Theology and Bible Study Articles
“The person who thirsts for God eagerly studies and meditates on the inspired Word, knowing that there, he is certain to find the One for whom he thirsts.” St. Bernard of Clairvaux
Arians, Aliens and Body Snatchers
Do you remember that creepy movie Invasion of the Body Snatchers? Some kind of alien bug invades earth and takes over people's bodies replacing them with soul-less replicas. The horrible thing about the film [...]
On the Glory of Purgatory
Saved from Sacrifice: A Theology of the Cross by S. Mark Heim is a fascinating exposition of the thought of Rene Girard to the theology of the atonement or "what really happened when Jesus died [...]
10 Things to Remember About the Assumption of Mary
During the twenty years it took me to convert from a Bob Jones University student to a Catholic I considered many of the Marian dogmas to be pious opinions. It was okay for Catholics [...]
The Inseparable Four Marks
I get an increasing number of requests to assist Protestants who are interested in the Catholic Church. One came in today in which a Presbyterian has come to believe in the Apostolic Succession but [...]
American Christianity: Moralistic Therapeutic Deism?
Some time ago I read a blog post identifying the degradation of American Christianity into what was termed Moralistic Therapeutic Deism. It's given me much pause for thought and the analysis seems to me [...]
History and Heresy
The Cowper Madonna by Raphael "To be deep in history is to cease to be Protestant" wrote Bl. John Henry Newman. As part of my research for a book on married priests [...]