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When her choir teacher is suspended for refusing to remove 'Silent"Night" from the line-up of songs at the school's winter concert, Amelia is heartbroken. Her father and the family housekeeper use the scriptures to help teach her the importance of standing up for one's beliefs. Through the story of Samuel the Lamanite, she learns the importance of standing up for her beliefs. Under much adversity, Samuel's integrity as he prophesizes to the Nephites...
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Most "-isms" are definied in opposition to each other. For instance, atheism is defined in contradistinction to theisms; postmodernity is definied in contradistinction to modernity. As a result, some -isms exclude certain understandings while others are compatible with certain other understandings. Which are compatible with Catholic Christianity?
63) Chasing the Star
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Three Magi Priests from different regions of the world journey through the unforgiving desert in hopes of finding proof of an age old prophecy. But Kings of men and fallen angels will stop at nothing to destroy the Magi and the baby boy they hold dear. These evils force the Magi to confront and make peace with old demons in order to prepare for the arrival of the new born King.
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Great People of the Bible volume 1
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Abraham was respected by others, and he was courageous in defending his family at any cost. Sarah, his wife, became mother of a nation and ancestor of Jesus. She was a woman of faith and the first woman listed in the Hall of Faith in Hebrews 11. Sarah gave birth to her miracle - child, Isaac, when she was ninety years old. He was the fulfillment of God's promise to Abraham. God's promise to create a great nation was passed on by Isaac to his twin...
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Boundless Salvation volume 1
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Episode one of this documentary explores the history of The Salvation Army.
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Good theology should lead to spirituality, and good spirituality is rooted in good theology. The hinge between them is religious experience. In this segment, we will explore what we mean by "religious" and what we mean by "experience." We will look at the concept of mystery, the experience of grace and of God, and God's desire for us.
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Bible Rules volume 5
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These days, most people don't worship golden idols, but it's amazing how many of the Bible rules about graven images still sound relevant. In this episode, we plunge back into a world of otherworldly gods, who had to be fed, clothed and coddled.
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The end of the world has been a constant source of fascination for humanity. Our understanding of physics, aided by our observations of astronomy, paints a different though equally inexorable end to the universe as we know it. In this lecture, Dr. Consolmagno examines scientific predictions about the death of the cosmos.
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Knights Templar volume 1
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In the year 1119 AD the Order of the Temple of Solomon was founded in Jerusalem by a band of nine Christian knights who had vowed to protect pilgrims traveling to the Holy Land. In just a few years the Order had become the elite military spearhead of the medieval Catholic Church, utterly dedicated to clearing the forces of Islam from the lands once walked upon by Christ.
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Great People of the Bible volume 2
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Apart from Jesus, no person shaped the history of Christianity like the Apostle Paul. His personal encounter with Jesus Christ changed his life from persecutor to preacher for Christ. Ben Kingsley narrates the story of Paul, who preached for Christ throughout the Roman Empire on three missionary journeys. Paul wrote letters to various churches, many of which became part of the New Testament. His pilgrimage made lands holy and places sacred. Follow...
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"Reason" is used in a number of ways: support or basis, inference, experience, empirically verifiable, or human intelligence proceeding without divine grace or revelation. Thomas Aquinas proposes that people may know through reason or through faith. The First Vatican Council rejected both faith without reason and reason without faith, both fideism and rationalism. John Paul II continued that approach in his encyclical, Faith and Reason.
72) Children Of Mud
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Children of Mud is a film that follows two homeless kids who are accused of witchcraft by their reatives and thrown out of the house. Emem and her blind brother go in search of a miracle as they journey to see a healer they saw on TV and endure perilous circumstances to get there. Children of Mud is based on a true.
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"Faith-ing" is a newly created word, parallel to believing. Uses of these terms include: believing that some statement is true; believing in or trusting; and believing someone giving testimony (i.e. accepting someone's word). Whereas some opinions and beliefs must proceed from evidence, the faith by which Christians are saved includes and is shaped by love and allegiance.
74) The 3
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After the untimely death of his daughter, Jimmy's life is at a crossroads. The choices he is about to make will determine the rest of his life. It is at his lowest point that he is visited by three guests, each with their own agenda, that will steer him toward his destiny.
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Joy of Seeking God First volume 3
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Am I seeking God for myself or Himself? Anita shares many Bible verse to help us answer this question.
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Religions of the World - Oh My GOD volume 16
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Tevya meets a young Islamic Palestinian and reveals why Jerusalem is considered such a sacred piece of religious real estate to all Muslims.
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The cosmological argument takes reasoning steps from a contingent existing fact to a sufficient explainer of that fact, namely a necessary being (that cannot be otherwise than existing). Challenges to the argument include the notion of contingency, the Principle of Sufficient Reason, no infinite regress in explanation, understanding causation, and necessary being as God.
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Religions of the World - Oh My GOD volume 12
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Host Tevya goes deep into the woods to explore the spiritual ways of North America's first Aboriginal people- the people of the First Nations. While he has seen headdresses, Pow-Wows, sweat lodges and teepees on television, Tevya knows nothing about what First Nations people really believe or what their rituals are. After meeting two indigenous teenagers, Tevya experiences this religion firsthand.
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Religions of the World - Oh My GOD volume 6
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While many mainline Christian churches are in decline, Evangelical Christianity remains a powerful force in the 21st century. With 2.1 billion followers worldwide, this particular branch of faith must be doing something right. In this program, host Tevya enters the world of Evangelicals, meeting a local pastor whose weekly service is broadcast to five different locations and features a full rockband. He learns that it is all about giving back.
80) The Messengers
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Follow a small band of early Christian believers as they boldly proclaim Christ and His message in the face of great opposition, an act which results in the growth of the church and the unexpected conversion of its most zealous enemy. In this installment of The Voice of Martyrs series, Jesus Christ has risen from the dead and appeared to His disciples. He addresses them and says "Remain in Jerusalem until you are filled with power from Heaven!" While...
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