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immigration

How the Church Can Help Solve the Immigration Mess

Steve Smith February 18, AD2025 1 Comment

Mention our borders and immigration and a lively discussion is almost certain to ensue.  Strong feelings exist about both subjects. In my opinion, in dealing

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Embracing Our Inner Bishop Strickland

Steve Smith December 20, AD2023 9 Comments

If we are going to embrace Christ and His call to share Him with the world, we will encounter persecution.  Not only does Jesus promise

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Change, Agency, the Synod, and Us

Steve Smith October 15, AD2023 3 Comments

Another article on the Synod?  Well, somewhat, but not entirely.  The purpose of this article is to consider basic principles of the concepts of agency

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It’s Still Not an Act of Love

Steve Smith September 13, AD2023 8 Comments

It’s time for a change of seasons. But instead of going from summer to autumn, it appears that it’s time to return to COVID season.

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mary, jesus, cross, marian, altar, heart

An Immaculate Heart – the Solution to Our Cultural Ills

Steve Smith August 13, AD2023 2 Comments

Here we are in August – summer’s crescendo and the month of the Immaculate Heart. Just like time at the beach is good for the

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transhumanism

Enjoying Transgenderism? You’ll Love Transhumanism

Steve Smith July 17, AD2023 9 Comments

Transgenderism had been quietly but steadily advancing for decades before it exploded into the genuine epidemic that is upon us. And now transhumanism is quietly

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SPI, Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, LA Dodgers

There’s No Joy in Mudville, or in LA

Steve Smith June 15, AD2023 4 Comments

You are almost certainly aware of the debacle with the LA Dodgers and the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence (SPI).  If not, a little bit of

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disciples, digital, AI, artificial intelligence, digital media, Comcast

How AI Will Reveal Christian Truth

Steve Smith May 15, AD2023 11 Comments

Would it surprise you to hear that Artificial Intelligence (AI) could become an effective tool for evangelization?  It shouldn’t.  But the real surprise is that

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disciples, digital, AI, artificial intelligence, digital media, Comcast

What is AI and Where is it Going? Part 2: The Spirit of the World

Steve Smith April 27, AD2023 2 Comments

The One Thing from Part One Part One of this two-part series looked at the fundamentals of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) platforms that are suddenly

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disciples, digital, AI, artificial intelligence, digital media, Comcast

Artificial Intelligence: What is it and Where is it Going? (Part 1)

Steve Smith April 13, AD2023 13 Comments

This two-part article looks at the artificial intelligence (AI) explosion.  (The AI hype is particularly notable in the buzz surrounding ChatGPT.)  AI is here to

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Garabandal

If the Pope Goes to Moscow – Preparing for Garabandal

Steve Smith March 14, AD2023 30 Comments

Whether or not you believe that Tribulations and a Warning for mankind, as foretold at Garabandal and in other private revelations, are imminent, it can’t

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Pride, New Thought. homosexuality

“New Thought” Contains the Same Old Errors

Steve Smith February 12, AD2023 12 Comments

Whether or not you’ve heard the term “New Thought,” you may have encountered New Thought principles.  It seems to be pervasive. In this article I’m

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Interior

2023 and the Great Interior Reset

Steve Smith January 11, AD2023 2 Comments

Our interior life is just that – a life all its own. With the benefit of hindsight and reflection we can recognize different “seasons” of

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devil, demon, Satan, evil, temptation, swearing

Maintaining Purity in a Father Stu World

Steve Smith December 14, AD2022 25 Comments

“How does swearing make you feel?” This was the unexpected question I was asked as hundreds of pounds of weights quivered over my head. Back

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corruption, culture, authentic

Peterson, Weinstein and Drawing Culture Warriors to the Church

Steve Smith November 15, AD2022 4 Comments

Much of the culture war is being fought by a militia that is well-intentioned and capable, but disorganized and ill-equipped.  They need the spiritual and

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darkness, transhumanism

The “Trans” Issue that Matters Most

Steve Smith October 12, AD2022 9 Comments

Transhumanism is rapidly advancing upon us.  At the same time a transhuman precursor has already engulfed our culture – transgenderism. The nearly complete loss of

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leisure

‘Leisuring’ with God in a Fallen World

Steve Smith September 15, AD2022 3 Comments

For starters, it is true that “leisuring” isn’t a word, but it ought to be; sort of a kissing-cousin to worshiping and meditating. Leisure is

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Incarnation, Advent, Christmas

Christ, Revelation 12, and the Enemy at Advent

Steve Smith December 10, AD2021 6 Comments

Here we are with Advent well under way.  It’s better than even odds that you’re facing some obstacles to having the holy, reverent, peaceful, contemplative

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vaccination, covid, vaccine, vaccinated

Immorality of the Covid-19 Mass Vaccination Program – Part III

Steve Smith October 27, AD2021 9 Comments

By Steven Smith, Dr. Alan Moy, and Dr. Russell Gonnering This is Part III of a three-part series on the covid vaccine and the mass

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vaccination, covid, vaccine, vaccinated

The Immorality of the Covid-19 Mass Vaccination Program – Part II

Steve Smith October 13, AD2021 18 Comments

By: Steven Smith, Alan Moy MD, and Russell Gonnering MD This is Part II of a three-part series on covid vaccines and the mass vaccination

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causality, miracle, creation, God, morality, man

A True Definition of Transhumanism– Part II

Steve Smith July 21, AD2021 4 Comments

In Part I of this series we looked at secular definitions of transhumanism, which inevitably point to improving our existence through a technological transformation of

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periodic table, truth, science and religion, order

A True Definition of Transhumanism– Part I

Steve Smith July 20, AD2021 2 Comments

In past articles, we’ve looked at the appeal of transhumanism, how it relates to society’s downward secular spiral, and the only rational response to transhumanism.  Transhumanism

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