The best gift a Catholic parent or teacher can give a child is a firm understanding of faith. These 50 Catholic flash cards will help your child understand God's love and the truths of the Catholic faith. Friendly Defenders: Catholic Flash Cards helps kids learn answers to some of the most commonly-asked questions about God, Jesus, the Bible, the Catholic Church, the afterlife, and more. The Friendly Defenders: Catholic Flash Cards are designed to help you train up your child so that they will never stray from God s love and from the Catholic Church our Lord Jesus established. The 50 cards within each packet offer common objections people have to the Catholic faith as well as short, pithy answers to these objections. Start creating a solid foundation rooted in faith today!

Friendly Defenders: Catholic Flash Cards

Matthew Pinto

Katherine Andes

Children's Books

Ascension Press

In The Rapture Trap, Dr. Paul Thigpen explains the biblical foundations of Catholic teaching on the final judgment. Drawing from Scripture and Tradition, The Rapture Trap reveals the shortcomings of the "rapture" doctrine and the larger tangle of unfounded religious teachings to which it's tied. In this Catholic response to “end times” fever, discover… <ul>
<li>The origins of the novel rapture theory and its theological flaws.</li> <li>Why the rapture idea is so seductive and spiritually dangerous to Christians.</li> <li>The subtle (and not-so-subtle) anti-Catholic agenda from promoters of the rapture doctrine.</li> <li>What the Catholic Church teaches (and doesn't teach) about the end of the world.</li> <li>11 insights the Church offers us about the second coming of Christ.</li> <li>13 guidelines for discerning the validity of claims to private revelation.</li> <li>Five ways Catholic theologians interpret the Book of Revelation.</li> <li>What the Church teaches about the Antichrist.</li> </ul>

The Rapture Trap: A Catholic Response to End Times Fever

Religion & Spirituality

Paul Thigpen

Christian Books & Bibles

Over and over, readers have told us they couldn't put this book down. My Life on the Rock, Jeff Cavins' modern-day prodigal son story, is one of the most intriguing and dramatic conversion stories in the Church today a bittersweet story of an emotional and spiritual search for peace in a chaotic world. The founding host of EWTN s popular Life on the Rock program and creator of The Great Adventure Catholic Bible Study Program, Jeff spent twelve years as a Protestant pastor before returning to the Catholic Faith. This is the perfect book for friends who have left the Church and for those who desire a powerful story of Catholic conversion.

My Life on the Rock: A Rebel Returns to the Catholic Faith (Revised Edition)

Jeff Cavins

Amazing Grace for Those Who Suffer is the first title in the Amazing Grace series by Matthew Pinto and Jeff Cavins. The book features 10 unforgettable real-life stories about the power of God's grace in the face of suffering. In bringing these compelling stories to life, Matt Pinto and Jeff Cavins shed light on the mystery of why God allows suffering. Each story demonstrates some aspect of the value of suffering, and it's relationship to the Christian faith. In seeing how others have united their pain and sorrow with Christ, we discover how God can be a source of inexhaustible strength. Amazing Grace demonstrates how to find peace and hope in the face of suffering, and offers healing for the heart and soul.

Amazing Grace for Those Who Suffer: 10 Life-Changing Stories of Hope and Healing (Amazing Grace Series) (The Amazing Grace Series)

Biographies & Memoirs

Inside Islam: A Guide for Catholics utilizes a popular question-and-answer format so that all Catholics both the theological novice and the well-catechized can learn the basics of Islam. Co-authors Robert Spencer and Daniel Ali, a convert from Islam, give you a solid understanding of Islam's unique teachings including: <ul>
<li>The Islamic view of God</li> <li>The role of Jesus in Islamic theology</li> <li>Islam's controversial theology of jihad, or holy war
</li> <li>Why Islam's strong beliefs are so attractive to secularized Western societies</li> <li>The role of women in Islam</li> </ul>
Inside Islam is an essential resource for anyone who wants to know more about this historic religion from the Middle East. After reading this book, you will have a better understanding of the issues discussed every day in the news.

Inside Islam: A Guide for Catholics: 100 Questions and Answers

Spencer, Robert

Ali, Daniel

Friendly Defenders: Catholic Flash Cards (Spanish Edition)

Amazing Grace for the Catholic Heart will help you celebrate your Catholic faith and will take you on a refreshing spiritual retreat away from the challenges and struggles of everyday life. This collection of 101 stories of faith, inspiration, hope, and humor attests to the power and beauty of God's amazing grace. You will read about: <ul>
<li>A soldier who received last rites from a priest in the middle of a Vietnam battlefield yet the records show that the priest had actually died two weeks before this soldier s fateful day.</li> <li>Former world record-holding runner Alberto Salazar s return to the Catholic faith and how praying the rosary during the final stretch of a marathon gave him the supernatural power he needed to win.</li> <li>How the love of a Catholic father and his deceased daughter crossed the barriers of time and eternity during the seventh game of the 1997 World Series.</li> <li>How a mother and son were reunited after nearly fifty years of separation through the simple but faithful actions of a Confirmation teacher.</li> </ul>
Amazing Grace for the Catholic Heart is a retreat in a book filling your soul with grace, your heart with promise, and your spirit with hope. It is the perfect gift for a friend or family member and for yourself.

Amazing Grace for the Catholic Heart: 101 Stories of Faith, Hope, Inspiration & Humor

Humor & Entertainment

Mathew Pinto

Patti M. Armstrong

Humor

With more than 130,000 copies sold, Did Adam &amp; Eve Have Belly Buttons? is the number one book for Catholic teens. It offers today's young Catholics 200 clear and insightful answers to questions about the Catholic Faith. This book captures the attention of teens by directly addressing their concerns, misconceptions, and challenges. The revised edition adds over 500 Bible and 800 Catechism of the Catholic Church references and has been granted an imprimatur.

Did Adam & Eve Have Belly Buttons? And 199 Other Questions from Catholic Teenagers

The Bible Thumper is the most practical Bible study apologetics tool in the Church today. This resource is a mini-concordance that helps you quickly find more than 850 Bible verses covering dozens of commonly questioned Catholic teachings on Authority, Beliefs & Practices, and Salvation (Vol. 1) and, Morality, Sacraments and Afterlife (Vol. 2) The Bible Thumper's small size is intentional, allowing you to keep it in the Bible. This is a resource you will use time and time again.

The Bible Thumper;Bible Thumper

Jim Burnham

Christopher West's popular series A Crash Course in the Theology of the Body (Naked Without Shame, second edition) provides his most extensive discussion of John Paul II teaching on the body and human sexuality. This 80-page study guide workbook was specifically designed for use with the 14-CD/12-tape Naked Without Shame audio series, and will help make your learning experience more fruitful.

A Crash Course In TheTheology of the Body

Christopher, West

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