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June 2020

June 29, 2020

Veneration of Saints and Angels (vs. John Calvin)

[excerpt from my book, A Biblical Critique of Calvinism (Oct. 2012, 178p), pp. 87-95. Follow the link...

June 29, 2020

“Graven Images”: Unbiblical Iconoclasm (vs. John Calvin)

[excerpt from my book, A Biblical Critique of Calvinism (Oct. 2012, 178p), pp. 59-72. Follow the link...

June 28, 2020

My Sister, Judy All (1952-2020)

My sister Judy peacefully passed away this morning, from kidney failure and related complications, with...

June 27, 2020

Me Me Me (My Earliest “Apologetics”)

This is my earliest attempt at a sort of indirect apologetics writing: critical commentary on...

June 27, 2020

Can Only Regenerate Men Perform Truly Good Works?

vs. John Calvin [excerpt from my book, A Biblical Critique of Calvinism (Oct. 2012, 178p), pp. 22-28....

June 27, 2020

Is God the Author of Evil? (vs. John Calvin)

[excerpt from my book, A Biblical Critique of Calvinism (Oct. 2012, 178p), pp. 13-22. Follow the...

June 26, 2020

Catholic Mystics & Contemplatives on Purgatory

[From my book, Quotable Catholic Mystics and Contemplatives (April 2014, 304p), pp. 224-230. Follow the link for...

June 26, 2020

Catholic Mystics & Contemplatives on Hell

[From my book, Quotable Catholic Mystics and Contemplatives (April 2014, 304p), pp. 145-151. Follow the link for...

June 25, 2020

Have Heterodox Catholics Overthrown Official Doctrine?

Dialogue with anti-Catholics James White (words in green), Eric Svendsen (blue), Andrew Webb (brown), and...

June 24, 2020

“Turretinfan” Calls a Statue of Jesus Christ an “Idol”

. . . While His Buddy Bishop James White Praises the Statues of "Reformers" Calvin,...

June 24, 2020

Does God “Want” Men to Sin? Does He “Ordain” Sin?

I've often heard Calvinists deny that they believe God is the author of sin, and...

June 23, 2020

Marian Veneration: Reply to Evangelical Adrian Warnock

[originally 12-10-19 on Facebook] *** A few weeks ago, I ran across an article by...

June 23, 2020

Ven. Fulton Sheen on the Bodily Assumption of Mary

From: The World's First Love, Garden City, New York: Doubleday Image, 1956, pp. 113-118, 121: ***...

June 22, 2020

Reply to a Critic: Am I Un-Ecumenical & Anti-Protestant?

[see book and purchase information] *** These comments and my replies occurred underneath my article,...

June 22, 2020

Review of Bp. Barron’s Word on Fire Bible (The Gospels)

I'm very excited to offer my thoughts about Bishop Robert Barron's new offering, The Word...

June 20, 2020

“In You I Hope” (Poem of Mine from 1982)

[written on 25 April 1982] *** I found this by accident in a box of...

June 20, 2020

Gentleness

[originally posted in 1996] *** Gentleness is a very godly trait (Gal 5:22). Jesus was...

June 19, 2020

Dialogue: Mary’s “In Partu” Virginity (During Birth)

with Ryan Grant The following is from a Facebook discussion (3-9-17) about the paper, Mary’s Perpetual...

June 18, 2020

The Imitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

(written in 1997) *** [This is one of my own very favorite papers] * *...

June 18, 2020

Cardinal Newman on the Bodily Assumption of Mary

[compiled and edited in 1994] *** Who can conceive, my brethren, that God should so...

June 18, 2020

I Excoriated Society-Wide Sexual Abuse in 2007

[originally posted on 11-17-17] *** I'm delighted to see liberals and/or feminists starting to do...

June 17, 2020

Mary’s Perpetual Virginity: Bombshell from Matthew 1:25

Matthew 1:24-25 (NRSV) . . . Joseph . . . took her as his wife,...

June 17, 2020

Is Harry Potter & Related Fantasy Literature Evil?

On my Romantic and Imaginative Theology web page I have many Harry Potter links. The...

June 16, 2020

1 Esdras & the Canon of Hippo, Carthage, & Trent

Protestant apologist Steve Christie (a nice guy, not an anti-Catholic, and worthy debate opponent) asked...

June 16, 2020

Ecumenical Councils: Catholic vs. Lutheran Perspective

vs. Pastor Ken Howes (LCMS) This was a discussion on Facebook underneath a link to...

June 15, 2020

Communion in the Hand: More Reflections & Opinions

This is from a Facebook thread, dated 7-8-13. I am including -- for the sake...

June 15, 2020

Dialogue: “Obscure” Bible Before Luther’s Translation?

This was originally a lengthy Facebook discussion (7-24-14) about my article, Were Vernacular Bibles Unknown Before...

June 14, 2020

Sola Scriptura Can’t Definitively Refute Christological Heresy

The Sad Case of Evangelical Apologist and Philosopher Dr. William Lane Craig and Monothelitism [originally...

June 12, 2020

Defense of Critique of Jame’s White’s Misinformed Mariology

vs. James Swan I joined William Possidento, the primary author, in a critique of James...

June 12, 2020

Critique of “Mary — Another Redeemer?” (James White)

Whitewashing History: By William Possidento and Dave Armstrong [originally posted on 3-12-04; slight revisions and...

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