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September 2019

September 20, 2019

If Isaiah were writing today

Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom! Give ear to the teaching...

April 2019

April 23, 2019

Why the Third Day?: Part 2

There are, in fact, a number of passages in the Old Testament which could be...

April 22, 2019

Why the Third Day?: Part 1

The Resurrection is a work of God the Blessed Trinity. All three Persons of the...

March 2019

March 19, 2019

Thinking about the Sunday Readings

I was struck by the readings on Sunday, regarding the covenant with Abraham and the...

December 2018

December 17, 2018

The Doubts of John the Baptist

The third in my four-part series on John the Baptist for Advent: Back in my...

October 2018

October 03, 2018

Clearing up a pious mistake

You will often see inspirational posters of a verdant mountain scene with the words of...

June 2018

June 08, 2018

The Gospels are Memory, Not Fiction

A reader sends along this great passage: “Textual problems have led some modern scholars to...

May 2018

May 14, 2018

The Interesting Structure of the Noah Narrative

Pete Vere pointed this out to me. It's the interesting structure of the Noah narrative:...

March 2018

March 21, 2018

Applied Scripture

Winnipeg woman gives eggnog and ginger snaps to burglar On that cold winter day, her...

February 2018

February 12, 2018

For Lepers Outside the Camp

The readings yesterday were profoundly moving to me. As you may or may not know,...

January 2018

January 16, 2018

Stephen Binz has a cool bunch of Bible Studies available

Check them out here. Discipleship is a call to go inward, to experience an ever-deepening...

January 09, 2018

A good psalm for the New Year

Praise the LORD! Sing to the LORD a new song, his praise in the assembly...

November 2017

November 21, 2017

Compare and Contrast: Christianism vs. the Gospel

Christianism is a false gospel of violent, faithless, misogynous, white spite that believe only in...

October 2017

October 09, 2017

Blood, Tribe, Jonah and the Good Samaritan

Today's readings put together an Old and New Testament text that, at first glance, may...

October 06, 2017

Jesus and the Canaanite Woman

Introduction to a Study. My latest over at The Catholic Weekly, in which we will...

October 05, 2017

Scripture on “Thoughts and Prayers” as Hypocritical Prophylactic Against Obedience

Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom! Give ear to the teaching...

August 2017

August 28, 2017

Isaiah 22 and the Allegorical Reading of Scripture

The Catechism tells us that Scripture has different layers of meaning: 115According to an ancient...

August 24, 2017

What Virtue Signalling Actually Means

Jesus discusses "Virtue Signalling" here: “Beware of practicing your piety before men in order to...

January 2017

January 28, 2017

Consoling words from St. Paul

But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of stress. For...

November 2016

November 14, 2016

Over at Catholic Weekly, we have started taking a look at Matthew

...and the subtle ways in which he constructs his gospel to show Jesus is the...

October 2016

October 31, 2016

I was struck by this reading yesterday…

Because the whole world before you is like a speck that tips the scales, and...

August 2016

August 17, 2016

Rehoboam

Then King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, who had stood before Solomon his...

July 2016

July 28, 2016

Proverbs 26:18-19

Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death, is the man who deceives his...

May 2016

May 18, 2016

Ascension Press will have a fine new study of John out this summer

Find out more from Dr. Ted Sri here.

May 12, 2016

A reader has a question about Evangelical views of the Eucharist

He writes: I'm studying the bible and the sacraments. How does the evangelicals interpreted 1...

December 2015

December 17, 2015

Question about the formation of the Protestant Canon of Scripture

A reader writes: Since I last wrote to you (about Dum Diversas), I have been...

November 2015

November 25, 2015

Daniel and the Great Unveiling

Bishop Robert Barron takes a scriptural look at this time of reflecting on death, endings,...

September 2015

September 18, 2015

Tabloid Biblical Archaeology

...is under discussion over at the Register.

August 2015

August 24, 2015

St. Augustine: Really Bad Protestant

The Moonie-owned Washington Times measures how good a Christian you by such metrics as knowing...

August 21, 2015

I did an interview with Jeff Cavins on “Connecting the Dots”

Jeff is such a nice guy. You can find out more about Unlocking the Mysteries of...

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