Jesus, Vegetarianism, Bambi, and Us (A Dialogue)

Last updated on: January 17, 2019 at 4:12 pm By Dave Armstrong

Keith Akers is a vegetarian writer. First let’s briefly examine the background of some of Mr. Akers’ religious beliefs. He is drawn to several ideas of the Unity School of Christianity (which is not a Christian group, according to traditional notions of orthodox Christianity held by all the major Christian groups: Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox). Here are some of his thoughts about this group, in his paper, “Unity and Early Christianity”: Unity School of Christianity, a New Thought denomination initiated by Charles... Read more

Waterboarding: How and Why I Changed My Mind

Last updated on: January 17, 2019 at 3:41 pm By Dave Armstrong

I wrote a lengthy explanation which was wiped out by hitting a wrong key. I was 95% done with the re-write and then IT was wiped out. This almost never happens to me. Okay, I guess God doesn’t want the lengthy version. So now I will do a “nutshell” one. I changed as a result of interacting with my friend Patti Sheffield, who manages to engage in wonderful dialogue without either 1) questioning the integrity and orthodoxy of Catholics who disagree... Read more

Tradition, Succession, Apostolic Deposit (vs. Calvin #25)

Last updated on: January 16, 2019 at 1:54 pm By Dave Armstrong

This is an installment of a series of replies (see the Introduction and Master List) to much of Book IV (Of the Holy Catholic Church) of Institutes of the Christian Religion, by early Protestant leader John Calvin (1509-1564). I utilize the public domain translation of Henry Beveridge, dated 1845, from the 1559 edition in Latin; available online. Calvin’s words will be in blue. All biblical citations (in my portions) will be from RSV unless otherwise noted. Related reading from yours truly: Biblical Catholic Answers for John Calvin (2010 book:... Read more

Bad Popes / Indefectibility / John XXII (vs. Calvin #24)

Last updated on: January 16, 2019 at 1:21 pm By Dave Armstrong

Popes Claimed to be God? / Pope as Antichrist (vs. Calvin #23)

Last updated on: January 15, 2019 at 3:55 pm By Dave Armstrong

Some Bad Popes = Ditch the Papacy? (vs. Calvin #22)

Last updated on: June 18, 2023 at 6:56 pm By Dave Armstrong

Books by Dave Armstrong: “The Bible Tells Me So”

Last updated on: November 30, 2023 at 3:23 pm By Dave Armstrong

[originally a pamphlet, published by Chorabooks: 5 August 2016; greatly expanded to thirty chapters and published in a revised 161-page edition on 10 January 2019] —– To purchase, go to the bottom of the page —– Introduction Veteran Catholic apologist Dave Armstrong (author of 49 books, including the bestsellers, A Biblical Defense of Catholicism, The One-Minute Apologist, The New Catholic Answer Bible, and The Catholic Verses) tackles the hottest issue in Catholic-Protestant apologetics discussion: the relationship of the Bible to sacred... Read more

Persecution of US Christians: Reply to Absurd Critique

Last updated on: January 14, 2019 at 12:36 am By Dave Armstrong

This came about due to a reply by one Curt Erickson on a public Facebook page. He was reacting to my article, Could State Murder of Christians Ever Happen in the US? His words will be in blue. *** Anything physically possible can happen, theoretically. Would Christians ever be persecuted, even minimally, in the US? Nah. We’re an insanely large majority here. No non Christian has ever been elected prezdnit and non Christians in any public office are a tiny minority. The... Read more

St. Bernard & the Papacy / Pope as “Head” (vs. Calvin #21)

Last updated on: January 12, 2019 at 1:19 pm By Dave Armstrong

Gregory the Great & Papal Supremacy (vs. Calvin #20)

Last updated on: January 12, 2019 at 12:44 pm By Dave Armstrong