St. Titus Fellowship (03-22-2013)

This Friday we want to follow up on last week’s discussion of a post-Vatican II era blossoming of  a new and dynamic Catholicism. Author George Weigel sees this as a great missionary force for the third millennium. If this is true, we rejoice in the prospect of continued progress toward a new day in the…

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St. Titus Fellowship (03-15-2013)

With the election of our new pope, Francis, we rejoice and cannot but see the continued progress toward a new day in the Church. George Weigel sees the post-Vatican II era blossoming into a new and dynamic evangelical Catholicism. This hope will be our topic this Friday.

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Thessalonians 14 – Conclusion

In strong terms, Paul commands the people not to associate with those who live in idleness. This is not simply lending a helping hand to those who are down on their luck, but to those who refuse to work and simply live on others and gossip. Paul commands such people to attend to their work…

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Thessalonians 13 – Tying Second Thessalonians Together

The second coming will be a terrible day for some, but it will be the end of the journey for the faithful. Paul prays that the word of the Lord speed on as the Thessalonians have been doing and are continuing to do. Paul prays that God directs His people to Himself. Download MP3 (56:17;…

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Thessalonians 12 – The Desolating Sacrilege

The book of Daniel predicts that a desolating sacrilege will appear in the temple. People had thought that the desecration of the temple in the time of the Maccabees was this, but Jesus says that this is yet to come. This is an antichrist who will cause sacrifice to cease. There will be a tribulation…

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Thessalonians 11 – The Man of Lawlessness

Paul addresses the likely reason for this second letter, a misapprehension of the second coming. Some had been caught up in the belief that the second coming had happened or was about to happen soon. This idea may have come from a false letter of Paul. The end times will be accompanied by a man…

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Thessalonians 10 – An Introduction to the End Times

When the Lord is revealed on the last day, He will be revealed from Heaven, in power, and in the fire of justice, which may or may not also be a literal fire. God will punish those who do not know God and refuse to obey Him. Yet it is by God’s grace that we…

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Thessalonians 09 – Growing in Faith

Thessalonica is growing in faith. Paul’s catechesis is an exercise in growing in holiness. The Thessalonians were eager to hear the good news and were preparing for the second coming. Paul sees that they have already grown in love, and Christians must have love to care for their fellow Christians. On the last day, those…

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