Steve Ray Talks

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Steve Ray is a popular Catholic author, speaker and Holy Land tour guide extraordinaire. Here's a quick bio from his author's page at Ignatius Insight:

Stephen K. Ray was raised in a devout, loving Baptist family. His father was a deacon and Bible teacher and Stephen was very involved in the Baptist Church as a teacher of Biblical studies and lectured on a wide range of topics. Steve and his wife Janet entered the Catholic Church in 1994.

In addition to running a family business, Steve spends time researching, writing, and teaching about the Catholic Faith. He is the author of Crossing the Tiber: Evangelical Protestants Discover the Historical Church, Upon This Rock: St. Peter and the Primacy of Rome in Scripture and the Early Church, and St. John's Gospel: A Bible Study and Commentary.

Here are a few of his talks:

• Defending the Eucharist

• The Rock, The Keys and The Chair

If you like what you hear, there's still room on his Holy Land trip.

So this priest friend of mine...

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...wants to go to the February 2011 Holy Land Pilgrimage led by famed author, apologist and sometimes tour guide Steve Ray. Unfortunately, not enough folks have signed up yet to make it happen.

This is where you come in! :0)

The trip lasts 11 days and costs $3,799, a cost which includes hotel, meals and the plane trip (not including air fare to/from New York).

If you're interested -- as you should be -- you can get the details here.