The Mission of the Church – Part Six

The Mission of the Church – Impediments to MissionMission is vital to the gospel. Each of the gospels ends with a directive to a mandate to mission. The mission is not based on our abilities but rather on the power of the Holy Spirit that we shine forth. We must respect other religions in that we must respect…

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The Mission of the Church – Part Five

Vatican II directed the Church outward, through Ad Gentes and echoed 25 years later in the encyclical Redemptoris Missio, which describes an intentional trajectory of where the Church believes that Christ wants us to go in mission. Evangelization is the duty of all Christians, and it brings us closer to Christ. There has been, however, a decline in missionary activity…

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The Mission of the Church – Part Four

The encyclical Evangelii Nuntiandi instructs us that the teaching of the Church is unchanged and irreplaceable. The task of evangelizing all people is the essential mission of the Church, but the Church has a need to be evangelized herself. This is the spiritual liberation, not a human liberation, as secular humanists and modern atheists might advocate.The techniques of evangelization must…

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The Mission of the Church – Part Three

The Second Vatican Council’s center was missionary and evangelistic, engaging the world in more positive and effective ways, addressing the decline in faith in the western world.After John XXIII began the council, Paul VI continued it, perhaps as a much more significant council than John envisioned. Events from the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, the civil rights movement, the…

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The Mission of the Church – Part Two

This is an exciting time to be Catholic.” This episode picks up the rousing theme where the last left it off. Vatican II stressed the Church’s need to engage with the modern world. The popes that followed have, with unrelenting urgency, urged every Christian to take up the task of mission. This episode sounds the…

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The Mission of the Church – Part One

The goal of this series is to equip Catholics to live out the mission of the Church, which is to proclaim Christ to the whole world. We will explore what this means for the faithful laity using the documents of Vatican II and the Catechism of the Catholic Church. The documents of the Second Vatican…

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Exodus 16 – Conclusion

The Hebrews consecrate the Tabernacle and all of the preparations are completed one year later, even washing the hands and feet of the priests in the middle of a desert. God has created a people fit for God, and we must strive not to fall back into slavery to sin because of it. Download MP3 (30:42; 17 MB)

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Exodus 15 – Building the Tabernacle

Exodus repeats much of the information regarding the tabernacle in the final chapters, signaling the restoration of Israel to God’s favor.  The Hebrews finish the tabernacle according to God’s design. Download MP3 (39:27; 22 MB)

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Our Next Bible Study: Elijah, the Great Prophet of God

Dear friends: Elijah was the great prophet of God. Though he left us no writings, his actions and teachings are recorded in I and II Kings. … Elijah appeared at a critical moment in the history of Israel to challenge a tyrant and turn the nation back toward God. … Every Christian needs to learn about…

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