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Volume 13, Number 8
   October 2002   



 
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Cover Story

   

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem. . .

From the heart of a Jewish convert: An open letter to Cardinal William Keeler in response to "Reflections on Covenant and Mission"

Catholics shouldn't evangelize Jews? So says a recent document issued by the U.S. bishops. A Catholic convert from Judaism points out the deeply flawed thinking behind the bishops' statement.

   
By Rosalind Moss
 

Feature Article

   

The Church Domestic

How the Rules of Faith Reorder Our Chaos

The Holy Spirit uses the "rules" of the Church to domesticate us. What this means, and how to witness to non-Catholic Christians the virtues of domesticity.

   
By David Mills
 

Feature Article

   

Shepherd's in Sheep's Clothing

Why would an otherwise good pastor restrain his power to speak, to act-to lead? Here are some possibilities and what members of the flock can do to bolster the courage of their spiritual leaders.

   
By Mary Beth Kremski
 

Feature Article

   

Grave Errors

Refuting Jack Chick's Last Rites

We must take seriously the fact that many earnest Christians are taken in by Jack Chick's comic-book anti-Catholicism. A step-by-step refutation of the distortions of the faith contained in one of these tracts, Last Rites.

   
By Anne Burns
 

Feature Article

   

Does Being Faithful Mean You Are Rigid?

Parsing the Language of Dissenters

Pejoratives are lobbed at Catholics who are faithful to the teachings of the Church—and often they come from other Catholics who want to bend the rules.

   
By Kevin Lents
 

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Bad Theology Disguised as Charity
By Karl Keating

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The Apologist's Eye

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Islam, Peace, and Violence
By Jimmy Akin

The Fathers Know Best

   

Born Again in Baptism

Damascus Road

   

I Could Ignore His Calling No Longer
By Vivian Goff

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What Spirits Are and What They Aren't
By Frank Sheed

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