My first book (originally published with Moody Press) has been updated and rebooted for the 2020’s! Ignatius Press reached out to me and asked about redoing this book for my Catholic audience, and it gave me a chance to include some material previously cut by the original publisher as well as add new insights from…
The Bible says that if a prophet’s predictions about the future do not come true, he is not from God (Deuteronomy 13 & 18). Was Jesus a false prophet? Some say he was because his prediction about when he would return in the Olivet Discourse (Matthew 24 cf. Mark 13; Luke 21) turned out to…
When St. Thomas Aquinas wrote his great Summa Theologiae, he listed only two objections to the existence of God (the problem of evil and the apparent ability of science to explain everything), even though he tried to list at least three objections to each of his views. During my doctoral studies, however, I came across…
Protestants like to call themselves the “Bible” Christians as opposed to Catholics because they can often produce many scriptural proof texts to support their unique beliefs. But what happens when Catholics show that there are also Catholic proof texts – and some of them undermine foundational traditions of Protestantism itself? Click HERE for full video!
The Problem of Evil is an ancient difficulty that arises from the question of how an all-powerful, all-good God could exist given the amount of evil in the world. While atheism has no good response to evil, and theism has some very good ones – Christianity alone can account for both evil and suffering in…
Was Jesus a false prophet? While Christians should have no trouble saying “No” to this question, fewer can explain why. Indeed, it is because of a popular Christian view of a certain passage from the Gospels that skeptics find reason to doubt. Click HEREto find the answer!
I was the first guest on The Cordial Catholic podcast, and now I am the first return guest! KAB and I discuss proofs for the Catholic faith.
Introduction I have heard it said with regard to studying cults and other religions, that it is better to simply know the real thing than study counterfeits. This idea is backed up with the allegation that bank employees don’t learn to spot fake bills by studying the counterfeits – instead, they study real bills until…
Introduction Natasha Crain is the blogger behind Christian Mom Thoughts (the only “Mommy Blog” that I read regularly – I promise) and the creator of the Facebook group Apologetics for Parents. She is a sharp Christian layperson who holds an MBA in marketing and statistics from UCLA, and does an excellent job of making apologetics accessible and relevant to parents. I was, therefore, excited…
Douglas Beaumont 