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July 2019

July 24, 2019

Dear Catholics: For The Love Of God, Read Your Bible!

In a recent survey published on Crux.com, about 50 percent of American Catholics correctly answered...

July 13, 2019

Why I Don’t Call Myself A ‘Roman’ Catholic

Since reverting to Catholicism after spending over a decade as an Evangelical Protestant, I've spent...

July 05, 2019

Catholic Fellowship Sucks

I remember hearing my grandparents recall a time when the local church was the epicenter...

June 2019

June 26, 2019

Why Isn’t Catholic Communion More Inclusive?

As a cradle-Catholic in my youth, I’ve noticed the times when church attendance was the...

June 23, 2019

I Long For Christian Unity

One of the things that makes my heart ache is how divided Christianity really is....

June 05, 2019

Be Friends With People Who You Disagree With

As someone who spent a significant amount of my life in conservative Christian circles, I...

May 2019

May 26, 2019

The Church and Canada’s Abysmal Treatment of Indigenous People

I’ve always been flattered by the amount of positive comments from foreign strangers when I...

May 23, 2019

Nu-Metal Saved My Life

Everybody is a product of their past. The choices I've made and the people in...

May 20, 2019

A Catholic Reflection on the Meaning of Suffering

In my early twenties, some former friends I once worked for told me if you plead...

May 15, 2019

Has The Church Failed Persons With Developmental Disabilities?

Having a sibling with a developmental disability certainly gives you a different perspective of the world. Much of...

April 2019

April 28, 2019

Rebuilding Notre Dame versus Caring For The Poor?

In the wake of the Notre Dame fire, it seems the internet has moved from...

April 16, 2019

The Fire of Notre Dame and the Theology of Architecture

In recent news, the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France had caught fire and sustained...

April 12, 2019

Stop Treating Evangelism Like A Sales Pitch

As a cradle Catholic, I made a number of friends in high school who were...

March 2019

March 29, 2019

Where Does Progressive Christianity Lead To?

Since I was young, I took great satisfaction in not conforming to the expectations of...

March 20, 2019

Put The Tabernacle Back Where It Belongs!

In the parish I grew up attending, the priest would sit directly behind the altar...

March 08, 2019

Is Feminism Compatible With Christianity?

Locker-room TalkI remember in junior high school, locker-room talk was quite commonplace. When talking about...

March 06, 2019

I Long For Catholic Unity

In my article I Long For Christian Unity, I aired my grievances with the doctrinal...

January 2019

January 07, 2019

American Evangelical Preaching In Ukraine Gets An Earful From Eastern Orthodox Lady

As the description in the YouTube link says, "Torch of Christ Ministries took to the...

June 2018

June 03, 2018

Christian Bookstores Sell Indulgences

Photo credit: pixabay.com "For the love of money is the root of all evils; it...

April 2018

April 17, 2018

‘Sweet Jesus’ and the Marketing of Hate

Photo credit: pixabay.com **CONTENT WARNING: COARSE LANGUAGE** In what seems to be an online era...

April 04, 2018

Does It Matter How We Worship?

As a teenager who had been raised Catholic, what first drew me to Evangelicalism was...

November 2017

November 01, 2017

My Thoughts on the Sexual Revolution

Image credit: Flickr I remember when I was around 10 years old, my friends and...

April 2017

April 14, 2017

Why I Stopped Believing In ‘The Rapture’

Photo credit: Flickr "For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of...

September 2016

September 29, 2016

LGBTQ Rights versus Religious Freedom?

During my junior high school years, I was often the target of excessive bullying and harassment....

September 04, 2016

The Year I Became a Part-Time Bible School Student

My wife and I are both Bible school alumni. She attended a larger, conservative, accredited institute...

May 2016

May 12, 2016

My Struggle with Baptism

When I was a newly converted Christian at seventeen years old, I was told by...

March 2016

March 08, 2016

Why I Despise Contemporary Christian Worship

I was a guitarist for several worship bands at a conservative Evangelical congregation in the past. My...