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June 1Jerry & Yolanda Cleffi Former Assembly of God ministers

Marcus Grodi welcomes Dr. Steven C. Smith, formerly with Willow Creek ministries. This is open line Monday. You may call in questions to 1-800-221-9460 or email Marcus at: journeyhome@ewtn.com. Here is some background information on Willow Creek Ministries. The mission of Willow Creek Community Church is to turn irreligious people into fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ.The sole basis of our belief is the Bible, which is uniquely God-inspired, without error, and the final authority on all matters on which it bears. As the Bible teaches, there is one God, eternally existing in three persons — Father, Son, and...

Marcus Grodi welcomes Dr. Francis Beckwith to the Journey Home, Monday September 24, 8pm (ET). Email questions to: journeyhome@ewtn.com

What Went Wrong at EWTN? Hoping to avoid a takeover by the American bishops, Mother Angelica resigned from the board of directors of the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) in March of 2000. She relinquished all control over the network she had founded in 1981. With the departure of that feisty and combative nun, EWTN underwent a change for the worse. This sure-to-be-controversial book contends that since the departure of its foundress, EWTN has been purveying to millions of Catholics a strange brew of the orthodox and the heterodox, the sacred and the profane. The anti-liberal Popes before the Second...