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Made for More
In every young Catholic's heart there is a search for meaning. Yet many of our youth never get beyond the material distractions of the world. In fact, in a recent survey, teenagers were eight times more desirous of being rich and five times more desirous of being famous than pursuing a life of faith. To be young and Catholic in the modern world is no easy task. Entertained and enticed beyond their ability to cope, millions of Catholic teens and college students are drifting through life living without purpose or meaning. They are searching for their own path, but they are ill-equipped at such an impressionable age to discern the direction that leads to everlasting happiness. In this book, renowned Catholic leader Curtis Martin presents the evidence that we have been made for more than just the intoxications of this world sex, partying, and money. We have been made for greatness and we will only reach such heights when we first come into a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Made for More makes a compelling case We have been made for eternal happiness with God in heaven. The secret of happiness lies in following God s plan for our life. Jesus is the Son of God who preached the good news of salvation. Jesus founded a community of believers, the Church, and that being part of this family of God is how we find our direction and purpose and the surest path to eternal life.
118 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2008
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Curtis Martin
44 books11 followersCurtis Martin is the President and Founder of FOCUS, the Fellowship of Catholic University Students, one of the fastest growing movements in the Catholic Church. Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver stated,“No entity (or group) does a more dynamic job of reaching college students for Christ than FOCUS.”
FOCUS was founded in 1998 as a national outreach to college campuses, both to secular and Catholic schools.
FOCUS was founded in 1998 as a national outreach to college campuses, both to secular and Catholic schools.
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May 14, 2014
Easy to read. Practical. Direct to the point. No fuss. This is the book that young people should read to understand what being a Roman Catholic means in this modern world. It answers the questions that probably hinder the full bloom of young people's faith brought about by many skeptics or doubters. There are many factors that can lead to teenagers or young people to go astray and start entertaining that there is no God. Your atheist friends. Your adventurous parents who are not contented with the religion that your grandparents made them believe. Not to mention the many trials and problems that make you busy every single day that make you forget to pray. Prayers strengthen our relationship with God. Without prayer, there is no communication. Without communication, your faith wavers and if it continuous for a long period of time, it weakens your faith until you lose it.
The title of this book means that human beings are created not only for happiness. The book opens with this argument: why do students cheat in class? They answer: because they want to graduate. Martin probes: why? Answer: because they want to have a job. Why? Because they want to have a nice job. Why? Because they want to buy the things they like. Why? Because they want to be happy. The book purports: God wants us to be happy but we are more than our own happiness. We need to live a blissful life under the grace of God. True happiness is living our life according to His plan for us. And that plan is to follow his footsteps. To love our neighbors even our enemies. There is nothing new here in terms of this message. It's just that the language is compellingly simple that even if you are sleepy at night, it does not stimulate your brain too much that you lose more sleep than you normally do during busy weekdays.
My favorite parts are those where Martin's argues about the existence of God, the authenticity and veracity of the Bible, why Roman Catholicism is the only complete way to be with Jesus. He did not say anything derogatory against other religions. That's why I like this book. I detest those apologists who say negative things about other religions to prove their points that Catholicism is the only way. Why can't they just say their faith's merits without highlighting other religions' demerits?
Well, anyway, I pray to God that they find a copy of this book and read this so they can also be enlightened. Amen.
The title of this book means that human beings are created not only for happiness. The book opens with this argument: why do students cheat in class? They answer: because they want to graduate. Martin probes: why? Answer: because they want to have a job. Why? Because they want to have a nice job. Why? Because they want to buy the things they like. Why? Because they want to be happy. The book purports: God wants us to be happy but we are more than our own happiness. We need to live a blissful life under the grace of God. True happiness is living our life according to His plan for us. And that plan is to follow his footsteps. To love our neighbors even our enemies. There is nothing new here in terms of this message. It's just that the language is compellingly simple that even if you are sleepy at night, it does not stimulate your brain too much that you lose more sleep than you normally do during busy weekdays.
My favorite parts are those where Martin's argues about the existence of God, the authenticity and veracity of the Bible, why Roman Catholicism is the only complete way to be with Jesus. He did not say anything derogatory against other religions. That's why I like this book. I detest those apologists who say negative things about other religions to prove their points that Catholicism is the only way. Why can't they just say their faith's merits without highlighting other religions' demerits?
Well, anyway, I pray to God that they find a copy of this book and read this so they can also be enlightened. Amen.
