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Fourthyou must study the Faith to deepen your conviction that Catholicism is true. The books below will have served their purpose if all they have done is made you a more rock-solid believer in Jesus Christ.

My book Just Whatever: How To Help the Spiritually Indifferent Find Beliefs That Really Matter was written for this purpose, to equip the modern Catholic evangelist practically and intellectually.

Francis J. Sheed, the great English soap-box orator, apologist, and founder of Sheed & Ward Publishing, is as good as Catholic teachers in print come. For the best popular introduction to Catholic theology, read the following four books in order:

This will be one of the most important parts of your study. When disagreements arise regarding biblical interpretation, we can test these things as St. Paul exhorted us to (1 Thess. 5:21) by turning to the writings of the earliest Christian leaders who were, as is evident in their writings, undeniably and unambiguously Catholic.

For a general overview from a philosophical and theological perspective I would point back to Society and Sanity by Frank Sheed. IAlso, A Refutation Of Moral Relativism by Peter Kreeft and Relativism: Feet Firlmly Planted in Mid-Air by Francis Beckwith and Greg Koukl.

This is a vast area with many sub-groups of recommended reading. I will recommend some big titles that I think are really helpful for getting started in the area of Christian apologetics (in no particular order):

G.K. Chesterton, Arnold Lunn, Frank Sheed, Maisie Ward, Hilair Belloc, Blessed John Cardinal Henry Newman and C.S. Lewis to name a few. These folks are articulate, intelligent and a force to be reckoned with. Their writings are a challenge at first but stick with them; suddenly and without warning they seem to burst into life leaving you begging for more. These people and their writings make it exciting to be an apologist (and, especially, a Christian!).

Welcome to my blog! I like to ponder the Big Questions, especially concerning human origins, human potential, and human destiny. Sometimes I write down my thoughts. This blog is where you'll find them.