Renny Jacobson is shaken by the news of his father's mysterious death and is mystified by the reference in his will to an obscure entity called "The Covenant List of South Carolina, Ltd." He sets out on a quest to learn the truth about "The List" and learns that he must fulfill a prophecy in 1863 or risk losing the true treasure that has changed his life.

Days before Christmas 1978, Peter Walker, a young English lay preacher, is killed in a motorcycle accident. His wife Mary, already emotionally fragile, falls into the depths of suicidal depression. As a result she loses custody of her two young boys, Paul and James. The boys are further traumatized as they are taken under the care of the county authorities and placed in a series of children's homes and in a temporary foster placement with their grandparents....

Pier Paolo Pasolini's masterpiece comes to life in color for the first time in this beautifully told film about the life of Jesus Christ according to St. Matthew. The story begins with His birth and illustrates how His teachings attracted not only His disciples, but crowds of believers. When the Pharisees, chief priests and elders learn of Jesus, they conspire to have Him arrested, beaten, tried and crucified on the cross. This classic film is a beautiful...

The Promised Land Series covers the books in the Bible from Exodus to Judges. These books describe events from the birth of Moses to the end of the era of the judges of Israel. In Genesis, God promised Abraham that his descendants would inherit the land of Canaan, so Canaan became known as The Promised Land. Modern Israel and Palestine encompass the majority of Canaan. Abraham's grandson was Jacob, whose name was changed to "Israel" by God. His descendants...

To help you understand the weekdays of Lent (including Ash Wednesday and Holy Thursday), this segment turns back to the stational system, which dictated to some extent which lectionary readings were chosen based on the location of the church in which they were celebrated.

This segment introduces the listener to an ancient and tested way of reading that we call Lectio Divina, or "Holy Reading." It will build on the previous segment and give you tools that can be used for a mystical reading of sacred texts. We will look at the concept of leisure, as well as the writings of the Church Fathers.

When her choir teacher is suspended for refusing to remove 'Silent"Night" from the line-up of songs at the school's winter concert, Amelia is heartbroken. Her father and the family housekeeper use the scriptures to help teach her the importance of standing up for one's beliefs. Through the story of Samuel the Lamanite, she learns the importance of standing up for her beliefs. Under much adversity, Samuel's integrity as he prophesizes to the Nephites...

Most "-isms" are definied in opposition to each other. For instance, atheism is defined in contradistinction to theisms; postmodernity is definied in contradistinction to modernity. As a result, some -isms exclude certain understandings while others are compatible with certain other understandings. Which are compatible with Catholic Christianity?

After events in a man's life lead him to make choices that result in him falling away from almost everyone in his life, including God, he has to find a way, and the courage, to take the first step home.

The cosmological argument takes reasoning steps from a contingent existing fact to a sufficient explainer of that fact, namely a necessary being (that cannot be otherwise than existing). Challenges to the argument include the notion of contingency, the Principle of Sufficient Reason, no infinite regress in explanation, understanding causation, and necessary being as God.