January 2, 2019
For those who don’t need convincing
Curtis Martin has authored other books that reflect my own concerns, from modern hyper-individualism and the consequent disappearance of virtue, to questions of human meaning. In this book, he does a fair job of surveying the usual arguments, and does so with brevity, so it’s quick and straightforward. However, as so often with apologetics, this is a book for believers looking for support of what they already believe. The book makes some good points in regards to several skeptical excesses, and provides issues that deserve pondering, but for serious readers in an honest search for answers, you’re not likely to find it convincing.
The book begins with a series of imaginary speculations about heaven, where a conversation is envisioned between a recently deceased individual, a saint, and C.S. Lewis. The bottom line is Pascal’s Wager (1623-1662), the gamble that one should believe, based on the threat of damnation if they don’t. If they believe and there is no hell, or there is simply nothing, then so what? One may as well believe, just in case. Modern thinkers will ask if “belief or else” differs from any other tyranny that demands obedience by threat of punishment, and if such a tyrant should be worshiped? (This is not free will, but coercion in its absence.) Can one truly believe under such a wager, or is it mere pretending? Are reward and punishment sufficient cause to believe in any scripture, or should its doctrine be the guide?
After this initial story, Martin’s book goes on to present arguments in support of Christianity of the Catholic version. A number of Bible verses are quoted, but these are dependent on which translation a reader adheres to. Much is made of Exodus 3:14 in which God responds to Moses’ question of God’s identity with, “I AM.” But the King James Version has this as “I AM THAT I AM.” The New Jerusalem Version: “I am he who is.” The New World translation: “I Will Become What I Choose.” While these particular verses fall in the same neighborhood with slightly different implications, others variant verses have greater impact for orthodoxy, such as, “This bread is my body,” or “This bread represents my body.” Which one is inerrant? Hence the second biggest issue in Biblical interpretation: what did the original ancient Greek really say (or, in the case of the Old Testament, ancient Hebrew)?
Martin notes Jesus’ response to the king of the Jews question, with the verse, “It is you who say that I am.” Martin claims Jesus has a double meaning here, proclaiming Jesus is in fact God himself because Jesus used the words “I am.” A stretch if ever there was one, though for someone who speaks frequently in parables, perhaps. But if “I AM” is an incorrect translation, Martin’s repeated reference to it is meaningless.
The author notes thousands of references and manuscripts available with which to double check biblical fidelity as refutation to modification with time. In other words, God has preserved his word unaltered. Yet today we have 50+ translations, 671 Protestant denominations, and how many Catholic subgroups as a result of their disagreements over scriptures and their meaning. Things aren’t so certain. How many manuscripts and references by multiple civilizations are there in agreement on the first book ever written, “The Epic of Gilgamesh”? Yet do we really believe Utnapishtim built an arc (or even existed) to save two of every kind before the worldwide flood about to be delivered by the gods, and over a thousand years before the Noah story?
Among other defenses are apostle shortcomings, such as Peter’s denial of Jesus or cowardice of the apostles. Anyone wanting to look good would leave out such reports. But don’t these weaknesses make a stronger story when Jesus stays the course in the face of doubt and death? Remove adversity and Jesus is a less impressive figure. We’re also told that martyrs who met their end attest to the integrity of the message. While this may attest to the integrity of martyrs, this does not vouch for the message as history is full of fanatics who end their lives for a belief, like David Koresh and his Branch Davidians. The most important thing for Martin is, understandably, the resurrection of Jesus. But resurrections of the dead, virgin births, miracle workers, and human sacrifice are common in the ancient world (Sumerian Tammuz, Egyptian Osiris, Greek Dionysus, Hindu Krishna, Mayan Quetzalcoatl…).
While all this may seem cynical nit-picking, the serious reader wants a sound foundation to start from before sinking decades of effort into study. If the reader is unaware of other religious traditions, or ancient beliefs, Martin’s book will go down easy. Of course Martin means well, but he’s fighting that long battle between faith and reason with mismatched tools not up to the task. He’s mixing faith which needs no evidence with reason that does. Martin replaces “right reason” with (in Michael Shermer’s terminology) “motivated reason” that accepts evidence for what’s already believed, rejecting evidence that refutes that belief. For a more rigorous defense of Christianity, try Ernst Troeltsch (1865-1923), though he is significantly more dense than Martin. Troeltsch does not shy away from religious comparisons, scientific reasoning, or his disdain for miracles, and yet he comes away convinced of Christianity’s ultimate truth.
