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June 2019

June 12, 2019

In Defense of Mary: Mediatrix & Queen of Heaven?

I remember receiving a set of anti-Catholic tracts from someone I met at an Evangelical...

June 10, 2019

My Critique of Calvinism: PART VII – In Summary

My Christian worldview initially aligned with Calvinism after I first gave my life to Jesus...

June 10, 2019

My Critique of Calvinism: PART VI – Perseverance of the Saints

When I think of the Perseverance of the Saints, the first verse that comes to...

June 10, 2019

My Critique of Calvinism: PART V – Irresistible Grace

Many Christians use the phrase 'Once saved, always saved' as a way to summarize how...

June 10, 2019

My Critique of Calvinism: PART IV – Limited Atonement

God is supposed to be omnipotent and omnipresent, which means all-knowing and present everywhere in space...

June 10, 2019

My Critique of Calvinism: PART III – Unconditional Election

To a certain extent, Unconditional Election makes sense. I agree that God loves us unconditionally and...

June 10, 2019

My Critique of Calvinism: PART II – Total Depravity

I once watched an anti-abortion documentary called the 180 Movie. The host interviewed several people...

June 10, 2019

My Critique of Calvinism: PART I – Introduction

As a part-time Bible school alumni, I learned many ideologies adopted by certain Christian denominations...

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...

April 2019

April 29, 2019

Why Purgatory Makes Sense

"If heaven is for clean people, it's vacant." — 'Load Me Up' by Matthew Good...

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...

April 01, 2019

Are The Apparitions Of The Virgin Mary Real?

"And a great portent appeared in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, with the...

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 27, 2019

The Problem With Purity Culture

As a young Catholic, I experienced much of what Evangelicals refer to as legalism. I...

March 24, 2019

‘Faith Alone’ Is Not Enough

I dated a pastor's daughter when I was 21, with whom I had long-drawn conversations...

March 17, 2019

My Struggle With Communion

I attended my first Evangelical communion service at a Christian youth conference when I was...

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...

February 2019

February 11, 2019

Once Saved, Always Saved?

The Culture of Instant Gratification As someone who grew up on a farm, my earliest...

January 2019

January 14, 2019

Anti-Protestant Discrimination Bothers Me

As a Catholic blogger, much of my writing content centers around explaining Catholic beliefs in...

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...

January 01, 2019

A Response to John Piper on Catholicism

When dealing with Protestant criticisms, us Catholics are often met with a high level of...

April 2018

April 04, 2018

Does It Matter How We Worship?

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

January 2018

January 24, 2018

“One True Church?”

There's an area in my city called Church Street where there are at least ten different...

June 2017

June 26, 2017

In Defence of the Trinity

Photo credit: publicdomainpictures.net As I have mentioned in previous blog entries, I once befriended a...

February 2017

February 16, 2017

Which Bible is Right?

Image credit: Flickr I remember receiving my first Bible when I was about 11 years...

May 2016

May 12, 2016

My Struggle with Baptism

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

February 2016

February 25, 2016

Does The ‘Bible Alone’ Put God In A Box?

Photo credit: freeimages.com "All scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for...

February 06, 2016

Is It Right To Hate Religion?

"If any one thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives...