I looked up “faith alone” in the index for the 55-volume set, Luther’s Works [“LW” henceforth], that sits in my living room, and almost all the references it gave were to The Judgment of Martin Luther on Monastic Vows: second edition of June 1522 (Vol. 44, pp. 245-400). These provide the most basic, bare-bones statements of the position, and so serve as a good introduction to our topic. Founder of Protestantism, Martin Luther’s words will be in blue throughout... Read more
Matthew Everhard is a Presbyterian pastor. His YouTube channel, that goes by his name, has 80,000 subscribers. Today we’ll be taking a look at his video, “Witnessing to your Roman Catholic Friends and Family: How to Share the Gospel with Catholics” (4-8-26). His words will be in blue. I use RSV for biblical citations. ***** 0:01: We all have Roman Catholic family and friends that we care for. We want them to be saved. We want them to go... Read more
For background, see Part 1: “Reformation” Debate (vs. Lutheran Nathan Rinne) . . . Including St. Augustine’s Opposition to Imputed Justification, “Faith Alone” & Other Protestant Unprecedented Innovations *** No traditional Catholic dogmas have been changed or overturned. We’re still against abortion and divorce and contraception (all Protestants agreed with us till 1930, and Luther thought it was murder). We still teach the Holy Trinity and everything in the Nicene Creed. If you think we have changed something, by all... Read more
This is a transcript of the initial presentation of the video, Are Indulgences Biblical? Matthew Everhard says no, the Bible says YES! (Catholic Bible Highlights with Kenny Burchard, 4-17-26). ***** Matthew Everhard is a Presbyterian pastor. His YouTube channel, that goes by his name, has 80,000 subscribers. Today we’ll be taking a look at his video, “Hey Catholics: . . . You’re Still Doing Indulgences?” (12-3-23). Here’s what he says: 1:53 I want to press you Roman Catholics: why... Read more
Featuring Massively Unbiblical “Faith Alone” & St. Augustine’s Opposition to Imputed Justification: Just One Part of His Thoroughly Catholic Soteriology Nathan Rinne has a degree in theology and is a vicar of Clam Falls Lutheran Church in Wisconsin. This congregation is part of the American Association of Lutheran Churches (AALC), which is a small traditional Lutheran denomination (56 congregation and about 16,000 members), but in association with Missouri Synod Lutheranism (which has about 1.7 million members; where he is a... Read more
Including Documentation of Protestant Espousal of the Rite of Confirmation & Brief Clarification of Anathemas Patrick O’Brien is a former Catholic Protestant anti-Catholic apologist, who obtained a Masters of Divinity degree from Liberty University. He runs the Philippians 1:9 Ministries YouTube channel, that has 11,800 subscribers. Today we’ll be critiquing his video called, “Sacrament of Confirmation Examined: Is It a Biblical Practice?” (dated 12-18-25). His words from the video will be in blue. ***** 0:48 this sacrament of confirmation is... Read more
Patrick O’Brien is a former Catholic Protestant anti-Catholic apologist. He has a Facebook page called The Bible in Context, with 66,000 followers. He offers many reels, or brief videos there, including one called, “Rapture is in the Bible!!!” In it he chides my old friend, Catholic apologist Steve Ray, who asked where “the Rapture” was in the Bible. Steve possibly was asking where the doctrine is in the Bible, but maybe not. Patrick noted that the Greek word for “caught... Read more
Allie Beth Stuckey is a Reformed Baptist mostly known as a conservative political commentator. Her YouTube channel has 712,000 subscribers. Today, we’re replying to part of her video entitled, “The Mary Debate: Did Jesus Have Siblings? & Other Dogmas” (7-30-25). It has over 85,000 views as of this writing, and more than 5,000 comments. First, let’s look at Allie’s comments on this topic: 5:40 What I’ve found, and I’ve talked about this a lot, is that — especially in the... Read more
[all Bible passages from RSV] ***** TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Definition of Sola Scriptura 2 Authoritative Oral & Written Tradition (Parodosis) in the Bible [33] 3 Oral Torah [6] 4 Jewish Talmudic Traditions Cited by Jesus [16] 5 Extra-Biblical Jewish Literature Cited by the Bible [26] 6 Perspicuity or Clearness of Scripture / Definitive Interpretation of Scripture from Ecclesiastical Leaders [13] 7 Authoritative & Infallible Church / No Denominations or Divisions [34] 8 Orally Proclaimed Non-Scriptural “Word of God” / “Word of... Read more
This is the initial transcript for the video, What is God Made of? (Catholic Bible Highlights, with Kenny Burchard, 4-10-26). ***** Does modern science have anything to say about the existence of God, Whom Christians believe to be an eternal spirit? Is the idea of a spirit itself an absurd, unverifiable idea? Science by definition is the study of the laws of physical matter, so in that sense it can’t directly speak to the question of God, and atheists... Read more
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