Steve Hays has already provided some excellent thoughts on the issue of unlawful orders over at Triablogue ( link ). In supplement of those...

Dr. Candida Moss has provided a popular-level (as distinct from scholarly-level) account of what she calls the "myth of persecution....

Rhetorical flourishes are like any other form of emphasis.  They work well when used occasionally and accurately, and not when used constant...

Ironically, in the acknowledgments section, Dr. Moss portrays herself as feeling persecuted! She writes (p. 261): I might not have had th...

One surprising omission from Dr. Candida Moss' book, "The Myth of Persecution," is discussion of Jesus' own framework for ...

I was saddened to see that there is religious persecution taking place in San Diego, CA ( link to article ). The local authorities are thre...

An Inconvenient Conciliar Truth - Part 17 Some folks seem to find relying on councils a comfort. For these folks, there are some inconvenie...

An Inconvenient Conciliar Truth - Part 16 Some folks seem to find relying on councils a comfort. For these folks, there are some inconvenie...

One of my friends in an Internet chat room I visit, recently challenged me to consider what form of government is most conducive to the spre...

At Dave Armstrong's blog, a post entitled: "Why is the Catholic Church so Hated?" caught my eye (to give you some background, ...

General pace recently made headline news for stating that homosexual behavior is sinful, and that he will not condone it ( link ). He immed...