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December 2025

December 07, 2025

Examining The Evidence For Jesus

This article should not need to be written. Two thousand years ought to have been...

July 2025

July 06, 2025

Why Did Jesus Have to Die? Understanding the Cross

On The Death Of God A common criticism or misunderstanding of Catholicism centers on the...

December 2024

December 22, 2024

Tracing the History and Symbolism of Christmas

In a secular world, it can be easy to forget the religious and historical significance...

August 2024

August 18, 2024

Sabbath And The Spirit Of The Law

As anyone familiar with the New Testament knows, Jesus frequently spoke in parables, and his...

August 11, 2024

Is Jesus The New Adam?

I have long thought that a comprehensive understanding of Catholicism requires at least some basic...

February 2024

February 25, 2024

The Perennial Logos

It has been said that humans are rational beings whose nature it is to know...

January 2024

January 28, 2024

The Trilemma of C.S. Lewis

Perhaps after the question of the existence of God, no more significant issue faces Catholicism...

November 2023

November 12, 2023

Why Resurrection?

Among the world’s religions, Catholicism is unique for its profession in that God became a...

September 2023

September 10, 2023

The Transfiguration; Significance and Meaning

One of the consequences of the Enlightenment was an effort to reduce religion to a...

July 2023

July 16, 2023

The Heart Of Catholicism

“The prayer of the Church venerates and honors the Heart of Jesus just as it...

July 02, 2023

Is Forgiveness Possible?

“God forgives somehow; we have yet to learn the same.” - Mary Chapin Carpenter. A...

May 2023

May 21, 2023

The Evangelical Counsels

To the uninitiated, it is easy to view religion in general and Catholicism in particular...

May 07, 2023

The Seven Last Words

The title of this article may be misleading. A more accurate rendition would be “The...

April 2023

April 23, 2023

The Problem Of Impassibility

The Gospels tell us that Jesus suffered greatly in His earthly life, and Jesus Himself...

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 29, 2023

The Sorrows Of Mary

The prophet Isaiah wrote of Jesus that He is a “Man of sorrows.” (Isaiah 53:3)....

October 2022

October 02, 2022

The Catholic Church

"Upon this rock, I will build my church, and the gates of the netherworld shall...

September 2022

September 25, 2022

The Cry From The Cross

In one of the most emotionally wrenching and theologically complex events depicted in the Gospels,...

September 11, 2022

The Incarnate God

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

August 2022

August 21, 2022

Communication Of Idioms

Every art and science has its own unique set of terms and language. This is...

August 07, 2022

The Strangest Words In The Bible

"This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?" Such was the response of many...

July 2022

July 27, 2022

The Seven Deadly Sins

Sin and virtue are, of course, of great importance to Catholicism. In this work, I...

July 13, 2022

Holy Wisdom

In the famous prologue to John’s Gospel, we read, “And the Word became flesh and...

June 2022

June 22, 2022

The Myth That Happened

Is Christianity built upon a myth? One of the enduring claims of atheists and skeptics...

June 12, 2022

I Believe (The Apostles Creed)

“Our profession of faith begins with God, for God is the First and the Last,...

May 2022

May 15, 2022

The Archetypes of Christ

“We did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power...