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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,...

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 09, 2020

Why Does The Catholic Bible Have Additional Books?

Christians all over the world unanimously agree that the books of the Bible are divinely...

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...

October 01, 2020

Yes, I Denounce White Supremacy.

It has recently come to my attention that such terms like "Western Culture" or "Western...

September 2020

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 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 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,...

May 2020

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 16, 2020

Are Demons Real?

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

March 2020

March 17, 2020

Coronavirus, Avarice and Human Depravity

In Chapter 7 of Elie Wiesel's novel 'Night,' there is a disturbing scene where prisoners...

March 12, 2020

A Reflection on the Parable of the Good Samaritan

The first week of March was a pretty rough haul for me. In addition to...

February 2020

February 29, 2020

Scripture, Apostolic Succession and the Importance of Foundations

"According to the commission of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I...

February 25, 2020

10 Things To Give Up For Lent In 2020

It's that time of year again! Lent is just around the corner! Because the times...

February 23, 2020

A Reflection on Ash Wednesday

"By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread until you return to the ground, for...

February 18, 2020

OPINION: Uproar Over Role Of Women In Wake Of Querida Amazonia

In the wake of the newly released apostolic exhortation Querida Amazonia, outrage seemed to have...

February 07, 2020

Why Would Anybody Need Jesus?

As someone who was raised Catholic and spent nearly 12 years as an adult Evangelical,...

February 04, 2020

Christian and Feminist Hypocrisy Over Super Bowl Halftime Show

A headline of an article recently published by Catholic media outlet ChurchPOP reads, "Jennifer Lopez...

February 03, 2020

What Are The Seven Sorrows Of Mary?

Many Christians rely on devotionals as a regular part of nurturing a spiritual relationship with...

January 2020

January 28, 2020

12 Theological Heresies Defined In Church History

When it comes to reading the Bible, many Christians often assume the passages are clear...

January 23, 2020

Religious Trauma Syndrome, De-Conversion & Reversion to Catholicism

In the non-denominational Bible college I attended in my early 20's, one of my instructors...

January 02, 2020

In Defense of Mary: Co-Redemptrix?

One of the most common criticisms towards Catholics is how they seem to elevate Mary...