Tim staples was a fallenaway southern baptist who as a teen came back to faith in christ through the witness of televangelists. With the street cred of one who has been there, tim backs up. Staples stumbles and falls flat in his book, behold your mother. Read behold your mother and find out just how much.
That romes defenders continually produce materials about mary is not surprising, but what is surprising is that staples recently pitched the book on his blog stating, apologists make mistakes too. Notice that the prophecy states that she is a virgin before and after giving birth. All generations shall call me blessed all new complete revised edition pc. Tim stapless most popular book is surprised by truth. In behold your mother, tim staples takes you through the church s teachings about the blessed virgin mary, showing their firm scriptural and historical roots. Staples begins by exploring marys identity as the literal mother of god. Therefore, its possible that john describes mary as with the pangs of birth to signify the fulfillment of micahs prophecy. If you go there and do a read inside you will come to the lines in the brief introduction of his book.
Tim staples has 23 books on goodreads with 4304 ratings. Book, behold your mother, by tim staples, catholic answers. Using the terminology formally affirmed by the council of ephesus in the. An invaluable book for thoughtful, truthseeking christians. Al kresta calls it a great, truly great, piece of apologetics.
Tim was determined to prove catholicism wrong, but he ended up studying his way to the last place he thought he would ever end up. Tim staples has composed a great marian work, to much of the delight im sure to our blessed mother. Quite simply, the purpose of this article is to show that his claims are vacuous. One of the pleasant surprises this is an excellent defense of the catholic teachings regarding mary. Each chapter concludes with an extended reading from the works of the patristic authors. Mary and the fathers of the church the blessed virgin mary in patristic thought. Tim staples is director of apologetics and evangelization at catholic answers, but he was not always catholic. A practical, howto guide for explaining and defending the catholic faith, and behold your mother. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Catholic apologist tim staples wrote an article attempting to substantiate from scripture the notion of mary being queen of heaven, resorting to old testament typology. John paul ii s writings and reflections on our ladys maternal beatitude and his great personal love for her.
Behold your mother a biblical and historical defense of. The book contains numerous citations from the works of those men who developed the defining christological and mariological positions that have constituted the foundational doctrinal teaching of the church. Determined to prove catholicism wrong, tim ended up studying his way into the church. While in the marine corps, tim met a marine who really knew his faith and challenged tim to study catholicism from catholic and historical sources. For catholics, this book will help you understand exactly what protestants mean by sola scriptura, rather than what you think it means. What is the significance of the saying no mary, no jesus know mary, know jesus, why our lady can be considered the real deal how one can never love.
Apr 21, 2020 jesus is king, thus mary is the queen mother in heaven. Tim staples is director of apologetics and evangelization here at catholic answers, but he was not always catholic. Tim staples tim staples was a fallenaway southern baptist who as a teen came back to faith in christ through the witness of televangelists. Former assemblies of god youth minister discusses the immaculate conception of mary. Mary youll find biblical evidence for marian doctrine and. Oct 11, 2014 tim staples has yet another product coming out on mary. Dec 30, 2014 tim staples was a fallenaway southern baptist who as a teen came back to faith in christ through the witness of televangelists. Finally, as tim staples points out in his book behold your mother, its possible that the pain described here signifies the suffering mary experienced from the special knowledge she had concerning her son. Behold your mother available now from catholic answers. Tim staples s most popular book is surprised by truth. How scholarly advances in the collection of historical evidence help make the case for marys assumption. Eight reasons the church teaches marys perpetual virginity.
Tim staples is director of apologetics and evangelization here at. Staples addresses a wide array of topics ranging from oppositions to mary, confusion about catholic beliefs surrounding her, and why a devotion is an important part of christian life. Stepbystep answers to 14 common arguments posed to catholics on the divinity of christ, the eucharist, confession, means of salvation, and more. The biblical truth about mary if you ever want to arm yourself with convincing explanations concerning the blessed virgin mary, this is the set for you. Footsteps of jesus with tim staples harvest journeys. It inspired the 1979 film of the same name, starring piper laurie and mel gibson and. The more you know about her, the more there is to love, and this book is undoubtedly tim staples letter of love and affection to his heavenly mother and queen. Staples journey of conversion is also available in an audiovideo version under the title the bible made me do it. Assemblies of god authority baptist conversion early church fathers immaculate conception mary men pentecostal sola fide. Best books about mary, mother of jesus blessed is she. No matter which interpretation you chooseisrael, the church, mary, or all of the aboveall interpretations agree.
Tim staples answers a caller on catholic answers live. In the case of mary, once a virgin always a virgin. Marine corps, he became friends with a marine wellversed in his catholic faith who challenged tim to study catholicism from catholic and historical sources. Tim staples books list of books by author tim staples. Tim staples catholic audio cd, tapes, dvd and videos.
