Introduction The sickening sex abuse scandal going on in the Catholic Church is causing much distress and confusion. While anger and outrage are appropriate reactions, now is not the time for misrepresentation or misdirection. That will neither help the victims nor stop the abusers. It’s a disease requiring a scalpel, not a hacksaw. To help…
Introduction I officially began my journey into the Catholic Church the year Pope Benedict XVI resigned, and came into full communion under the pontificate of Pope Francis. I have to say, becoming Catholic in the age of social media has been rough – and not just because of attacks from outside the Church (which have always…
Introduction I’m a big fan of Jeff Cavins’s fantastic Bible Timeline materials, so I was very excited to learn of Ascension Press’s release of the Great Adventure Catholic Bible which incorporated them into a single volume. I posted the ad all over social media, and was one of the first to order one. It arrived today, and…
Introduction When Pilate asked Jesus Christ “What is truth?” (John 18:38), he seems to have meant it rhetorically and Jesus gave him no reply. Philosophers have given several, however. Rather than views such as coherence or pragmatism, the one I think works best (pun intended) is the Correspondence View: that “truth” is the correspondence of…
The Salvation of Israel In Romans 9-11, St. Paul discusses Israel’s past, present, and future with regard to salvation. He concludes by saying, “All Israel will be saved” (11:25-26). This has caused a lot of confusion. Some have taken this to mean that all Jewish people will come to faith in Jesus when he returns.…
Are You Among the Elect? It is a question that plagues many Christians. Calvinists will typically say that we simply cannot be sure, but little do they know that tucked away in his discussion of the canon of Scripture, John Calvin seems to have given us a means of discovery: “For as God alone can properly…
I am excited to announce that my first book The Message Behind the Movie is being “rebooted” by Ignatius Press! Besides providing a refreshing re-write of the general material, I am adding material that my previous publisher left on the cutting room floor. So not only will this book be a significant reboot, it will also be…
