I am responding to portions of anti-Catholic evangelical apologist Eric Svendsen’s “In the Image of God: A Dialogue With a Roman Catholic Apologist on the Veneration of Images” (dated not long before 13 May 2007). His words will be in blue. ***** Clearly, the Scriptures consider bowing before images an act of worship. “You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You... Read more
vs. Jason Engwer Jason Engwer is a prolific Protestant anti-Catholic apologist and webmaster of the site, Triablogue. He used to interact with me from 2000 to 2010 or so and then promptly stopped. I continue to critique his material, if I think there is educational value in doing so. Maybe one day he’ll decide to start dialoguing again. In any event, I’ll continue to do what I’ve done these past [nearly] 33 years as a Catholic apologist, and if I... Read more
St. Paul’s Teaching About Financial Support of Christian Workers, and His Own Example [my professionally designed blog (Blogspot): 2009-2015] I offer (as far as I know or have seen) the most comprehensive, wide-ranging, and detailed collection of Catholic and general Christian apologetics articles and books available online from a single individual (even more than probably almost all group sites that feature many writers). I designed my blog to be the “one-stop” place for Catholic apologetics. If you are looking for... Read more
Mortgage Interest / Inflation / Taxes / “Rainy Day” Fundraiser Day Four: Fifteen Books That I Have Edited * See my previous installment (Days 1-3). * I habitually say that I have “written” 54 books (this latest tally includes my book-length debate with a Calvinist on justification), but that’s not precisely accurate, since I only edited fifteen of those books, leaving 39 that I actually “wrote” myself. * Today I want to present little summaries of these fifteen edited books,... Read more
Mortgage Interest / Inflation / Taxes / “Rainy Day” Fundraiser Day One: Financial Difficulties Explained Today I’ll be talking about my finances, so as to fully inform my regular readers of my “situation.” * I’ve been a full-time Catholic apologist and author since December 2001, and my income since then has always consisted of a combination of book and article royalties, part-time jobs as needed, and generous donations from thoughtful people like you. Since July 2020, Social Security payments (for... Read more
[from my Reply #26 to the late Calvinist anti-Catholic Steve Hays; originally posted on 6-5-23 on Facebook] * Wouldn’t it have been nice if we could have gone several rounds, with Hays responding to my counter-replies, and then my further replies, etc.? That’s what never happened and has never happened in any and all of my exchanges with anti-Catholics, with the lone exception of my debate on justification with Brazilian Calvinist Francisco Tourinho. And he may not even technically be... Read more
. . . Highlighting the Discourse at the Last Supper and Sermon on the Mount [excerpt from one of my replies to Brazilian Calvinist Francisco Tourinho on the vexed issue of justification. His words will be in blue] ***** The Lord Jesus does not mention any work for those who have actually been saved, but only faith. . . . . . . The right question is, When were works cited as meritorious or as the cause of salvation during... Read more
[originally posted on 5-26-23 on Facebook] *** Luke cites Psalms 108:8 in Acts 1:20: “His office let another take.” The Greek for “office” is episkopé (Strong’s word #1984): the word for “bishop” and the root of “episcopal.” Thayer’s Greek Concordance writes about its use in this passage: * c. after the analogy of the Hebrew פְּקֻדָּה (Numbers 4:16; 1 Chronicles 24:19 (here the Sept. ἐπίσκεψις), etc.), oversight i. e. overseership, office, charge; Vulg. episcopatus: Acts 1:20, from Psalm 108:8; specifically,... Read more
Traditionalists Have a Valid Point About Bad Appointments and the Disastrous Appeasement of Theological Liberals in the Church [originally posted 7-18-22 on Facebook] [dedicated to those who are under the illusion that I never criticize any pope for anything] ***** This occurred on another Facebook page, with my friend and self-described “traditionalist” David Palm. (his words will be in blue). * Dave, with all due respect I think you’re on the wrong side of this discussion. The episcopal appointments of... Read more
Our Protestant brethren say that one is justified by faith once for all and not at all by works. We say that initial justification is monergistic and by faith only, but ongoing justification is by faith + works. The Bible backs this up, as I shall now show from the example of Abraham. * Initial justification can be described as being “justified” just as we say of someone who got their license to drive a car for the first time:... Read more
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