Getting our Stories Straight: Scripture and the Meaning of Life by Dr. Scott Hahn.  How do you witness to friends or co-workers who find life meaningless? How do you respond when secularists meet your every word with corrosive skepticism? If you're trying to evangelize today, you've probably noticed that many people are unable or unwilling to make sense of their lives. Some live for the moment and give themselves up to greed and lusts. Others despair and are consumed by sadness. Scott shows how, without the "script" of Scripture, many people are like actors who don't know their lines, or even the plot of the play. Yet all of them seem peculiarly immune to the tried- and-true methods of Christian witness. Reaching these people is entirely different from witnessing to Protestants and other separated Christians. Indeed, we can't reach these "post-Christian" friends unless we help them recover the thread of a single story: the story that we know from the Scriptures.

Stories are the way we make sense of everything including life, history and the evening news. Stories are the backbone of every family, too; they give a certain shape and continuity to family life. But a strange thing has happened in the last two decades. Our culture has gradually adopted a philosophy that breaks down all stories. This philosophy claims that stories are just a way of gaining power. Today's skeptics dismiss the biblical story, for example, as the Church's way of controlling people's lives. They reject the traditional family for similar reasons. We can't underestimate the damage done by this way of thinking. Perhaps you yourself once thought--and sinned--like a skeptic. Perhaps you've been betrayed by those whose skepticism has eroded their moral sense. Scott clears a pathway out of the post-Christian chaos with a Bible study that can lead you to personal growth while it trains you to evangelize. Learn from St. Paul, who spoke up against the secularists of ancient Athens (Acts 17); from the Samaritan woman (John 4), whose life without Christ had been morally chaotic; and from St. Joseph, who never lost the thread of the story of his own life. Scott uses Holy Scripture and many personal stories to make clear the Biblical approach. (3 audio tapes) $19.95.

The Mystery of the Trinity: Living in the Image of the Triune Family with Dr. Scott Hahn.  The Trinity is the deepest mystery of Christian faith. It is unfathomable in its depths. But we can come to know it more deeply every day. In this three-tape series, Dr. Scott Hahn shows how God has revealed the doctrine of the Trinity through Scripture and Tradition-- but also how He has left His Trinitarian mark on all creation. Scott draws his evidence from both the Old and the New Testaments, from Church teachings, and from the data of modern physics. We see the "footprints" of the Trinity throughout nature. Even atheists have remarked on the preponderance of "threes" in the universe. Nature's most striking image of the Trinity, however, is the human family. God created the family to include many people closely united in a bond of love. The Church describes both the Trinity and human families with the same phrase: a "communion of persons." This heavenly model has much to teach us about how we should live in our earthly households. The Trinity, says Dr. Hahn, will lead us to raise godly families. Godly families, in turn, will make the Trinity more believable, desirable, and attainable in a world that is increasingly hostile to our faith.

The Challenge of Islam:  What happens when believers lose this family vision of God? When people forget that God eternally fathers the Son in the Spirit, heresy spreads like a cancer. For if God is not the eternal Father, then He is not our Father. Thus, the fierce monotheism of Islam — which is spreading rapidly — proclaims that God is not Father, and humans cannot be His children. Islamic unitarianism profoundly influences the family and the social order in Muslim countries, just as Christianity affects the home and society in Christian countries. Scott believes Islam will present the most formidable challenge to Christianity in the next millennium. Yet very few Catholics understand the Muslim religion, and even fewer dare to say anything critical about it. With charity, balance, and candor, Dr. Hahn contrasts the Christian and Muslim views of God, man, and society.

Trinity or Slavery:  Jesus was born a man so that we might live with the freedom of the children of God. As Pope John Paul II has said, God is a family: Father, Son, and the essence of love. Because of our baptism, we can take our place as “sons in the Son,” sharing the very life of the Trinity. This is the true greatness of Christian life, a process that the Fathers of the Church called “divinization.” Yet far too many people live as if they were not children, but slaves of God. True faith in the Trinity is the only thing that can save contemporary society — and your family! — from the many varieties of the slave mentality, whether they are Islamic, fundamentalist, or secularist. Learn to challenge these competing visions of God. $18.95 ( for CD $24.50 phone 877-461-8608)

The Eucharist: The Most Blessed Sacrament of the Altar by Tim Staples. Everyone should deeply ponder and more fully appreciate the Eucharist, for as Pope John Paul II explicitly stated in his Apostolic Letter Tertio Millennio Adveniente, "the era of 2000+ will be intensely Eucharistic: in the Sacrament of the Eucharist the Savior, who took flesh in Mary's womb twenty centuries ago, continues to offer Himself to humanity as the source of Divine Life" Drawing from the impressive wealth of proof found in New Testament passages and other Early Church writings, Tim powerfully explains from a historical, apologetic and theological perspective, why Catholics have always believed in Christ's Real Presence. He also reveals how the Eucharist can be the first blessing to share in evangelizing others. The Catholic belief in the Eucharist can serve as an a mystery of love that can overcome Protestant unbelief and misunderstandings. Tim shows that the Gospels and the whole of Apostolic tradition testify to the fact that Christ gave us His Body and His Blood to spiritually nourish and sustain us. No where could you find any evidence that this teaching was merely "exaggeration for effect." Nor does an honest interpretation of John 6: 64 cancel our understanding of Jesus' words, but rather reinforces the message our Lord thought so vital, that He repeated it four times! Jesus' total gift of Himself in the Most Blessed Sacrament manifests St. Paul's teaching that Christ indeed "emptied Himself and took the form of a slave" (Phil 2:7). What a radical way for God to prove His infinite love for humanity! What a beautiful sacrament of love! (5 tapes) $22.00

