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February 2016

February 08, 2016

John Calvin: Good Works Manifest True Saving Faith

[public domain / Wikimedia Commons] * * * (9-4-08) * * * * * A Protestant...

February 08, 2016

Martin Luther: Good Works Prove Authentic Faith

Martin Luther, 31 December 1525 (age 42), by Lucas Cranach the Elder [public domain / Wikimedia Commons]...

February 07, 2016

Civil Dialogue with a Humanist on Abortion

Babies don't magically appear out of nowhere; from a stork or something. There is actually...

February 06, 2016

Glorying in Uncertainty in Modern Protestantism

(Dialogue with a Calvinist) Photograph by Jef Poskanzer (3-13-08) [Wikimedia Commons / Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license]...

February 05, 2016

Ten Reasons Why Pro-Lifers Vote for Pro-Aborts

[Note: this was written right before the presidential election of 2008; hence the many references to...

February 05, 2016

The Bible on the Moral Assurance of Salvation

. . . Persevering in Faith, with Hope Photograph by "Unsplash" [public domain / Pixabay] (10-21-08)...

February 05, 2016

The Catholic Luther: 25 Shocking Examples

Portrait of Martin Luther (1528), by Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] * *...

February 04, 2016

John Calvin: Capital Punishment for “Heretics” (Anabaptists, Etc.)

. . . and Persecution of Catholics, Too [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] * *...

February 04, 2016

John Calvin Believed in the Perpetual Virginity of Mary

. . . Confirmed by Reformed Scholars (Dialogue with a Presbyterian Elder) Annunciation (c. 1489),...

February 03, 2016

Luther Favored the Death Penalty for Anabaptists

Danube River in Germany. Some Anabaptists were drowned in the Danube for their religious beliefs....

February 03, 2016

“Personal Relationship” vs. “Join the One Church”?

Head of Christ (c. 1648), by Rembrandt (1606-1669) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] * *...

February 02, 2016

Paul’s “Nature” Argument as Regards Homosexual Acts

(originally 1998; slightly revised on 2-2-16) Photo credit: St. Paul Preaching in Athens (1515), by...

February 01, 2016

Dialogue: Is Premarital Sex Wrong?

(vs. C. Jack Elliott) Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman, in the film, Notorious (1946) [public...

February 01, 2016

Paul Sanctions Premarital Sex (1 Corinthians 7:36)?

(vs. Scott Nemeth) Image by "Belleza87" [public domain / Pixabay] * * * This paper...

February 01, 2016

Martin Luther’s Early Belief in Invocation of the Saints

. . . as Late as 1521 Posthumous Portrait of Martin Luther as an Augustinian Monk...

February 01, 2016

Sunny Optimism Regarding God’s Guidance of His Church

. . . Now and Always (Including Liturgical Discussion) Image by "angelac72" [public domain

January 2016

January 28, 2016

Church Music & Hymns in the New Testament?

Photograph by "delphinmedia" [public domain / Pixabay] * * * * * Some Calvinist, hyper-fundamentalists,...

January 28, 2016

Debate with an Atheist on Evidences & Belief

Image by "ArtsyBee" [public domain / Pixabay] * * * Atheist J. Gravelle responded to...

January 26, 2016

Defense of My “Ten-Step Refutation of Sola Scriptura”

Defending sola Scriptura is rather like a dog chasing his tail. Either he never catches...

January 26, 2016

Philippians 2:12 & “Work[ing] Out” One’s Salvation

Finish line for a marathon race in Eugene, Oregon. Photo by Michael McCullough, 1 May...

January 25, 2016

Bible on Participation in Our Own Salvation

. . . Always Enabled by God's Grace St. Paul (c. 1468), by Marco Zoppo (1433-1478)...

January 22, 2016

Bible on Wholehearted Formal Worship

St. Joseph Church, Detroit, Michigan (my own home parish since 1991): view to the rear....

January 21, 2016

“No Pope in the New Testament” & Other Such Myths Debunked

The Liberation of St. Peter, by Antonio de Bellis (1616-1656) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons]...

January 21, 2016

Northerner Defends Rebel Flag vs. Southerner

General Robert E. Lee in 1863 [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] * * * This...

January 21, 2016

Biblical Evidence for Apostolic Oral Tradition

St. Peter Preaching (detail; 1426-1427), by Masolina da Panicale (1383-1447) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] * * *...

January 19, 2016

Biblical Evidence for Jesus’ Omniscience

. . . by Cross-Referencing to Texts on the All-Knowing Attributes of God the Father...

January 19, 2016

Masturbation Reference in Sermon on the Mount?

. . . Striking Talmudic Parallels The Sermon on the Mount (1877), by Carl Heinrich...

January 19, 2016

Grace Alone: Perfectly Acceptable Catholic Teaching

"Art4TheGlryOfGod Photography by Sharon" [Flickr / CC BY-ND 2.0 license] (2-3-09) * * * This...

January 19, 2016

Michigander Defends the Confederate Flag

*** (8-29-06) *** [Stephen Hand's words will be in blue; Martin's in green; Jim Scott's in purple; I'm...

January 18, 2016

Augustine’s “Confessions”: Model for Conversion Stories

(6-10-09)* * * * * 1) St. Augustine critiqued many belief-systems and practices in his...

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