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June 2026

June 15, 2026

The Grammar the Body Speaks

Scripture, Experience, and the Flesh Introduction: The Question That Was Always There There is a...

June 10, 2026

Did Christ Give Church Authority an Expiration Date?

Any Catholic interested in theology who has Protestant friends knows the drill. Catholics appeal to...

June 09, 2026

“The Committee” Evaluates Moses and Jesus… The Results

Guest writer: Pilgrim. Two Listening Processes The Wilderness Consultation In the second year after the...

June 06, 2026

Extinction Through Compassion: Down Syndrome’s Disappearance

Recently, news broke that popular YouTuber Jesse Ridgeway and his wife chose to terminate a...

May 2026

May 29, 2026

The Foundation Stone Beneath the Ruin

Guest writer: Pilgrim. Three theologians, a Protestant, a Catholic, and an Orthodox monk, met...

May 15, 2026

On the Evasion of Argument and Accountability

Guest writer: Pilgrim. (A special thanks to Pilgrim for his continuing contribution to the blog,...

May 08, 2026

The Revolution That Dares Not Speak Its Name

Guest writer: Pilgrim. On the Art of Changing Everything While Changing Nothing Introduction There is...

May 05, 2026

Is Moral Truth Optional for Those Who Struggle?

Do all Catholics, regardless of their personal struggles and life situations, deserve access to the...

May 04, 2026

The Arguments About Mary Were Never Really About Her

Mary in Scripture and Tradition: A Catholic Presentation Guest writer: Pilgrim. All generations will call...

April 2026

April 23, 2026

The Limits of Dissent: Pentin’s Interview with Kwasniewski

Guest writer: Pilgrim. Introduction One year after the death of Pope Francis, Edward Pentin's interview...

April 18, 2026

Binding Authority or Private Judgment? Luther Reconsidered

I am currently engaging multiple Protestant friends—all well-educated and informed—on the nature of binding authority...

April 15, 2026

Catholic Social Teaching and American Politics

Guest writer: Pilgrim. Introduction: When the President Attacks the Pope Something remarkable has been unfolding,...

April 10, 2026

Ecclesia Sola, Not Sola Ecclesia (What Jesus Left Us)

Recently, I engaged two well-read Protestants on my Discord server devoted solely (sola) to the...

March 2026

March 28, 2026

If Scripture Alone, Then Who Decides?

Once upon a time, two committed Christians opened the Bible to answer the same question...

March 25, 2026

Non Serviam: The Mystery of the First Refusal

Guest writer: Pilgrim. Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n (Satan, Milton's Paradise Lost)...

March 22, 2026

Sola or Nuda? Testing the Reformation’s Claim of Authority

Recently, a Protestant friend introduced me to the conversion story of Chris Castaldo. Castaldo, who...

March 19, 2026

Iran and Just War: A Catholic Assessment

Guest writer: Pilgrim. For the record, I think Pilgrim gives a fair Catholic assessment of...

March 17, 2026

The Gospel According to Talarico: Moral Truth Reimagined

I live in Texas. Here, most people identify as politically and socially conservative. Of course,...

March 15, 2026

Hell, Eternity, and the God Who Does Not Abandon

Guest writer: Pilgrim. "For the Son of Man came to seek out and to save...

March 10, 2026

Theological Assumptions Vs. the Historical Record

In my last two articles, I described my journey to Catholicism and challenged Protestant readers...

March 09, 2026

Predestination: Between Sovereignty and Love

Guest writer: Pilgrim. For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to...

March 06, 2026

Protestants, Can You Show Me What I Missed?

In a previous article, “Explaining Away” the Appeal of Catholicism, I explained why I, as...

March 04, 2026

Mike Lewis at WPI: Gold in the Fire Or Smoke in the Air

This article from frequent guest contributor Peter (Pilgrim) perfectly demonstrates what I called out in...

February 2026

February 28, 2026

Why I Often Criticize Progressive Catholicism

Recently, one critic chastised me for my continued criticism of progressive Catholicism. His accusation rests...

February 26, 2026

Grace, Freedom, and the God Who Does Not Coerce

Guest author: Pilgrim. Author’s note: I happened upon this blog a year ago. Despite my...

February 23, 2026

“Explaining Away” the Appeal of Catholicism

Recently, a good Protestant friend of mine — a Presbyterian pastor, no less — sent...

February 21, 2026

Does Skin Color Change the Moral Weight of Suffering?

A bit of personal background may help frame this discussion. I grew up in Southern...

February 18, 2026

The Church Cannot “Walk Back” Reality

In my last article, Falsifying Reality: Dante, Truth, and Gender Identity, a Catholic commenter named...

February 15, 2026

Are We God’s Referees?

Guest writer: Pilgrim. What Jesus teaches about judgement, suffering, and why we are not God's...

February 12, 2026

Falsifying Reality: Dante, Truth, and the Gender Identity

Many students of literature and poetry recognize Dante’s Inferno as the first part of The...