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April 2023

April 25, 2023

10 Essential Books Every Catholic Should Own

When it comes to proactively living out the Christian faith, it comes without saying that...

May 2022

May 09, 2022

Don’t Lose Your Soul In The Culture War

With the internet being one of our main sources of communication, social justice has been...

April 2022

April 18, 2022

An Easter Reflection: Jesus Was A Victim

In today's political climate, victimization seems to consistently find its way to the forefront of...

April 10, 2021

GraceLife Church, Civil Disobedience & the Christian Persecution Complex

It is well past the one-year anniversary of our 2-week lockdown here in Alberta, Canada,...

March 2021

March 05, 2021

Cancel Culture, Boundaries and Blocking on Social Media

After I published my last article 'Is Cancel Culture The New Inquisition?' I received much...

February 2021

February 09, 2021

Is Cancel Culture The New Inquisition?

A recurring theme that often comes up in your average Bible study is the verse...

January 2021

January 12, 2021

The Power Of Words And The Cult Of Personality

As a guitarist, I would explore as many influential artists as I could in order...

December 2020

December 15, 2020

Bible School Relationships, Sexuality and Purity Culture

There's an ongoing joke among the Evangelical circles I've associated with regarding Bible college...

December 01, 2020

Is Honoring And Venerating Saints Equal To Worship?

From a non-Catholic Christian perspective, anything to do with giving honor or veneration to the...

November 2020

November 19, 2020

Saints Are Sinners, Too.

I've been a longtime admirer of Pope John Paul II even during my Evangelical years....

October 2020

October 28, 2020

Why I Don’t Celebrate The Reformation (And Neither Should You)

When I attended an Evangelical summer youth camp when I was 17, we had a...

October 25, 2020

My Struggle With Creationism

In elementary school, I used to spend countless hours in the library reading books about...

September 2020

September 25, 2020

Four Reasons Why I Cancelled My Netflix Subscription

In the wake of the trending outrage over Netflix's content, my family and...

September 11, 2020

Netflix’s ‘American Gospel’ Grossly Misrepresents Catholic Teaching (PART TWO)

< PREVIOUS PAGE MIKE GENDRON: "And he must now receive sacraments. He must confess his...

September 11, 2020

Netflix’s ‘American Gospel’ Grossly Misrepresents Catholic Teaching (PART ONE)

The latest Christian documentary on Netflix has arrived to dismantle the blight of Prosperity Theology...

September 05, 2020

Is Jesus the Ultimate Capitalist?

A couple of tweets I recently stumbled across comes from a man who is a...

August 2020

August 28, 2020

Can Coarse Language and Profanity Be Appropriate?

I'm sure most of us remember sometime in our adolescence being told by our adult...

August 18, 2020

Dreams and the Spiritual Realm

Ever since I was little, I've always had really bizarre dreams. Growing up in a...

August 13, 2020

The Dangers of Being Moderate

As I write this, I must say that I did not always identify as politically...

June 2020

June 18, 2020

Should A Rosary Be Worn Around The Neck?

When I was in high school, one of my favorite hats was a black New...

June 16, 2020

7 Prominent Catholic Voices Who Influenced My Return To The Church

As a reverted Catholic and former Evangelical, I've often heard fellow believers site the theologians,...

June 10, 2020

Activism and Virtue-Signalling on Social Media

There is a popular meme that periodically circulates on social media showing a scene in...

May 2020

May 25, 2020

Why Christian Films Are Absolutely Terrible

Cinematography may have only been around for over a century, but it has become one...

May 19, 2020

Your Conversion Experience Does Not Determine Your Spiritual Worth

A former acquaintance on Facebook who has become outspokenly anti-Catholic had recently posted on social...

May 09, 2020

A Contemplation of Soli Deo Gloria (Glory To God Alone)

Years ago after experiencing a period of attending many funerals of lost friends and family,...

April 2020

April 23, 2020

The Idolatry of Freedom and the Inconvenience of Sacrifice

Considering both scenarios, it makes me wonder, what exactly is 'freedom' and at what point...

April 16, 2020

Are Demons Real?

While I may be a believer in God and the spiritual realm, I also tend...

April 07, 2020

A Reflection on Church Closures, Passover & Healing During The Sabbath

It sure is a strange time to be alive. In the wake of public closures...

March 2020

March 25, 2020

Addressing Fearmongering And Conspiracy Over COVID-19 Outbreak

Image credit: pixabay.com "For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of...

March 20, 2020

Communion In The Hand?

For non-Catholics, this article might come across as a bit of an oddity. Most Protestant...