Posts by Andrew Swafford

What Jesus teaches us in Lent restores what we have lost … but, even more than that, it elevates us to share in his divinity.

Lent, and the entire Christian life, is about entering into the life of Christ and allowing his life to be reproduced in us.

“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?” Paul asked … and Luther answered: Faith alone. How can Catholics answer?

“If you confess with your lips … and believe in your heart … you will be saved.” This passage would seem to support salvation by faith alone.

In the final episode of Father Mike Schmitz’s Bible-in-a Year Podcast, he recommended my Great Adventure Bible studies. Here is some of what I cover.

Marriage is more than a piece of paper. It is more than just a human commitment. But how … and why? St. John Paul II has the answer.

Good Catholics sometimes find themselves struggling with chastity, especially when they believe they will one day marry this person.

There are four reasons why God chose the cross not just to save us, but to transform us.

Secular answers don’t do full justice to the reality of the problem of sin.

As St. John Paul II so ardently taught, only love can conquer a culture of death marked by utilitarian logic.