A Catholic Bible You’ll Actually Carry

Some people’s Bibles are bigger than others – especially if you’re Catholic. Having received the incredible Ignatius Catholic Study Bible as a gift recently, I did not think I’d ever want another Bible! However that powerhouse of Scripture and commentary weighs in at nearly 6 pounds. So I have to admit I don’t carry it…

The Five Most Important Catholic Books

Top 5 Catholic Books The Church has created a massive number of texts over her 2,000 year lifespan, and it can be overwhelming to even consider reading them all! The good news is that among the millions of volumes of writing the Church has produced, many of them are summaries or collections with which one…

Throw Away Your Catholic Study Bible!

The COMPLETE Ignatius Catholic Study Bible is Coming Soon! Now there really is no excuse to hang on to the old Catholic Study Bible (New American Bible Revised Edition) with its text critical notes that some in the Catholic Church unfortunately inherited from 19th Century German liberal scholarship.

Why Don’t Catholics Have An Infallible Bible Commentary?

Catholics often accuse Protestants of following mere private interpretations of Sacred Scripture. But the Catholic Church has no official list of authoritative Bible interpretations. What’s the point of having an infallible Church if it does not (cannot?) produce an infallible commentary on Scripture? Doesn’t that make the Catholic Church’s Bible interpretation just as fallible as…

Does Ephesians 2:8-9 Teach Salvation By Faith Alone?

My video on why James 2:24 should destroy Protestantism was very popular and generated a massive amount of discussion. Although its main point (that everyone bases their theology on interpretive traditions and not what just on what the Bible says) was largely missed, though, as many opted to simply try to answer my “prooftext” with…

Can We Understand the Bible Without the Church? (A Discussion with Author Casey Chalk)

We’ve all heard the Catholic claim that the Protestant reliance on Sola Scriptura (the “Bible Alone”) has only caused division in the Church and heresy to become acceptable – but is there a deeper, more important issue? In his book “The Obscurity of Scripture: Disputing Sola Scriptura and the Protestant Notion of Biblical Perspicuity,” author…