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July 2026

July 26, 2026

The Incarnation: Why Only Christ Took Human Form

Catholicism makes a rather remarkable claim: God became a human being. This, in itself, possesses...

June 2026

June 07, 2026

The Grammar of Faith: Why Catholicism Needs Metaphysics

For two thousand years, the Catholic Church has been involved in an intriguing and complicated...

March 2026

March 08, 2026

Balancing Rationality And Mysticism In Catholic Theology

In any attempt to explore the relationship between God and man, one must be cognizant...

February 2026

February 01, 2026

The Pillars Of Catholic Theology

Theology has long been considered the “queen of the sciences.” Modernity is likely to scoff...

October 2025

October 26, 2025

Modalism And The Last Supper

Theology is the science of God. More accurately, it is man’s effort to study the...

July 2025

July 09, 2025

Why Media Keeps Getting Faith Wrong—And What Needs to Change

A recent online event titled “Rethinking Faith in Media: A Conversation,” hosted by the...

June 2025

June 15, 2025

Can God Be Seen?

The Bible can be complicated at times and even appear to contradict itself. One such...

March 2025

March 30, 2025

Bridging The Chasm Between God And Human

Saint Athanasius famously claimed that the “Son of God became man so that we might...

March 10, 2024

ACTS of Prayer

Is there anything more quintessential to religious faith than prayer? Regardless of the faith tradition,...

October 2023

October 22, 2023

Why Was Jesus Baptized?

It has been said that humor is the coming together of two incongruous things. In...

July 2023

July 23, 2023

Of Crutches And Opioids

Is religion the refuge of the weak? Friedrich Nietzsche thought so. Is faith a crutch...

February 2023

February 26, 2023

On Heresies

God is truth, Scripture tells us. And if that is the case, then a logical...

January 2023

January 01, 2023

Does Time And Place Influence The Gospels?

Is the biblical message influenced or even changed based on the milieu in which it...

November 2022

November 20, 2022

The Epistles

Much has been written about the Gospels, and rightfully so. It is the Gospels that...

October 2022

October 30, 2022

Resurrection

One of the most well-known and theologically significant statements made by Christ occurs in John...

October 16, 2022

A Descent Into Hell

The Apostles Creed contains a remarkable claim that would astonish us if familiarity had not...

September 2022

September 11, 2022

The Incarnate God

The central tenet of Catholicism - and the foundation of the New Testament - is...

June 2022

June 26, 2022

The Works of Mercy

"If our church is not marked by caring for the poor, the oppressed, the hungry,...

June 19, 2022

I Believe (The Athanasian Creed)

This paper is the third and final in a series on the Creeds of the...

June 15, 2022

I Believe (The Nicene Creed)

In my previous paper, I commenced a series on the Creeds of the Catholic Church....

May 2022

May 22, 2022

The Four Last Things

“There is no greater, no more important art upon earth than the art of dying...

May 11, 2022

The Two Risings

“If then you were raised with Christ, seek what is above, where Christ is seated...

May 08, 2022

Thou Shall Not Kill

"Capital punishment is society's final assertion that it will not forgive." - Martin Luther King....

May 04, 2022

In The Service of God

“Whatever you do, do from the heart, as for the Lord and not for others,...

April 2022

April 27, 2022

Could God Have Made a Better World?

“Live in faith and hope, though it be in darkness, for in this darkness God...

April 17, 2022

Finding Peace

“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to...

April 03, 2022

A Happy Death

Death. “The undiscovered country from whose bourn no traveler returns.” - Hamlet by William Shakespeare....

March 2022

March 27, 2022

On Happiness

“Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.” - Psalm 30:5...

March 23, 2022

On Spiritual Transformation

Whether it be for good or bad, the one constant in life is that everything...

March 20, 2022

In the world, but not of the world

“The world is thy ship, not thy home.” – Saint Therese of Lisieux. They are...