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2014-12-18T17:38:27+01:00

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Podcast on Penal Substitutionary Atonement

Last updated on: December 18, 2014 at 5:38 pm By Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry

The nice guys at Mere Fidelity put up the podcast in which I was privileged to be invited to discuss the penal substitutionary theory of the atonement (which I oppose). I already wrote about this view here and (especially) here. Here’s the podcast. Read more

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2014-12-18T14:06:06+01:00

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Book Review: Joseph Ratzinger, “Milestones”

Last updated on: December 18, 2014 at 2:06 pm By Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry

When people talk about Joseph Ratzinger, the theologian, what most often goes mentioned is his erudition and his orthodoxy. What always strikes me most about Ratzinger’s writing is his humility, his meekness, his gentleness. There is a softness in the writing style which is incredibly endearing and inviting. Every word is carefully chosen to say just what is meant and not more. Errors are only ever gently rebuked, and not without humor. (There’s a fun passage in Introduction to Christianity where Ratzinger writes (I’m... Read more

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2014-12-16T13:27:48+01:00

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Reminder: The Red Army Choir Does Christmas Music Now

Last updated on: December 16, 2014 at 1:27 pm By Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry

I listen to Christmas music basically non-stop during Advent (shut up Advent police) and Christmas. One of the types of music I really like to listen to is the Christmas music of the Red Army Choir. Not just because I like the style of music. But also because the fact that the Red Army Choir now has to make Christmas music to earn lunch money is the delicious honey of sweet, sweet victory. “The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance; he... Read more

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2014-12-15T19:52:30+01:00

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A Good Example Of Being On The Offense

Last updated on: December 15, 2014 at 7:52 pm By Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry

“My center is giving way, my right is retreating, situation excellent, I am attacking.” – Ferdinand Foch One point I often make is that Christians cannot think of themselves as on the defensive, or losing any kind of “culture” wars, since the Church, as an Army, is assured of the help of the Holy Spirit and of final victory. We need to think of ourselves as conquerors, just as Christ conquered sin and death. Whenever I use the word “feminism” I... Read more

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2014-12-15T11:02:27+01:00

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“Solidarity” vs “Charity” in the Social Doctrine of the Church

Last updated on: December 15, 2014 at 11:02 am By Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry

A long time ago, I bought, and read (or “read”) the document known as the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church, which is pretty much what it says on the tin. One quick-and-dirty thing I did at the time was to go to the book’s index and compare the mentions of the word “solidarity” versus the word “charity.” If memory serves, the ratio is something like 3-to-1 in favor of “solidarity.” My first reaction was to think that this is... Read more

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2014-12-11T15:44:43+01:00

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More On Santa (I Will Murder The Fat Bastard With My Bare Hands)

Last updated on: December 11, 2014 at 3:44 pm By Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry

Imagine trying to strike up a conversation with someone at a social function and saying some platitude like, “Nice weather we’re having,” and then having the person angrily jab their finger in your chest and exclaim “GEORGE WASHINGTON WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!!!” and walk off in a huff. That would be bizarre, wouldn’t it? The reason would not be because the person said anything incorrect, it would be because it is totally unrelated to the matter at hand.... Read more

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2015-03-02T15:36:55+01:00

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Flier At The Parish Of PEG

Last updated on: March 2, 2015 at 3:36 pm By Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry

When they finally allow married priests (LOL) and I become head pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Ladyness in the Bronx, here’s a flyer we will display prominently everywhere. Just a thought. FOR PARENTS “But Jesus, calling them together, said: Suffer children to come to me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.” Luke 18:16 All are welcome to the House of God! Children beloved of God and made in His image. Parents, please feel free to... Read more

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2014-12-10T20:01:29+01:00

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#AntiSanta Contra Mundum

Last updated on: December 10, 2014 at 8:01 pm By Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry

Every year, I write a thing on the internet telling parents they shouldn’t lie about Santa. Here’s this year’s vintage. The more pushback I get on this, the more I am confirmed in wanting to do it, because my position is so unarguably, self-evidently correct. But while chatting on Twitter I realized there is another good reason for the #AntiSanta lie: it teaches your kids, as a friend incisively put it, “dissent with non-zero social cost.” If you don’t become an accomplice of the... Read more

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2014-12-10T16:12:58+01:00

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Torture and the Gospel

Last updated on: December 10, 2014 at 4:12 pm By Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry

The release of the new report on CIA torture highlights the peculiar “convenience” of being a Christian: for the Christian, it is utterly irrelevant whether torture works as an intelligence technique or not, because the ends do not justify the means and some acts are so objectively evil that they cannot be moral under any circumstances. For the consistent utilitarian, the use of torture represents a big question mark. For the Christian, not so much. Or is that so? I have watched... Read more

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2014-12-08T11:19:09+01:00

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Pope Francis: Do More To Ban Nuclear Weapons

Last updated on: December 8, 2014 at 11:19 am By Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry

In the post-Cold War world, most people don’t spend too much time thinking about nuclear weapons. But they still exist, and are fearsome. There are still people who are working for a global ban on nuclear weapons. The Nuclear Threat Initiative, an American nuclear security NGO, was gracious enough to invite me along with other religious journalists, to its Vienna conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons. The big highlight of the first morning has been a message from... Read more

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