Curtis Martin has authored other books that reflect my own concerns, from modern hyper-individualism and the consequent disappearance of virtue, to questions of human meaning. In this book, he does a fair job of surveying the usual arguments, and does so with brevity, so it’s quick and straightforward. However, as so often with apologetics, this is a book for believers looking for support of what they already believe. The book makes some good points in regards to several skeptical excesses, and provides issues that deserve pondering, but for serious readers in an honest search for answers, you’re not likely to find it convincing.
The book begins with a series of imaginary speculations about heaven, where a conversation is envisioned between a recently deceased individual, a saint, and C.S. Lewis. The bottom line is Pascal’s Wager (1623-1662), the gamble that one should believe, based on the threat of damnation if they don’t. If they believe and there is no hell, or there is simply nothing, then so what? One may as well believe, just in case. Modern thinkers will ask if “belief or else” differs from any other tyranny that demands obedience by threat of punishment, and if such a tyrant should be worshiped? (This is not free will, but coercion in its absence.) Can one truly believe under such a wager, or is it mere pretending? Are reward and punishment sufficient cause to believe in any scripture, or should its doctrine be the guide?
After this initial story, Martin’s book goes on to present arguments in support of Christianity of the Catholic version. A number of Bible verses are quoted, but these are dependent on which translation a reader adheres to. Much is made of Exodus 3:14 in which God responds to Moses’ question of God’s identity with, “I AM.” But the King James Version has this as “I AM THAT I AM.” The New Jerusalem Version: “I am he who is.” The New World translation: “I Will Become What I Choose.” While these particular verses fall in the same neighborhood with slightly different implications, others variant verses have greater impact for orthodoxy, such as, “This bread is my body,” or “This bread represents my body.” Which one is inerrant? Hence the second biggest issue in Biblical interpretation: what did the original ancient Greek really say (or, in the case of the Old Testament, ancient Hebrew)?
Martin notes Jesus’ response to the king of the Jews question, with the verse, “It is you who say that I am.” Martin claims Jesus has a double meaning here, proclaiming Jesus is in fact God himself because Jesus used the words “I am.” A stretch if ever there was one, though for someone who speaks frequently in parables, perhaps. But if “I AM” is an incorrect translation, Martin’s repeated reference to it is meaningless.
The author notes thousands of references and manuscripts available with which to double check biblical fidelity as refutation to modification with time. In other words, God has preserved his word unaltered. Yet today we have 50+ translations, 671 Protestant denominations, and how many Catholic subgroups as a result of their disagreements over scriptures and their meaning. Things aren’t so certain. How many manuscripts and references by multiple civilizations are there in agreement on the first book ever written, “The Epic of Gilgamesh”? Yet do we really believe Utnapishtim built an arc (or even existed) to save two of every kind before the worldwide flood about to be delivered by the gods, and over a thousand years before the Noah story?
Among other defenses are apostle shortcomings, such as Peter’s denial of Jesus or cowardice of the apostles. Anyone wanting to look good would leave out such reports. But don’t these weaknesses make a stronger story when Jesus stays the course in the face of doubt and death? Remove adversity and Jesus is a less impressive figure. We’re also told that martyrs who met their end attest to the integrity of the message. While this may attest to the integrity of martyrs, this does not vouch for the message as history is full of fanatics who end their lives for a belief, like David Koresh and his Branch Davidians. The most important thing for Martin is, understandably, the resurrection of Jesus. But resurrections of the dead, virgin births, miracle workers, and human sacrifice are common in the ancient world (Sumerian Tammuz, Egyptian Osiris, Greek Dionysus, Hindu Krishna, Mayan Quetzalcoatl…).
While all this may seem cynical nit-picking, the serious reader wants a sound foundation to start from before sinking decades of effort into study. If the reader is unaware of other religious traditions, or ancient beliefs, Martin’s book will go down easy. Of course Martin means well, but he’s fighting that long battle between faith and reason with mismatched tools not up to the task. He’s mixing faith which needs no evidence with reason that does. Martin replaces “right reason” with (in Michael Shermer’s terminology) “motivated reason” that accepts evidence for what’s already believed, rejecting evidence that refutes that belief. For a more rigorous defense of Christianity, try Ernst Troeltsch (1865-1923), though he is significantly more dense than Martin. Troeltsch does not shy away from religious comparisons, scientific reasoning, or his disdain for miracles, and yet he comes away convinced of Christianity’s ultimate truth.