The Keys to the Kingdom: Petrine Authority in the Gospels by Tim Staples is a blessing for those who want to understand the Catholic faith! Tim, Director of Evangelization for the Catholic Resource Center and nationally recognized Catholic apologist, examines the nature and mission of the Papal office. It is jam-packed with Biblical evidence testifying to the truth that Jesus entrusted Simon Bar-Jona which a special authority among the Apostles. The powerful Biblical case for apostolic succession is examined with great insight and is followed by a beautiful survey of the writings of the Fathers of the Church from St. Clement to Leo the Great, from Cyprian to Augustine and Jerome. The misunderstandings about papal infallibility and its limits are also examined in depth. Tapes comes with a typed handout on Tim's Top Ten Reasons why Matthew 16:15-19 demonstrates Papal authority. Tim's sense of humor coupled with his dedication to the word of God makes this series fascinating listening. Sells for $27.95, but are super saver price is only $24.95.

Communion of the Saints by Tim Staples
The Catholic belief regarding the saints, incorporated in the Apostle's creed, is often misunderstood. Many non- Catholics believe that it is totally unbiblical and often cite Scripture passages affirming their position. However in this new series, you will discover how these sanctified siblings- our brothers and sisters in Christ--play on important part of the Family of God. Numerous Scriptural passages are cited from the Old and New Testaments to demonstrate that God is a "God of the living" and that the Body of Christ includes all those saints who have gone before us and who place their prayers before the throne in heaven (e.g., Rev 5:8). In fact, the prayers of the blessed in heaven are essential to our own eternal salvation and the eternal destiny of others. In these four tapes, Tim offers an in-depth Scriptural view of this doctrine by exploring its beauty and richness. Rather than a blasphemy against God, Tim convincingly demonstrates how the veneration of the saints actually reaffirms the primacy of Christ. As part of the Divine design, it allows believers to rule and reign with Jesus. The saints are those men and women who live as God’s close friends in intimate communion. Sacred Scripture and Church Tradition reflected in the voluminous writing of the Church Fathers over the centuries testify to the belief in this doctrine. Although they came from every walk of life, with human peculiarities and habits of life not unlike our own, they have fulfilled their destiny moved beyond human limitations and now partake in the divine nature, in whose image and likeness they were created. On sale for $19.95

The Bible Alone? by Dr. Scott Hahn
A detailed discussion of the Protestant doctrine of Sola Scriptura (the Bible Alone), which maintains that the Bible is the sole rule of faith. In this eight hour series in Professor Hahn outlines the Protestant position on Sola Scriptura, showing how it evolved from the writings of Martin Luther and influenced the decision to drop seven books from the Old Testament, which had been included in the Greek Old Testament known as the Septuagint. The Septuagint was frequently used for Old Testament quotes by the Apostles in the New Testament. Scott examines the Church's view on the dangers of misinterpreting the Scriptures and the insistence on Apostolic authority as the only true interpreter of the Scriptures. He traces the genesis of the Bible and shows how the New Testament was formed, with the books that comprise it not being finally selected until the Council of Carthage in 397 A.D. and how it remained unchanged until the sixteenth century. He points out that the Church existed years before the New Testament was written or compiled and explains how it preserved it over the centuries. He argues that the doctrine of sola scriptura cannot be found in Scripture and is not what was taught by the Church Fathers or the Church before its introduction during the Protestant Reformation. It is then in the words of one prominent Protestant theologian a "new theology." Sale price is $32.95. 

How is Man Saved? by Tim Staples. This series of audio tapes by former Protestant youth pastor turned Catholic apologist, Tim Staples, explains the Catholic view of justification, or how man is saved. This is the most basic question a Christian can ask, yet their are different answers from different denominations. The Catholic view is explained by Tim in a discussion which delves into history and Scripture. Tim expounds on the topic of soteriology-- the theological study of salvation, exploring in some depth what Romans, Galatians, Hebrews and other Biblical texts say on the subject. This five tape series explores the Protestant and Catholic views of justification, explaining the differences between them and the historical and Biblical basis for these views. It includes a typed handout with over 150 scriptural citations used by Staples in his study. This is extremely useful and allows you the ability to look up the Scriptures in your own Bible as Tim expounds their meaning, often translating the literal meaning from the Greek. He shows how justification, sanctification and salvation are three aspects of one process whereby we are transformed into adopted sons and "co-heirs" with Christ, worthy of obtaining "the promised inheritance of eternal life." He is always conscious of the context of difficult passages, returning to the Old Testament to see the context of cited passages used by St. Paul and showing how they might be misunderstood.  Tim Staples can be heard daily on the Splendor of Truth radio program. His knowledge of theology, the Greek scripture and the traditions of both Protestants and Catholics make him an effective apologist in this series. Sale price for the five tape series is a great value at $19.95

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