Some people think that "God created the reprobate just to torture them in Hell for all eternity," is an accurate picture of one as...

Roman Catholics tend to think it is highly significant that Jesus said that the cup (meaning its contents - they never seem to misunderstand...

Roman Catholics like to try to claim that they are just taking Jesus "literally" when they interpret "this is my body" t...

The position (or perhaps group of positions) known as Open Theism represent a god that is rather different from the God of the Scriptures. ...

There were a number of highlights (and a few lowlights) in the Sye Ten Bruggencate v. Matt Dillahunty debate ( link ). One highlight was wh...

The Psalms provide us with an interesting paradox about Atheism. On the one hand, God is not at all in their thoughts: Psalm 10:4 The wick...

During the Sye Ten Bruggencate debate with Matt Dillahunty there were some interesting audience questions. 1) One gentleman asked why eve...

Garry Wills (author of "Why I am a Catholic"), in "Why Priests," describes the development of Eucharistic theology in th...

People love metaphors - they are the salt of our linguistic cuisine, enhancing the flavor of our verbal diet. Still, they can be abused. I...

My brethren are getting frustrated with the fact that certain Christian leaders seem willing to talk boldly about things that all their hear...

Garry Wills, in Why Priests , provides some interesting thoughts on the significance of the Roman Catholic priesthood (Chapter 2, p. 20): ...

One aspect of "Libertarian" (nothing to do with politics) Free Will (LFW for short) is the idea that a free agent can, in the same...

Over the years, I've noticed a number of objections to accepting the Scriptures as an authority over the church. One of the oddest obje...

It was interesting to read a report of responses to the victory of Conchita Wurst in the Eurovision competition ( link ).  Amongst the react...

Garry Wills is the author of "Why I am a Catholic," but also of "Why Priests?" and "Papal Sins: Structures of Decei...

Gary Michuta tries to argue that the (pseudographic) Epistle of Barnabas quotes from the apocryphal/deuterocanonical book of the Wisdom of S...

Beginning around page 56, Michuta tries to argue that "the earliest Christians considered the Deuterocanonical books to be divinely ins...

One of the faults of Gary Michuta's "Why are Catholic Bibles Bigger," is its apparent uncritical reliance on a number of secon...

One of the arguments proposed by advocates of permitting intentional abortion is that even if a fetus or embryo has a "right to life...

Garry Wills (self-identified Catholic, but rejecter of the papacy and transubstantiation), in "Why Priests?" has this interesting ...