January 15, 2019
This book was a gift from my church that I received just before our senior luncheon. At first I thought that it might be a little book that didn't say much, but soon I was proved wrong. This book clarified to me so many things about my religion that I was confused about and reminded me that it's a very special thing to be Catholic. A lot of the book was reaffirming Catholic doctrine that we may have been confused about or forgotten. However, it spoke to me because it talked about how some of us feel like we've been "made for more" and that sense that we feel is the Holy Spirit within us urging us to follow a higher calling, and that is the path in the footsteps of Christ.
January 26, 2020
The title had me thinking that this would be a book whose intention was to pull me out of apathy and realize the greatness for which I was made. While that theme showed up a couple of times, the content ended up being more of a “Mere Christianity” type argument for the legitimacy of Christianity at large, and Catholicism in particular. I think the author’s points in favor of the historical reliability of Christianity are solid, but I found myself wanting with regard to the ‘proofs’ for Catholicism being the correct lens through which Christianity is rightly understood and lived. Nonetheless, I’m sure this book would be helpful for anyone wanting to get their thoughts together on whether or not the Gospel is true.
February 12, 2014
Very good reminder of the Scriptural basis of the Catholic Church. I liked the way Curtis Martin brought home the point that while not every one who professes to be Christian is, there have always been very good spiritual leaders outside of the Catholic Church. However, only the seven sacraments, established by Jesus Christ, can bring one into the fullness of salvation. One must not only accept Jesus as Lord and Savior, but must also accept his Prime Minister (the Pope / successor of St. Peter) and his Holy Mother. On a whole, the book reminds me how important it is to study and grow in ones faith. I think I'm going to re-read Tim Gray's "Sacraments in Scripture: Salvation History Made Present. Then I'm going to read some of the writing of Scott Hahn, another prominent Protestant who discovered the truth of the Catholic Church being the Church established by Christ and who has become one of her best theologians.
March 1, 2016
Excellent book, but A misleading title. I was surprised by the content; very little of the book is about your relationship with Christ and what you were made for. Instead, the first 5 chapters of the book give evidence for who Christ is, what His kingdom is, the validity of the Bible, etc. It is only in the 6th (final) chapter that the author talks about his personal search for the true Church and how he was led back to the Catholic faith.
This book is more about proving Christ and His Church through historical evidence than about discovering "the life God created you to live," as the tag line on the front of the book suggests.
This book is more about proving Christ and His Church through historical evidence than about discovering "the life God created you to live," as the tag line on the front of the book suggests.
July 1, 2011
sorry but i must say this book was HORRIBLE!!!!!!!!!! it was so boring we were supost to read it for CCD but we only read the first chapter. i tryed to read the rest but i was falling asleep. and this book is not for someone who isn't catholic. it was BAD if you have trouble falling asleep at night . . . read this book to put you to sleep.
January 8, 2014
A very quick, easy read. Martin takes what I assume was a lot of hard work and years of genuine personal searching to share his outcome with us. His personal voice comes through making this book a delight to read. His personal testimony at the end wraps up the book leaving a Catholic reader like myself feeling fortunate and proud to be where I am today.
June 29, 2014
I found it hard to get going in the book but I am glad I pushed through. Curtis had some very special ideas to share along with a brief introduction of how he came to believe what he did. It was an easy read and any young or older adult would be able read this with ease.
January 10, 2023
Great Christian book! Very easy to digest, and full of hope.
September 6, 2016
It was interesting reading this book. In many ways it took me back to my first time in University. Like Martin I became connected with Campus ministries, and specifically Campus Crusade for Christ. Unlike Curtis I was pushed away from the Catholic church by the Campus director from that ministry. I wish a book like this had been around back then, it might have saved me years as a spiritual nomad.
Curtis Martin packs a lot of personal story, and a lot of spiritual guidance into this slim volume. Coming in at under 130 pages it has a lot of great content, the sections in this book are:
Introduction
Who Do You Say That I Am?
Can You Believe What You Read?
He is Risen Indeed!
The Kingdom of God on Earth
Life in the Kingdom
A Personal Search for Truth
The progression that Curtis travelled is one that I heard many times in my years in campus ministry, as a student and as staff with The Navigators. But Curtis follows it through and does not settle. He becomes convinced and through that conviction he returns to the Catholic Church.
