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May 2017

May 05, 2017

Lutheran Pastor Bashes Prayer to Mary & Rosary (“Vain Repetition”)

From: Max Pixel / FreeGreatPicture.com [CC0 public domain] ***** Lutheran pastor R. Daniel Carlson (LCMS)...

May 04, 2017

Debate with a Lutheran Pastor on Faith and Works

Image by "geralt" (April 2017) [Pixabay / CC0 public domain] *** [from another public Facebook...

May 04, 2017

Degrees of Grace / Quantifiable Differences in Grace

Image by "HypnoArt" (February 2017) [Pixabay / CC0 public domain] *** Human beings can offer...

May 04, 2017

Grace Alone & Necessity of Good Works: Ecumenical Agreement

Original title: Catholics and Protestants Agree on Grace Alone and the Necessity of the Presence of...

May 03, 2017

Dialogue: Rich Man’s Prayer to Abraham (Lk 16) & Invocation of Saints

Abraham and the Angels, by Aert de Gelder (1645-1727) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] ***...

May 03, 2017

Is God Alone Holy, According to Scripture? Or Can We Be Too?

"Light Special Effects03" by "RAJESH misra" ( [PublicDomainPictures.net / CC0 public domain] *** Lutheran Pastor...

May 02, 2017

Communitarian Aspects of Catholic Worship at Mass

Holy Family Catholic Church (Oldenburg, Indiana). Photo by "Nheyob" (9-21-13) [Wikimedia Commons / Creative Commons...

May 02, 2017

Catholic Converts’ Qualms: Mariology, Formal Worship, Etc.

St. Vitus Cathedral, Prague. Photo by "kirkandmimi" (9-29-16) [Pixabay / CC0 public domain] *** (2-11-04;...

May 01, 2017

Cyril of Jerusalem (d. 386) vs. Sola Scriptura as the Rule of Faith

St. Cyril of Jerusalem, by Francesco Bartolozzi (1727-1815) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (8-1-03)...

May 01, 2017

Hippolytus (d. c. 236) vs. Sola Scriptura as the Rule of Faith

Church Fathers: 11th century mosaic; lower portions: oil painting of the 18th c. St. Sophia...

April 2017

April 21, 2017

Cause of the Big Bang: Atheist Geologist Challenged

Image by "geralt" (8-20-14) [Pixabay / CC0 public domain] ***** An atheist geologist who goes...

April 21, 2017

“DagoodS” Deconversion Story: Critique & Truncated Dialogue

Photograph by "||read||" (5-28-09) [Flickr / CC BY 2.0 license] *** (9-20-07) *** "DagoodS" is...

April 20, 2017

Young Earth Creationism of Notable Anti-Catholic Protestants

Photograph by Alex Beynon (5-16-14) [Flickr / CC BY-ND 2.0 license] *** (9-18-10) ***** TAO...

April 20, 2017

Gregory of Nyssa (d. c. 395) vs. Sola Scriptura as the Rule of Faith

St. Gregory of Nyssa: Hosios Loukas Monastery, Boeotia, Greece (early 11th century Byzantine) [public domain...

April 18, 2017

Jewish and OT Views of Hell and Eternal Punishment

"Hell": photograph by "Hans" (6-28-13) [Pixabay / CC0 public domain] *** (4-14-04) *** Many doctrines...

April 18, 2017

Psalm 110: Jewish Commentators Who Regard it as Messianic

+ Reply to Rabbi Tovia Singer's Charges of Christian "Tampering" With the Text [Wikimedia Commons...

April 18, 2017

What is the Gospel? Catholic-Protestant Agreement

The Preaching of St Paul at Ephesus (1649), by Eustache Le Sueur (1617-1655) [public domain...

April 18, 2017

“Why Desire Salvation?” Reply to a Non-Christian Inquirer

The Baptism of the Eunuch (1623), by Pieter Lastman (1583-1633) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons]...

April 17, 2017

The Messiah: Jewish / Old Testament Conceptions

Jews Praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur (1878), by Maurycy Gottlieb (1856-1879) [public domain...

April 17, 2017

Isaiah 53: Ancient & Medieval Jewish Messianic Interpretation

Ancient and Medieval Jewish Commentators Portrait of a Rabbi (1635), by Rembrandt (1606-1669) [public domain...

April 15, 2017

“The Harvest is Ready”: Tips on Catholic Evangelism

Yours truly sharing the gospel and Christian message with Mormons as an evangelical Protestant apologist...

April 15, 2017

God’s “Valentine” to Us

Bible Passages on God's Love, Mercy, and Compassion Photograph by Ronnie Macdonald (4-14-11). See Matthew...

April 14, 2017

Jesus’ Soul, Two Natures, & “Worship” of the Father

Christ in the Wilderness (1872), by Ivan Nikolaevich Kramskoi (1837-1887) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] ***...

April 14, 2017

Nestorian Heresy and the Tempting of Jesus

Christ in Gethsemane (1880), by Carl Heinrich Bloch (1834-1890) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] ***...

April 13, 2017

Temple Sacrifice & Offerings Sanctioned by Jesus & Apostles

. . . and Practiced by St. Paul, St. Peter, and St. John After the...

April 13, 2017

Isaiah 53: Jewish-Christian Dialogue: Who is the “Servant”?

Is the "Servant" the Messiah (Jesus) or Collective Israel? (vs. Ari G. [Orthodox] ) Image...

April 12, 2017

Reply to a Calvinist: Hardening of Pharaoh’s Heart

(vs. Colin Smith) Photograph by Xuan Che (12-30-05) [Flickr / CC BY 2.0 license] ***...

April 12, 2017

Our Father (Lord’s Prayer): “Debts” or “Trespasses”?

The Lord's Prayer, by James Tissot (1836-1902) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (11-7-08) ***...

April 12, 2017

Reply to Atheist on Messianic Prophecies (Zech 13:6, Ps 22)

Partial view of the Mandelbrot set. Step 11 of a zoom sequence: Double-spirals with satellites...

April 12, 2017

Reply to Atheist on Isaiah 53 & “Dishonest” Christians

Original manga logo (Shinobu Kaitani: 2005) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (7-2-10) *** See...

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