“Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander.” (1 Peter 3:15) My recent column about my daughter’s plight with anorexia angered one of my readers, enough so that she wrote a rather vitriolic letter to its editor. This was not your everyday run-of-the-mill reader either. […]

“For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” (John 3:16) I had a friend telephone me a few years back. She had a close relative whom she thought had contracted a terminal illness. She was deeply concerned about his future and asked me, “Will a Catholic go to heaven?” As first blush I was caught a little off guard by her question because I am not that familiar with what Catholics believe. […]

“He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.” (John 8:44-45) What image comes to mind when you think of the devil? For me, I conjure up the picture that I had from childhood of a dark red, two-legged man with a goatee on his chin […]

“By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a short time. He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward. (Hebrews 11:24-26) Hardly a day goes by that I don’t receive some kind of sweepstakes offer in the mail. Invariably the offer […]