This book is also part guide, it was written as a guide for students to help them grow first in a relationship with Christ Jesus. Then through that relationship finding God's plan for our life; and to do both through our church communities.
This book would be excellent to young people in our lives heading off to college or universities. It is also excellent for those of us in the work force who need the reminder that we are made for more and some direct points on how to grow in that realization.
I highly recommend this book for any believer who wants to grow in their faith. Can you imagine what our schools, our workplaces, our parishes and our families would look like if we read, believed and lived out the message in this book?
Read the review on my blog Book Reviews and More.
(Note: This book is part of a series of reviews: A Year of Reading Intention - Catholic Reading!)
Curtis Martin packs a lot of personal story, and a lot of spiritual guidance into this slim volume. Coming in at under 130 pages it has a lot of great content, the sections in this book are:
Introduction
Who Do You Say That I Am?
Can You Believe What You Read?
He is Risen Indeed!
The Kingdom of God on Earth
Life in the Kingdom
A Personal Search for Truth
The progression that Curtis travelled is one that I heard many times in my years in campus ministry, as a student and as staff with The Navigators. But Curtis follows it through and does not settle. He becomes convinced and through that conviction he returns to the Catholic Church.
This book is also part guide, it was written as a guide for students to help them grow first in a relationship with Christ Jesus. Then through that relationship finding God's plan for our life; and to do both through our church communities.
This book would be excellent to young people in our lives heading off to college or universities. It is also excellent for those of us in the work force who need the reminder that we are made for more and some direct points on how to grow in that realization.
I highly recommend this book for any believer who wants to grow in their faith. Can you imagine what our schools, our workplaces, our parishes and our families would look like if we read, believed and lived out the message in this book?
Read the review on my blog Book Reviews and More.
(Note: This book is part of a series of reviews: A Year of Reading Intention - Catholic Reading!)
January 23, 2014
I was going back and forth between giving this book 3 or 4 stars... so I settled on 3.5/5. This book is part of the "Dynamic Catholic Book Program." The Archdiocese of Minneapolis/St.Paul has started giving out a book to each family/household at each of their parishes every Christmas in hopes of getting people to do a little more spiritual reading. So though I no longer live there, I'm there every Christmas, and this is how I acquired the book!
This was a real quick little read and I believe aimed heavily at college students as they find their way through life. It makes an interesting yet "just scraping the surface" argument for Jesus of Nazareth being who he said he was -- the Son of God. I noticed that Martin seems to use logic similar to what C.S. Lewis used in his "Mere Christianity." He deals with some things like can we really trust a historical piece like the Bible to be without error, and such.
Overall, I enjoyed this little book. He makes some excellent points with Scripture for showing how Christianity, specifically the Catholic Church is the fulfillment of the Kingdom of David in the OT. However, if you're looking for a really in-depth argument for Christ/The Bible, etc, this is not going to satisfy you. It's a very light, and fairly simplified, intended for those who may not be looking for heavy theological/philosophical detail. Just meant to at least get you thinking about it!
If you're new to Christianity/Catholicism, this is a good place to begin, but it's not going to give you in-depth answers to all your questions.
This was a real quick little read and I believe aimed heavily at college students as they find their way through life. It makes an interesting yet "just scraping the surface" argument for Jesus of Nazareth being who he said he was -- the Son of God. I noticed that Martin seems to use logic similar to what C.S. Lewis used in his "Mere Christianity." He deals with some things like can we really trust a historical piece like the Bible to be without error, and such.
Overall, I enjoyed this little book. He makes some excellent points with Scripture for showing how Christianity, specifically the Catholic Church is the fulfillment of the Kingdom of David in the OT. However, if you're looking for a really in-depth argument for Christ/The Bible, etc, this is not going to satisfy you. It's a very light, and fairly simplified, intended for those who may not be looking for heavy theological/philosophical detail. Just meant to at least get you thinking about it!
If you're new to Christianity/Catholicism, this is a good place to begin, but it's not going to give you in-depth answers to all your questions.
