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Chapp's Schtick

In defense of moral agency and the necessary pursuit of holiness

September 2, 2026 Larry Chapp 16

The biblical narrative of redemption is rendered pointless and ultimately incomprehensible in a culture that has been bleached of a real sense of the importance of moral agency—the ability to choose freely right and wrong, […]

The Dispatch

The Immaculate Conception Revisited

December 9, 2024 Dr. Leroy Huizenga 57

In December 2018, I wrote an article for Catholic World Report on the Immaculate Conception: “Why I came to believe that Mary was conceived without sin.” I argued that it was (1) a matter of […]

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Iconography and healing the eyes of the heart

March 8, 2022 Dr. Adam A. J. DeVille 4

What does it mean to see God? Are there special places to look, or particular ways to adjust our vision so that we might overcome our blind-spots about God—or much else? I spent the fall […]

The Dispatch

When Christ’s yoke becomes ours, his Incarnation becomes our divinization

July 8, 2017 Carl E. Olson 3

Readings: • Zech 9:9-10 • Psa 145:1-2, 8-9, 10-11, 13-14 • Rom 8:9, 11-13 • Matt 11:25-30 Where can we acquire truth and real wisdom? Where can we find true peace and rest? And where can […]

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