For tim started out completely opposed to mary specifically. Live hour with tim staples about behold your mother youtube. Staples journey of conversion is also available in an audiovideo version under the title the. In this post, i am going to take a look at what sacred scripture has to say about christ possessing the beatific vision.
Why church teachings about mary are so importantand why rejecting them is not an option for any christian. Many of the popular protestant myths and misconceptions concerning the dogmas, doctrines and devotions of our lady will be shattered as you listen to tims rapidfire responses quoting scripture and the early church fathers. If you are interested in booking tim staples for an upcoming event, please contact catholic answers at 619 3877200 or moc. Packed with scriptural evidence for catholicism, this charitable book teaches you the basics of apologetics.
In behold your mother, tim staples takes you through the church s teachings about the. All generations shall call me blessed by tim staples. Book catholic speaker tim staples booking light a fire. The main question and main point i will be addressing in these two blogs is this. Tim staples respectfully but clearly answers every conceivable protestant objection to mary, the mother of god. With the street cred of one who has been there, tim backs up his words with scripture every time. Tim is a novel by australian writer colleen mccullough, published by harper and row in 1974 it portrays the story of the developing relationship between an older, middleclass woman, mary horton, who lives on her own and a handsome, developmentally impaired 24yearold gardener, tim melville, whom she hires.
In behold your mother, tim staples takes you through the church s teachings about the blessed virgin mary, showing their firm scriptural and historical roots and dismantling the objections of those who mistakenly believe that mary competes for the attention due christ alone. This book is a lifetime cache of indispensable information. It is written by tim staples, who is the director of apologetics at catholic answers. Although he fell away from the faith of his childhood, he came back to faith in christ during his late teen years through the witness of christian televangelists. It has the answers to key questions that protestants raise regarding mary and her role in salvation history. Tim takes you through the gospels and the books of acts and revelation, showing how mary alone was present andor most intimately involved with each key event in salvation history. Dec 10, 2015 make this book your own in every way and grow in knowledge of your mother. In behold your mother, tim staples takes you through the churchs teachings about the blessed virgin mary, showing their firm scriptural and historical roots and dismantling the objections of those who mistakenly believe that mary competes for the attention due christ alone. In behold your mother, tim staples takes you through the churchs teachings about the blessed virgin mary, showing their firm scriptural and historical roots and dismantling the objections. Mary youll find biblical evidence for marian doctrine and devotion, answers to common objections to catholic. Behold your mother a biblical and historical defense of the.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading 20 answers mary 20 answers series from catholic answers book. Having waded through the high waters of protestantisms rejection of mary, tim staples points to the scriptural basis for marian doctrines and explains the reverence for mary in simple terms. I am recommending an awesome article from someone that is not tim staples. Mitch to talk about marian devotion and defends mary as mother of god, the immaculate conception, her perpetual virginity and assumption into heaven. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading 20 answers. All generations shall call me blessed will open your eyes and shed new light on mary, the mother of god and our mother, too. Tim staples as a convert has a very different view of mary then many cradle catholics or even those who have come home to the catholic church. Make this book your own in every way and grow in knowledge of your mother. Scripture states that the virgin shall conceive and give birth to a son. Mitch to talk about marian devotion and defends mary as mother of god, the immaculate conception, her. Tim staples has yet another product coming out on mary. Browse author series lists, sequels, pseudonyms, synopses, book covers, ratings and awards. From the very beginning of marys calling to be the mother of the messiah, she.
Tim staples was a southern baptist in the marine corps when he met a marine who really knew his catholic faith. In this exciting series, catholic convert, tim staples, focuses on the following topics. Hesitant about this whole mary thing in the first place. Realizing that his calling was not to the priesthood, tim left the seminary in 1994 and has been working in catholic apologetics and evangelization ever since. Book catholic speaker tim staples booking light a fire in. Tims personal conversion story can be found in written form in the book edited by patrick madrid entitled surprised by truth 11 stories of conversion to the catholic church. This series comprises 20 books, 20 topics, and 20 questions on different aspects of catholicism or catholic answers to other religions. For protestants, it will help you understand and defend sola scriptura. Although he fell away from the faith of his childhood, tim came back to faith in christ during his late teen years through the witness of christian televangelists. Tim staples explains the incredible impact that the churchs understanding of mary has on our spiritual lives, and the profound way that marian doctrines and dogmas safeguard what we believe about her son. Mitch to talk about marian devotion and defends mary as mother of god, the immaculate conception.
I highly recommend getting this book, it never leaves my desk, and serves as a valuable reference tool. Nov 19, 2018 realizing that his calling was not to the priesthood, tim left the seminary in 1994 and has been working in catholic apologetics and evangelization ever since. Jesus is king, thus mary is the queen mother in heaven. Tim staples takes you through the churchs teachings about the blessed virgin mary, showing their firm scriptural and historical roots and dismantling the objections of those who. Jan 22, 2015 author and apologist tim staples joins fr. The woman in revelation and the pangs of childbirth.