Mr. Mark J Hornbacher, OP – Theology for Evangelists

Theology for Evangelists

A Blog of St. Paul Street Evangelization

Theology for Evangelists

A Blog of St. Paul Street Evangelization

Mark is the Vice President of Programs and Director of Theology at St. Paul Street Evangelization. He has a MA in Theology and a B.Phil from Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit, and a BA in Theology from Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, MI. With Steve Dawson, he is the co-author of Ordinary Christians, Extraordinary Signs: Healing in Evangelization. He is a lay Dominican, and resides in Sterling Heights, MI with his wife Gayle, and their three sons.

Author: Mr. Mark J Hornbacher, OP

"Reflections on Salvation" Letter to Romans Sacred Scripture

Reflections On Salvation, #2: “Vessels of Wrath” (Romans 9-11)

December 8, 2024December 6, 2024 Mr. Mark J Hornbacher, OP

Saint Paul’s Letter to the Romans is a masterpiece. It is deep, powerful, subtle, and beautiful. I will be writing

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Blessed Are the Pure in Heart (“Deep Wisdom” 7 of 9)

November 10, 2024October 31, 2024 Mr. Mark J Hornbacher, OP

I … consider everything as a loss because of the supreme good of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his

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Reflections on Salvation, #1: “The Kingdom of God is within you”

September 16, 2024September 18, 2024 Mr. Mark J Hornbacher, OP

Some of us make the mistake of thinking that salvation is all about where you end up at the end

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Reflections on the Gospel, #5: Fulfillment in Jeopardy

September 1, 2024September 23, 2024 Mr. Mark J Hornbacher, OP

Strive to enter by the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be

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Reflections on the Gospel, #4: Fulfillment’s Meaning

July 28, 2024September 23, 2024 Mr. Mark J Hornbacher, OP

I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. John 10:11 If we have

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Blessed are the Merciful (“Deep Wisdom” 6 of 9)

July 14, 2024November 11, 2024 Mr. Mark J Hornbacher, OP

Give no offense to Jews or to Greeks or to the church of God, just as I try to please

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Reflections on the Gospel, #3: Fulfillment Extending

June 19, 2024September 23, 2024 Mr. Mark J Hornbacher, OP

Jesus again said to them … I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly. John 10:7a, 10b

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Reflections on the Gospel, #2: Promises Fulfilled

May 22, 2024September 23, 2024 Mr. Mark J Hornbacher, OP

What God promised our ancestors he has brought to fulfillment for us, [their] children, by raising up Jesus, as it

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Reflections on the Gospel, #1: Promises Hidden

May 8, 2024September 23, 2024 Mr. Mark J Hornbacher, OP

[God] made from one every nation of men to live on all the face of the earth, … that they

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The Outcomes of the Hour of Death (“Hour of Death,” 2 of 3)

April 24, 2024September 18, 2024 Mr. Mark J Hornbacher, OP

Death puts an end to human life as the time open to either accepting or rejecting the divine grace manifested

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