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The Virtues To live a Holy Spirit-enlivened life of virtue. Anyone who wishes to please God should desire to excel in the virtues.
Vices — a Biblical Perspective What the Bible has to say about various vices. We are to avoid these.
Ethics Ethics deals with making decisions that are "good" or "right." All decisions have an ethical component, but ethics doesn't necessarily dictate what our decisions should be — rather, it helps us to understand the issues so we can make wise decisions. The study of ethics is necessary when faced with a difficult decision.
Christian Unity What binds Christians together and makes us all brothers and sisters? Christians are in unity with one another because they are united with Christ, the head of the church.
Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius To Conquer Oneself And Regulate One's Life Without Determining Oneself Through Any Tendency That Is Disordered.
Catholic Life What's it's like being Catholic. A practical guide for those who are unfamiliar with Catholicism.
Elements of a Devotional Life To live a life in Christ requires that we have a balance of various aspects of spiritually.
Charismatic The implications of the Charismatic view of Christian life.
How to Select a Church My criteria.
My Conversion to Catholicism To explain why I became a Catholic. I wrote this testimony for my Protestant friends so they would understand my conversion.
Statement Of Faith What I believe regarding the Christian faith.
The House Church    The House Church | Discussion Meetings | House Church Movement

I support the home church movement, but I'm unwilling to say that the home church model is the best, or that it is the only model endorsed by the Bible.
Rosary A practical guide.
Teaching Without Distraction We should not let our Eschatological views interfere with our teaching of the Bible.
The Splendor of Truth This article is an overview of a few points from the lengthy Papal Encyclical Veritatis Splendor (The Splendor of Truth) which was written by Pope John Paul II in 1993.
Christian Philosophy Various Christian topics.
What I Believe Still a Spirit-filled, born-again, conservative Christian.
A Call to Action What can be done to prevent religious wars?
Song of Songs A true story.
Moral Law in a Perfect World Instead of wondering what kind of moral rule we should impose on all the wicked, depraved, ungodly people of today's world why not consider a world in which everyone was holy and saintly?

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John Shepard

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