Posts Tagged ‘Gospel’

Tips: How to share the gospel in a hostile age

Tuesday, July 14th, 2015

In the face of a U.S. Supreme Court decision finding a constitutional right to gay marriage and the Oklahoma State Supreme ruling a Ten Commandments monument unconstitutional, many Christians are experiencing increased intolerance in the public square. But does the increasingly secular culture mean believers need to adjust how they share the gospel? “Yes, I Read more

Cardinal Kasper says hardliners think Gospel like penal code

Friday, October 3rd, 2014

Cardinal Walter Kasper says some prelates who have taken a hard line ideological position prior to the synod on the family have got the Gospel all wrong. In an interview with America Magazine and Argentina’s La Nacion, Cardinal Kasper said some cardinals and bishops fear a domino-like collapse in the Church’s moral structure. “That’s their Read more

Evangelii Gaudium: Fidelity to the Gospel, lest we run in vain

Tuesday, April 8th, 2014

193. We incarnate the duty of hearing the cry of the poor when we are deeply moved by the suffering of others. Let us listen to what God’s word teaches us about mercy, and allow that word to resound in the life of the Church. The Gospel tells us: “Blessed are the merciful, because they Read more

New musical uses Britney Spears’ music to tell the story of Jesus Christ

Tuesday, November 5th, 2013

“Is it the greatest story ever told to the greatest music ever written?” This is the question the creators of Spears The Musical: The Gospel According To Britney ask in regard to their new opera, which tells the story of Jesus Christ through the music of Britney Spears. According to the musical’s website, the show Read more

Archbishop Martin: Church must be ‘destructured’

Tuesday, April 9th, 2013

Irish Archbishop Diarmuid Martin has said the Church should be “restructured and destructured” in order to bear more effective witness to the Gospel. “Newness and life will not come out of a Church which still wants to look on itself as an institution of power, even a renewed institution, or from a Church which is Read more

First Homily: Pope Francis urges Church to return to Gospel roots

Friday, March 15th, 2013

In his first public Mass, Pope Francis urged the Catholic Church on Thursday to stick to its Gospel roots and shun modern temptations, warning that it would become just another charitable group if it forgot its true mission. In a heartfelt, simple homily, the Argentinian pope laid out a clear moral path for the 1.2-billion-member Read more

Talents and the Gospel

Tuesday, November 15th, 2011

The gospel according to Brad

Friday, September 23rd, 2011

The gospel according to Brad Thorn is now available, as part of a rugby-themed edition of a Bible chapter published to coincide with the Rugby World Cup. Godzone is a re-vamped version of the Gospel of Luke, featuring the  text of the New Testament interspersed with the life stories of 10 international players whose lives Read more