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2026-06-30T08:31:45-06:00

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Don’t Misinterpret the Bereans: Berean Principle Reexamined

Last updated on: June 30, 2026 at 8:31 am By Dennis Knapp

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Recently, I engaged in a lively but civil debate about Christian authority with my Presbyterian pastor friend, Nate Taylor, who pastors Corner Canyon Church in Draper, Utah. This was not our first discussion on the subject. We also debated it extensively online in 2022 (linked here). During both debates, Nate repeatedly appealed to what I call the Berean Principle. This principle holds that the Bereans (Acts 17:11) represent the Christian ideal. St. Luke commends them for examining the Scriptures daily... Read more

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2026-06-27T15:30:44-06:00

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The Real Danger of Imagination in the Spiritual Life

Last updated on: June 27, 2026 at 3:30 pm By Dennis Knapp

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In a recent exchange between two Catholics—one progressive and one more conservative—the progressive accused the conservative of dismissing “imagination in the spiritual life” and called that dismissal “a significant danger signal.” What danger? According to the progressive, the conservative favored “the legislative and the dogmatic” at the expense of “the interior life of the Christian.” By implication, this criticism extends beyond one individual to many conservative Catholics who place greater emphasis on doctrinal fidelity than on what progressives often describe... Read more

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2026-06-25T13:20:21-06:00

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Genesis Reimagined: A Reflection on the Garden Experience

Last updated on: June 25, 2026 at 1:20 pm By Dennis Knapp

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Guest writer: Pilgrim. Disclaimer The following narrative is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real persons, institutions, ecclesial processes, conferences, consultations, assemblies, reports, listening exercises, or documents currently under review is purely coincidental. The author wishes to state clearly that no conclusions should be drawn from any similarities the reader may happen to notice. **** In the beginning, there was a Garden. And God saw that it was good. This assessment was immediately referred to a listening process. A committee was... Read more

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2026-06-24T13:11:55-06:00

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The Soft Bigotry of Low Saintly Expectations

Last updated on: June 24, 2026 at 1:11 pm By Dennis Knapp

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In 2000, then-presidential candidate George W. Bush popularized the phrase “the soft bigotry of low expectations” in a speech to the NAACP. He criticized the subtle, often unintentional prejudice that assumes certain people lack the capacity to fulfill their potential because of their race, background, or circumstances. While the phrase originated in politics, the underlying concept applies to theology as well, particularly to modern pastoral approaches within the Church. Many advocates of a more “pastoral” approach to sin—especially sins involving... Read more

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2026-06-22T09:35:12-06:00

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The Grammar and the Wound: Truth and Pastoral Reckoning

Last updated on: June 22, 2026 at 9:35 am By Dennis Knapp

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Introduction: The Reckoning of the Grammar Requires The Christian tradition proposes that the sexual act carries an objective meaning inscribed in its nature, not invented by the persons performing it, not negotiable by their intentions; a meaning given with the act itself. That meaning is double and inseparable: the union of the spouses and their openness to life. This is the grammar of the body. It is not a metaphor for a rule. It is a claim that the body... Read more

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2026-06-17T14:11:16-06:00

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The One Who Hears You Hears Me: First, Identify the Church

Last updated on: June 17, 2026 at 2:11 pm By Dennis Knapp

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The one who hears you hears me, and the one who rejects you rejects me, and the one who rejects me rejects him who sent me. Luke 10:16 If a Christian friend and I disagree about the faith, why should I listen to him? Good intentions? Friendship? My friend may possess knowledge, training, or experience that makes him worthy of consideration. But should I wager my eternal soul on his expertise? How do I know whether I hear Christ or... Read more

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2026-06-22T09:34:47-06:00

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The Grammar the Body Speaks

Last updated on: June 22, 2026 at 9:34 am By Dennis Knapp

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Scripture, Experience, and the Flesh Introduction: The Question That Was Always There There is a question underneath all the arguments about sexual ethics that the arguments themselves rarely reach. It is not about which acts are permissible, or whether circumstances alter moral judgment, or where the boundaries of conscience run in intimate life. These are not trivial questions, but they are downstream of a prior one that the twentieth century quietly stopped asking. The prior question is this: what is... Read more

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2026-06-22T08:35:17-06:00

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The Question That Quietly Disappeared About Contraception

Last updated on: June 22, 2026 at 8:35 am By Dennis Knapp

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Scripture, Natural Law and the New Morality Introduction: A Consensus Nobody Argued About The surest sign that a culture holds a belief in common is that nobody is arguing about it. Before 1930, the prohibition of contraception was not a “Catholic position.” It was not a position at all, in the sense of something adopted and defended. It was closer to a shared background assumption, not without its private dissenters, but held by the Reformers with the same unselfconscious firmness... Read more

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2026-06-10T21:04:08-06:00

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Did Christ Give Church Authority an Expiration Date?

Last updated on: June 10, 2026 at 9:04 pm By Dennis Knapp

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Any Catholic interested in theology who has Protestant friends knows the drill. Catholics appeal to the Church, including the papacy, as an authority for resolving doctrinal questions, while Protestants appeal to Scripture alone. Yet these debates often overlook a more fundamental issue: the nature of biblical authority itself. Regardless of whether one views the papacy as a legitimate development or an illegitimate innovation, a prior question remains: Did Christ establish a Church capable of authoritatively resolving doctrinal disputes? If He... Read more

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2026-06-09T11:42:25-06:00

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“The Committee” Evaluates Moses and Jesus… The Results

Last updated on: June 9, 2026 at 11:42 am By Dennis Knapp

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Guest writer: Pilgrim. Two Listening Processes The Wilderness Consultation In the second year after the exodus from Egypt, the Tent of Meeting stood at the centre of the camp of Israel. God spoke to Moses from within the tent. Moses carried what he received to the people. The arrangement was straightforward, if demanding. The Committee for Ongoing Discernment on Covenant Standards had established itself nearby. It had not been asked for. It had, nonetheless, arrived. Moses had been going in... Read more

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