Mark Shea

Sheavings

So wrote the Apostle Paul describing the scuttlebutt about himself in one of his periodic gusts of annoyance with the Church at Corinth. The Corinthians had definite ideas about what an apostle should look and sound like and Paul did not measure up in their eyes. Part of the problem apparently was that there seemed to be a disconnect in the minds of the Corinthians between how Paul sounded in print and the way he came off in person. More

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1. 5 Myths about 7 Books
2. It Didn't Go Out with Vatican II
3. Is the Second Coming Necessary?
4. Are Saints "New Revelation?"
5. The Trinity and Real Life
6. Letters! Oh We Get Letters!
7. What the Church Means by "Merit"
8. Why Tithe?
9. The Mother of the Son: The Case for Marian Devotion
10. Purgatory? Where's That in the Bible?
11. Are Sacraments Narrow
12. "Too Much" vs. "Just Enough"
13. Mere Theism: The Case for God
14. "You Can't Legislate Morality"
15. If Christ Has Not Been Raised: The Evidence for the Resurrection
16. Asking Questions
17. The Benefits of Belief
18. Self-Control: The Unpopular Fruit of the Spirit
19. The Temptation of Christ
20. The Woman Taken in Adultery
21. Toying with Evil: May a Catholic Advocate Torture?
22. The Pope As Flag
23. Who Do You Say I Am?
24. Death and Laughter
25. Prudence
26. Between Atheism and the New Age
27. Indulgences: The World's Most Misunderstood Spiritual Gifts
28. No Harm Will Befall You
29. Mercy
30. What is Sacred Tradition?
31. What is Salvation?
32. Questioning in Faith
33. How Tradition Gave Us the Bible
34. Materialist Magic
35. The Discovery of the Trinity
36. Because It's True
37. Materialist Magic
38. An Examination of Conscience for Parents
39. The Gift of Lent
40. Catholic "Officialdom" and Theological Ambiguity
41. Teaching the Theology of the Body
42. Cooperating with the Creator: Birth Control and the Church
43. Mortal Sins and Venial Sins
44. How I Changed my Mind About Mary
45. Why the Church has Creeds
46. Three Guidelines for Reading Scripture
47. Saints: Our Unseen Prayer Partners
48. In Praise of Parrot Prayer
49. Women Priests?
50. Apologetics or Apologies?
51. Between the Skeptic and the Fundamentalist: A Study In Balance
52. In the Breaking of the Bread
53. Mariaphobic Response Syndrome
54. Mariaphobic Response Syndrome: Part II
55. In Defense of Theology
56. The Incoherence of Atheism
57. The Incoherence of Atheism - Part II
58. The Incoherence of Atheism - Part III
59. Angels
60. Angels - Part II
61. Angels - Part III
62. Two Kinds of Questions
63. Intellectual Fisticuffs: Some Thoughts on the Apologetics Subculture
64. What Has Jesus Changed?
65. Why Catholics Don't Know What They're Talking About
66. Technological Messianism