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The Seven Deadly Sins of Apologetics: Avoiding Common Pitfalls When Explaining and Defending the Faith

Joe Heschmeyer

The renaissance of Catholic apologetics has done great good for the Church.

Ordinary Catholics are learning how to defend and explain the Faith- and to share it enthusiastically with others more fluently and confidently than ever.

As an experienced apologist and evangelist, Mark Brumley has seen firsthand what this renaissance has accomplished. But he has also witnessed its dangers and pitfalls; some of which are so serious that, left unchecked, they can undermine all our efforts. When we try to prove too much from reason alone, for example, or when we let prideful desire to win arguments overshadow our goal of communicating God's truth, we run the risk of becoming mediocre -even counter-productive -stewards and messengers of that truth.

In The Seven Deadly Sins of Apologetics, Brumley examines the most common faults that defenders of the Faith must guard against, and shows you how to avoid and overcome them. Read this concise and lively book today and become a more effective apostle

Book Details

  • Publisher: Catholic Answers Press
  • Publish Date: Apr 1st, 2014
  • Pages: 190
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.19in - 5.28in - 0.47in - 0.42lb
  • EAN: 9781938983757
  • Categories: Christianity - CatholicChristian Theology - ApologeticsChristian Theology - Christology

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About the Author

Joe Heschmeyer is a staff apologist for Catholic Answers. A popular author, speaker, blogger, and podcaster, he joined the apostolate in March 2021 after three years as an instructor at Holy Family School of Faith in Overland Park, Kansas. He earned both a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Kenrick-Glennon Seminary in St. Louis and a baccalaureate degree in sacred theology (S.T.B.) from Rome's Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum). A regular contributor to Catholic Answers Live, Catholic Answers Focus, and Catholic Answers Magazine, Joe also hosts his podcast "Shameless Popery" . He is the author of author of Pope Peter and The Early Church Was the Catholic Church (Catholic Answers Press). A former practicing attorney in Washington, D.C., Joe received his Juris Doctor degree from Georgetown University in 2010 after earning a bachelor's degree in history from Topeka's Washburn University. Joe and his wife, Anna, along with their children Stella and James reside in the Kansas City area. In his free time, Joe enjoys reading, listening to podcasts, and tormenting his loved ones with terrible puns.

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Praise for this book

Our mission is to advance God's work of redeeming and sanctifying the world, to bring all people to salvation in Jesus Christ. The value of Mark Brumley's book is that he helps us see that. He also gives us the tools to act on it. He is articulate, persuasive, balanced, and sensible, and the spirit he brings to this marvelously readable, useful work demonstrates Catholic apologetics at its best: zeal for the truth, informed by patience, respect and love. I can offer no higher praise. -- Most Rev. Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., Archbishop of Philadelphia "Archbishop of Philadelphia"
This book should be required reading for all amateur and professional Catholic apologists. It is genuinely useful and totally trustworthy, faithful both to the Catholic faith and to human reason and good sense, for it has obviously been tested under 'battlefield conditions' and verified. -- Peter Kreeft "Professor of Philosphy, Boston College"
Mark Brumley is articulate, persuasive, balanced, and sensible, and the spirit he brings to this marvelously readable, useful work demonstrates Catholic apologetics at its best: zeal for the truth, informed by patience, respect, and love. I can offer no higher praise. -- Most Rev. Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M., Cap. "Archbishop of Philadelphia"