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Purposeful Universe2 min read

Purposeful Lab: Crash Course in Evolution

Dan Kuebler offers a crash course in evolution, summarizing convergence in evolution, as well as how the first humans emerged from the hominin species.
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Purposeful Universe2 min read

Purposeful Lab: How Can a Loving God Allow Evil?

How can a loving God allow evil? Suffering must be present so we can strive towards perfection and understand the power of hope, love, and other virtues.
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Purposeful Lab: How to Find Purpose in a Scientific World

In this Purposeful Lab episode Daniel Toma discusses finding purpose in a scientific world— viewing science through a Catholic, not materialistic, lens.
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Magis Center7 min read

What is Original Sin? The Interior and Exterior Consequences

What is orginal sin? These are both the interior and exterior consequences of original sin and how we can overcome them.
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Magis Center7 min read

5 Credible Stories of Near-Death Experiences (Peer-Reviewed) 

A look into five stories of near-death experiences from peer-reviewed journals and what they can teach us about consciousness, the afterlife, and God.
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Purposeful Universe1 min read

Purposeful Lab: Reconciling Genesis and Evolution

Dan, Catherine, and Mathew Tsakanikas discuss ways to interpret Genesis, Mosaic authorship, and Genesis and evolution from a Catholic perspective.
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Magis Center6 min read

Alternatives to the Big Bang

There are 4 significant alternatives to the Big Bang: multiverse, the cyclical universe, eternally static universe, and string theory.
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Lauren Woodrell8 min read

The Apostle of Divine Mercy: St. Faustina

St. Faustina, the Apostle of Divine Mercy, led a life to save sinners from hell. Her words and actions still guide us today.
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What is the Eucharist? According to New Testament Writers

What is the Eucharist, and what is the universal view according to New Testament writers and the early church fathers?
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Magis Center11 min read

Scientifically Validated Miracles of Marian Apparitions

The scientifically validated miracles of the Marian apparitions show how central the Blessed Virgin is in the order of salvation by God’s will.
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Purposeful Universe1 min read

Purposeful Lab: Catholic Church and Evolution

Dan and Katherine discuss how to reconcile the Catholic Church and evolution, and how to reconcile evolution with being made in the image of God?
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What’s So Special about the Eucharist? 

In this clip Father Spitzer explains why the self-sacrificial nature of Eucharistic love makes it the only love that can save and forgive sins.
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