March 9, 2014
The book Made for more is an inspiring book to anyone! i enjoyed the story it told and the morel of the story. i pictured a suacidal story. "While everything you do-and every decision you make-is aimed at making you happy, you may step back from time to time and ask yourself, "why am i here?" and "is there a deeper meaning to life?" to find these answers, you need go beyond the distractions of the world and be open to discovering your true purpose and self-potential." this qoute i think symbolises the meaning of the story of peoples purposes in life and how they fit in and see themselves i recommend this book to someone looking for an inspiring read (:
August 18, 2015
In my son's confirmation class, we use a program called Decision Point with Catholic author, Matthew Kelley. In a video clip, Kelley used the same argument that Martin does about who Jesus was...either a tremendous liar, a lunatic or God. Historically, it's a pretty compelling argument. Martin's discussion of the Gospels and the tenants of the Church were nicely drawn out and clear. The book shifted in the last 20 pages or so when the book became about Martin and his personal story rather than about Jesus and the veracity of His story. It was a good read. Thank you to my parents for sharing it with me.
January 9, 2013
This is a basic Catholic evangelism book meant to be handed out to college students who have fallen away from the faith. I think Curtis Martin does a good job of quickly moving from wide-sweeping questions like - was Jesus God? To specifics on the lives of amazing saints and words quoted from Pope John Paul II. It was a really quick read for me, but nice spiritual reading to put down as my last thoughts before I went to sleep for the night. I would have given him more stars, it just wasn't quite the appropriate level for me.
August 24, 2013
This book was pretty poorly written. It touched on a lot of different things, but had no continuity. He talks a bit about why we should believe in Jesus as Christ in the first place, why historical data proves that the Bible is real, tells his own conversion story, and then mentions that Christ really is in the Eucharist. He doesn't mention anything about being "Made for More", and never really finishes any of his thoughts. There are better books out there on each of these topics. Try one of them instead.
February 25, 2009
Great book that covers the basic "defenses" for Christianity. The first few chapters cover common objections to Christianity and then the chapters 5 and 6 cover the Messianic kingdom on earth. These two chapters are what take the book from good to great. The book is a great introduction to someone wanting basic answers to questions to Christianity.
April 1, 2010
A great book from a great man. It reads just like Curtis speaks and I could hear his voice the whole way through the book.
A good book for people discerning Christianity and a great book for Christians and Catholics who struggle to explain their faith in understandable ways.
A great witness to God and a remarkable conversion story.
Read this book!!!!
A good book for people discerning Christianity and a great book for Christians and Catholics who struggle to explain their faith in understandable ways.
A great witness to God and a remarkable conversion story.
Read this book!!!!
May 22, 2010
This was gift from Mike Huelsing. The author is president and founder of FOCUS, and Mike is a member here at Washington U.
The book gives good explanation why Jesus is who He is. It's a straight-forward read, not preachy, with only a little autobiographical piece by the author toward the end.
So very glad I read it.
The book gives good explanation why Jesus is who He is. It's a straight-forward read, not preachy, with only a little autobiographical piece by the author toward the end.
So very glad I read it.
June 17, 2009
This short book is quite impressive. It's an easy read, yet philosophically sound and sure to stand up to scrutiny. Answers curtly and efficiently some basic objections to belief in God and Christianity, specifically Catholicism.
March 5, 2011
Simply put: a basic explanation of the meaning of life. This quick read shows it's not that complicated. Hard to execute, but it's not that difficult to discern the truth... for those with ears to hear and eyes to see.
February 4, 2013
This book is a good read. For those who do not know to much about theology its educational and informative. Although it is marketed as a Catholic book, it does not contain any information biasing it towards Catholicism specifically.
June 2, 2013
Molto bello, semplice e vero. Due dettagli mi sembrano imprecisi (il ruolo biblico della "regina madre" e l'etimologia ebraica di "giuramento" e "sette") ma sono comunque uno stimolo per ulteriori ricerche. Si vede inoltre dove l'ecumenismo arriva e dove debba essere superato.
October 30, 2015
The author defends the teachings of the Catholic Church through the Scriptures. He then discusses his personal relationship with the Lord and explains his conversion from an Evangelical to a Catholic.
October 16, 2015
Had a few very good points I would like to remember, but otherwise just not the "purpose and potential"-discovering book I was expecting it to be. He's calling readers to the one true, historically authentic Catholic Church.
October 7, 2008
Martin touched on a lot of points that really impact students and issues involving faith life! Great for Catholic students!
January 12, 2010
A little preachier than I was hoping for, but still shed some interesting insight
January 13, 2011
I don't think the Catholic way is the only way, but that is the audience to which this book is written! I enjoyed the writing style and the historical analysis.
July 25, 2012
An inciteful reading of what it means to be Catholic and accepting of the sacraments without a lot of heavy theology.
July 24, 2012
Fantastic book: apologetics and witness - what a good book should do!
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