Can something which is not forbidden in Scripture, later be declared forbidden by the Church? How does Saint Paul, as apostle and missionary bishop, warn the Christians in Rome (where
Women clergy? Responsibility to other Christians? Greet each other with a holy kiss? Marcus Grodi and Dr. Kenneth Howell discuss the last two chapters of the Book of Romans in this episode of Deep in Scripture.
In this section, St Paul moves on from deeper theological and ethical teachings to discuss why he has written so boldly to the Roman Christians, why he has not visited
Being a faithful follower of Christ means being a faithful member of the Family of God. Given the challenging call of Christ “to be perfect as our heavenly Father
Again, following St Paul’s instructions to transform our thinking (Rom 12:1,2), this requires examining our lifestyles down to most simple habits of eating and drinking. The truth is, in many
“Render unto Caesar…” In Romans 12:1-2, St. Paul calls Christians to continue their conversion by transforming their minds—and not conforming to the world, or the culture around them. In chapter
Today’s email points to the need the Church to instruct us on the seriousness of scriptural exhortation like those of St. Paul, including those we will discuss today from Roman’s
“Mr. Grodi, I have heard you quip many times that when Scripture says (1 Tim 3:15) that the pillar and bulwark of the truth is the Church, Jesus could not have meant the thousands of denominations divided by contrary interpretations of Scripture we now have in our world, for how could an invisible church of faithful believers be the pillar and bulwark of anything?….”
Janet was raised in Pennsylvania. Her father was Polish National Catholic and her mother Lutheran. From a young age she was devoted to the church but she also had many
Brandon grew up in Texas the son of two wonderful Christian parents and from his youth he loved Jesus Christ. When he was about 12 Brandon and his family began
Behind these verses, is St. Paul assumption of the Mystical Body of Christ: through Baptism, believers become united with Christ and one another in the Church.
Our entire person—body and soul—is our personal share in the daily sacrifice of the Body of Christ; “what we do in the body” daily, as St. Paul say elsewhere, is how we “suffer with Christ.”