Why Believe? Volume 2
15 Seasons
Why Believe? offers a new apologetics in a year-long course intended for the use in the senior year of high school or freshman year of college. Purchase full-color two-volume textbook and Teacher's Handbook here.
The New Evangelization requires a new apologetics, that is, a defense of the faith that responds to the questions that believers and non-believers alike are asking today with philosophical and theological arguments rooted in Sacred Scripture, Catholic Tradition, and the best philosophical reflection available. The curriculum consists of a two-volume textbook set and the corresponding beautiful short-form videos below.
Videos for Volume 1 of Why Believe? are on FORMED here.
Why Believe? Textbook Vol. 2 is also available in a Kindle format here.
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All sessions can also be accessed here:
Chapter 1: Rich in Mercy
Chapter 2: The Modern Moral Landscape
Chapter 3: Body and Soul
Chapter 4: Emotion and Reason
Chapter 5: Male and Female He Created Them
Chapter 6: Honor Your Father and Mother
Chapter 7: The Paradox of the Human Person
Chapter 8: Law and Love
Chapter 9: Faith and the Virtues
Chapter 10: Meeting Jesus in Other People
Chapter 11: True Communion
Chapter 12: Meeting Jesus Christ in Word and Sacrament
Chapter 13: Wht Must I Suffer? Why Must Others Suffer?
Chapter 14: The Last Things
Chapter 15: Christian Discipleship
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05:13Episode 1
Go and Sin No More
Episode 1
A host of speakers reflect on God’s mercy as it is revealed in the story of the woman caught in adultery (Jn 8). We encounter this love in a powerful way in the sacrament of Confession, where we are empowered by God’s grace to “go, and sin no more."
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04:31Episode 2
Why Love Has Rules
Episode 2
Dr. Edward Sri considers why God gives us a moral law and how it helps us to reach our telos (“end,” “purpose”).
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05:15Episode 3
Dumb Sheep
Episode 3
Based on his own experience growing up on a farm, Jim Beckman unpacks the Biblical image of Christ the Good Shepherd and his disciples as the sheep who know his voice.