers continue to deal with Heidegger just as they continue to deal with Hegel. Just when both seem to be escaping our consciousness, they reemerge and trouble our intellectual conscience as to whether we have thought deeply enough and have fully understood how baleful the influence of Christianity has
From the very first moments of his pontificate—when he emerged onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica and famously asked the crowd gathered outside to pray for him—Pope Francis has garnered praise for his approachability and common touch. He has continued to win fans for displaying these same attributes throughout
By Thomas Lambrecht “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many” (Mark 10:45). This verse is sometimes called the “theme verse” of the Gospel of Mark. It encapsulates in one sentence what Jesus’