Archimedes said, 'give me a lever and a fulcrum, and a place whereon to stand, and I'll move the world.' The lever is the seven Sacraments, the fulcrum is prayer, and the place whereon to stand is the Church. With these 'masterworks of God' we can move the world to love, peace, and joy--to God. This is an indispensable guide to understanding the Sacraments.

The sacramental economy was instituted by Christ and entrusted to His Church in order to build up the Body of Christ in a twofold communion: binding the members together with God and one another. Touched by Christ: The Sacramental Economy is an introductory course on Sacramental Theology suitable for all who seek a deeper understanding of how the Church’s sacraments constitute channels of grace, nurture supernatural life, and heal us from our sins. Lawrence Feingold expertly describes the nature of the sacraments; their purpose, fittingness, and relationship with Christ and the New Covenant; their relationship with the Old Covenant rites that prefigured them; the character and grace that they communicate; and the nature of their causality. Touched by Christ shows that the sacraments of the New Covenant should be understood as instruments of Christ’s humanity that are used as words of power to communicate the sanctification that they signify, infuse grace, communicate the Holy Spirit, and build up ecclesial communion in those who receive them with the right dispositions.

This is volume 5 of Charles Swindoll's walk through the Bible, entitled God's Masterworks. These lessons deal with the books of 2 Thessalonians through Revelation.

These studies from the books of Hosea through Malachi introduce a God who is Covenant Keeper, Sovereign Judge, Coming King, Builder and Demolisher of the nations, a God who judges the wicked as well as preserves the faithful.

Masterworks of God Essays in Liturgical Theory and Practice by M. Francis Mannion (2007).