Questions deserve careful answers
Christian faith questions without canned answers
Some questions need a direct answer. Others need room for tradition, context, and uncertainty. These guides show the evidence, name differences among Christians, and point toward wise human counsel.
19 guides
An apostle still mistaken for a traitor
Who was Saint Jude, and what did he say to Jesus?
Saint Jude walked with Jesus and spoke once at the Last Supper. Read that scene, why desperate people still pray to him, and how he differs from Judas Iscariot.
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Mary Magdalene and Jesus
All four gospels put Mary Magdalene at the cross or the empty tomb. Here is every recorded exchange with Jesus, and where the prostitute story began.
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The words most Christians still say together
The Nicene Creed
The full Nicene Creed in traditional English, what each line is actually claiming, and why one word in it still divides East and West. Free to read and copy.
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Saint Peter and Jesus
Peter walked on water, argued with Jesus, denied him three times, and got his job back on a beach. Every recorded exchange, and where the churches draw the line.
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Saint Thomas Aquinas and Jesus
Thomas Aquinas missed Jesus by twelve centuries. Read what he actually wrote about Christ, in a public domain translation of his own words, and why he stopped.
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Saint Francis of Assisi and Jesus of Nazareth
Francis lived twelve centuries after Jesus and set out to copy him line by line. His own words about Christ, and the place where the copying had to stop.
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A prayer you can hold
How to pray the rosary
Pick up the beads tonight and finish your first rosary. Which bead comes next, which mysteries belong to today, and what to do when your mind drifts.
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Catholic vs Christian
Catholics are Christians. The comparison most people want is Catholic and Protestant, and here is where those two differ, in each side's own words.
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Saint Padre Pio and Jesus
He carried open wounds matching the crucifixion for fifty years while Rome investigated him. What the Vatican doctors found, and where he differs from Jesus.
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A saint measured against Jesus
Who was Saint Joseph to Jesus?
Joseph raised Jesus and never says one recorded word. Every scene they share, what his silence meant, and why he is patron of a happy death.
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What Saint Therese of Lisieux actually said about Jesus
She never met Jesus and never claimed to see him, yet wrote about him constantly. Read her own words, the little way, and where the churches disagree about her.
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Saint Cecilia, the evidence, the legend, and Jesus
She never met Jesus, and the church's own encyclopedia calls her famous story a pious romance. Here is what the record holds, and what she said about Christ.
Read the guideA saint, and the person of Jesus
Who is Saint Anthony?
Two men share this name. Meet the friar people call about lost keys, read his own words about Jesus, and see where the church draws the line between honor and worship.
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A question many families face
What does the Bible say about cremation?
A careful Christian answer about cremation, burial, resurrection, ashes, and how Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant practices differ.
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Saint Monica, the mother whose prayer was answered late
Monica prayed years for her son Augustine before anything changed. Her own words about Jesus, and where honoring a saint stops and worship begins.
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Saint Teresa of Avila and Jesus
She missed Jesus by fifteen centuries and still wrote that He stood at her right hand. Her own words, the visions she was investigated for, and where Christians disagree.
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How to pray
Learn how to pray with simple words, scripture, silence, and the Lord's Prayer, with honest examples and a practical way to begin today.
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The sinner's prayer
Understand the sinner's prayer, use a simple prayer of repentance and faith, and learn why Christian traditions describe this moment differently.
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When God feels far away
How to get closer to God
How to get closer to God when he feels distant: a small daily practice, a prayer you can say tonight, and Bible passages that start where you are.
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