Immaculate Conception: Dialogue w Evangelical Protestant

August 12, 2019 By Dave Armstrong

This dialogue came about as a result of Jack DisPennett‘s critique of my paper, The Blessed Virgin Mary: Biblical & Catholic Overview. His words will be in blue. ***** This seems to contradict what Paul wrote in Romans 3:23, “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” One could try to argue that since Jesus Christ Himself is an exception to this universal statement, then perhaps there are other exceptions also. This, however, is a weak objection. For the only reason Jesus Christ did... Read more

The Border Wall: “Dialogue is Dead” Example #419

August 10, 2019 By Dave Armstrong

There seems to be absolutely no discussion on this across the stark positions of fer or agin. Never the twain shall meet. I’ve tried very hard to explain and elaborate upon a politically conservative, biblical, Catholic, and compassionate position, based on biblical teaching, and sociological data concerning crime and drugs. I’ve put up several blog papers about it, additional ones on Facebook, and now one at National Catholic Register (with a possible follow-up to come). No one who disagrees is... Read more

Mary Mediatrix: Dialogue w Evangelical Protestant

August 10, 2019 By Dave Armstrong

This dialogue came about as a result of Jack DisPennett‘s critique of my paper, The Blessed Virgin Mary: Biblical & Catholic Overview. His words will be in blue. ***** See the section above on Eusebius about the lack of such an “important” doctrine from the early church. Either Eusebius was too dense to note such an important doctrine (which is doubtful since he is a very respected Church figure) or the early Christians were missing out on a very important channel of Grace. I... Read more

Mary’s Assumption: Dialogue w Evangelical Protestant

August 9, 2019 By Dave Armstrong

This dialogue came about as a result of Jack DisPennett‘s critique of my paper, The Blessed Virgin Mary: Biblical & Catholic Overview. His words will be in blue. ***** There is very little I can say in response to this issue, since the Bible doesn’t really tell us anything affirmative or negative. Of course, to make this statement, you casually assume that all Christian doctrine must be explicitly found in the Bible: itself a non-biblical and arbitrary unproven axiom. We don’t accept this presupposition,... Read more

Mary Mother of God: Dialogue w Evangelical Protestant

August 9, 2019 By Dave Armstrong

This dialogue came about as a result of Jack DisPennett‘s critique of my paper, The Blessed Virgin Mary: Biblical & Catholic Overview. His words will be in blue. ***** I would agree for the most part. Even in the Bible Elizabeth calls Mary, “The mother of my Lord.” However, I think that the phrase “Mother of God” is apt to be misleading and should thus be qualified. For example, “Mother of God the Word” or “Mother of God the Son.” I used to... Read more

Madison vs. Jesus #12: Discipleship & Jewish Burial Customs

August 8, 2019 By Dave Armstrong

This is an installment of my series of replies to an article by Dr. David Madison: a pastor in the Methodist Church for nine years, who has a PhD in Biblical Studies from Boston University. It’s called, “Things We Wish Jesus Hadn’t Said” (Debunking Christianity, 7-21-19). His words will be in blue below. Dr. Madison makes several “generic” digs at Jesus and Christianity, in the written portion (it details a series of 12 podcasts): A challenge for Christians: If you’re so sure Jesus existed, then... Read more