Why Do Catholic Bibles Have More Books? (A Response to the Roman Catholic View of the Canon)
Posted onIn a previous post, I discussed the claim of many Roman Catholics that we cannot have the canon of scripture (a definitive list of what’s […]
Is Scripture Alone Enough?
Posted onScripture Alone The Protestant Reformation had, as its ultimate authority, scripture alone. Their claim was not that no other authority can provide true or useful […]
Gregory the Great on Humility
Posted on“For to this end the only begotten Son of God took upon Himself the form of our weakness; to this end the Invisible appeared not […]
The Earliest Witnesses to the Life and Nature of Christ
Posted onMany critics of Christianity claim that the view of Jesus as the divine son of God, resurrected from the dead developed over time. However, the […]
The Inconsistency of Arguments for Eternal Conscious Punishment
Posted onI recently listened to a debate between rethinkinghell.com contributor Chris Date and apologist Phil Fernandes (philfernandes.org). Date was arguing that the ultimate fate of the […]
The Roman Catholic Teaching on Indulgences
Posted onWhat an Indulgence Is According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, “‘An indulgence is a remission before God of the temporal punishment due to […]
The Anthropic Principle and Teleology
Posted onArguments for God from teleology (the appearance of design in the universe) have existed for millennia. The Aposle Paul gives a vague formulation of teleology […]
Contrasting Roman Catholic and Protestant Views of Justification
Posted onWhile there is important agreement on the issue of justification (how one is saved) between Catholics and Protestants– such as the shared value that it […]
Gay Marriage, Traditionalism, and the Fight for Political Power
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Today the U.S. Supreme Court finds itself the focus of media attention as it deliberates on the constitutionality of California’s gay marriage ban (Proposition […]
Abraham Lincoln and the Abolitionist Arguments Against Abortion
Posted onWas reading over a book about the Lincoln-Douglas debates and found this section to offer an incredible parallel to the abortion debate we’re having today: […]