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Volume 14, Number 1
   January 2003   



 
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Cover Story

   

Are Apologetics and Evangelization at Odds?

Apologetics and evangelism are both parts of God’s job description for us. But do we win converts best with rational explanations the faith? Or do we win them by leading holy lives?

   
By Peter Kreeft
 

Feature Article

   

Are There Cults in the Catholic Church?

There are many lay organizations in the Church today that seem intense and secretive to those outside their circles—in short, cult-like. But it’s easy to tell a cult from a legitimate ecclesial movement: look to Rome.

   
By Jay Dunlap
 

Feature Article

   

How to Explain Marian Devotion to a Sola Scriptura Protestant

What do you do when a Protestant Christian challenges Catholic devotion to Mary as being excessive and distorted? You show them how their devotion to the Bible can be construed in the same way.

   
By Dwight Longenecker
 

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Pius IX on Mary

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Athanasius on Mary

Feature Article

   

Muslims Worship the One True God

Only Their 'Receiving Apparatus Is Defective

Some “traditionalist” Catholics think that since Allah is a false god, any Catholic—the Pope included—who maintains that Muslims worship the one true God is a heretic. Fr. Harrison gets to the truth of the matter.

   
By Fr. Brian Harrison, O.S.
 

Feature Article

   

Sharing the Gospel with Muslims

You know a Muslim who is interested in the Catholic Church? Here’s a blueprint for the best ways to effectively evangelize him—and to set yourself apart from the Protestants who are also likely after him.

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What If
By Karl Keating

Letters

The Apologist’s Eye

Step by Step

   

How Can a Priest Forgive Sins?
By Kenneth J. Howell

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The Six Days of Creation
By Jimmy Akin

The Fathers Know Best

   

Resurrection of the Body

Classic Apologetics

   

Nuggets of Faith
By Walter Jewell and R. G. Flaxman

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