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Our Lady's House at Ephesus

A combination of mystical insights, and hard work perusing ancient documents may have found where Mary stayed during her time at Ephesus.

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Facing Chronic Illness in a Christian Way

Chronic illness is a spiritual challenge for believers, a challenge that I now must face.

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Does Your Vine Bear Fruit?

“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds that you plant.” Robert Louis Stevenson

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Who was Jesus

To understand Jesus you must realize that he was a mystery that theology tries to explain with varying degrees of success.

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Why do people believe in God?

The article examines various reasons that individuals have for holding a belief in the existence of God

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In A World Without Light

We step out into the world, hoping to soak up the freedom to do as we choose. And we do…but what does that really bring us in the end?

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Who Goes to Heaven

Most religions have a belief in an afterlife and hope that it will be a happy one.

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Mary of the Gael: St Brigid of Kildare

Christian saint, pre-Christian goddess, druidess, a woman of great spiritual strength. There is much to discuss about this outstanding spiritual personage.

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Did Jesus Exist?

No one in the ancient world denied that Jesus of Nazareth existed, not even his enemies.

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A Line of Scandalous Women

Preachers might emphasise Jesus' descent from David, but he had certain women among his ancestry whose reputation was not for good moral behaviour.

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Pilate

Pontius Pilate was unfortunate to have found himself in a situation that was well beyond his capacity to handle.

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Who Wrote the Gospels

We cannot know with certainty who wrote the four canonical gospels, but there are claims about their authorship which can be historically assessed

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Pathways to God

There is a variety of pathways through the first stages of belief in God, and they vary according to the individual.

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Understanding faith

The concept of faith is often misunderstood and misrepresented, but what is it really

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God does not have a magic wand: Reflections on Pope Francis' Address

Pope Francis is raising important points about divine action in the world

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Pilate

Pontius Pilate is a controversial character in the Christian story, but he was a man facing up to a strange and charismatic prisoner who challenged his certainties.

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Pelagius: a sadly traduced theologian

Pelagius was a religious thinker who clashed with Augustine and had his history written by his enemies, quite unfairly it seems.

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Understanding the Temptations of Christ

Whatever the literal truth of Jesus' temptations in the desert, the story is rich in meaning.

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