Head of Christ, by Rembrandt (1606-1669) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (1997) *** A Baptist friend of mine stated: Jesus Himself was not unable to sin. I realize that God the Father is unable to sin; however, Jesus, though He was in nature God, was able to sin. This is evident in this verse “For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who in every respect has been... Read more
Mitch / “ProfMTH”‘s Video Jesus Was Not the Messiah – Pt. I Straw men, on the Tour de France cycling route, in Lautrec. Photograph by Robin Ellis (8-23-10) [Flickr / CC BY-ND 2.0 license] (7-1-10) ***** [Mitch was made aware of my three critiques of his material. He never replied] *** I was made aware (by an atheist friend) of a ten-minute You Tube video by one Mitch / “ProfMTH”: an atheist who loves to try to shoot down the Bible:... Read more
Vision of Cornelius the Centurion (1664), by Gerbrand van den Eeckhout (1621-1674) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] ***** A friend of mine who is also a Catholic writer and webmaster, who would be known to many if I named him, wrote me a letter, asking: I’ve been dialoguing with a colleague, a fallen away Catholic, and we got onto the subject of the Holy Spirit and baptism. I had noted that the early Church saw baptism as a person’s entry into the... Read more
Flagellation of Christ, by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) [Wikimedia Commons / Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license] *** (2-29-04; abridged and edited on 4-10-17) *** My Review The following is one of the most difficult things I have ever written (and writing comes very easy for me), because words are so utterly inadequate to describe the impact of this film. One could cite Holy Scripture, but Christians are already familiar with that, and the biblical passion is a different thing... Read more
Image by “Clker-Free-Vector-Images” (4-18-12) [Pixabay / CC0 public domain] *** Jon Curry is an atheist friend and very nice guy, whom I know in real life in the metro Detroit area. His wife even teaches my daughter in a homeschooling cooperative. His words will be in blue. ***** If pro-life Republicans really care about women it’s not easy to see it. I noticed Trump was going to remove the maternity care requirements for health insurance providers as part of his... Read more
Photograph of Mark Shea from You Tube, posted on his “Books, CDs, and DVDs” web page. ***** This exchange (slightly edited to stick to this immediate subject matter) took place on my Facebook page today. Mark Shea’s words will be in blue. *** [Note: it’s true that in the Facebook discussion I did confuse the primary and general election vote in analyzing Mark’s statements, which came out later, but Mark did urge folks in some situations to vote for Hillary... Read more
Has No One Ever Interacted With His Self-Defense? / White Takes His Lumps from Baptist Peter Lumpkins Photograph by “geralt” (3-3-14) [Pixabay / CC0 public domain] *** (2-20-11) *** For some reason, Rich Pierce, associate of active Reformed Baptist anti-Catholic apologist James White, recently saw fit to bring up this issue on White’s blog. Perhaps it was because of this recent thread on Baptist pastor Peter Lumpkins’ blog. “Shamgar” who replied in it is White defender Mark Bainter, below. Lumpkins... Read more
St. Clement of Alexandria: icon from before 1800 [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (8-1-03) *** For preliminaries concerning my methodology and the burden of proof for showing if a Church Father believed in sola Scriptura, see my paper, Church Fathers & Sola Scriptura. *** The following passage has been offered as “proof” of Clement’s alleged belief in sola Scriptura: But those who are ready to toil in the most excellent pursuits, will not desist from the search after truth,... Read more
Bishop Irenaeus (1923), by Uroš Predić (1857-1953) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (8-1-03) *** The following was offered as “proof” that St. Irenaeus believed in something akin to sola Scriptura: They [heretics] gather their views from other sources than the Scriptures…We have learned from none others the plan of our salvation, than from those through whom the Gospel has come down to us, which they did at one time proclaim in public, and, at a later period, by the will... Read more
St. Justin Martyr (c. 1546), by Theophanes the Cretan (1490-1559) and his son Symeon [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (8-1-03) *** Justin Martyr wrote: And now, if I say this to you, although I have repeated it many times, I know that it is not absurd so to do. For it is a ridiculous thing to see the sun, and the moon, and the other stars, continually keeping the same course, and bringing round the different seasons; and to... Read more
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