Reply to Baptist Gavin Ortlund’s Critique of Icons

Last updated on: May 19, 2022 at 4:17 pm By Dave Armstrong

Gavin Ortlund is an author, speaker, and apologist for the Christian faith, who serves as the senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Ojai in Ojai, California. Gavin has a Ph.D. from Fuller Theological Seminary in historical theology, and an M.Div from Covenant Theological Seminary. He is the author of seven books as well as numerous academic and popular articles. For a list of publications, see his CV. He runs the YouTube channel Truth Unites, which seeks to provide an “irenic” voice on theology, apologetics, and the... Read more

Thoughts: James White & Cameron Bertuzzi & Catholicism

Last updated on: May 17, 2022 at 2:40 pm By Dave Armstrong

Primarily Concerning the Papacy Cameron Bertuzzi is a professional photographer and founder of Capturing Christianity, a ministry aimed at exposing the intellectual side of Christian belief. It began as a result of his brother becoming an atheist. He is a writer, speaker, and uses his ministry to host discussions and interviews on Christian Apologetics. His very popular YouTube channel with the same name has 127,000 subscribers. He wrote about his purpose: I want to awaken American evangelicals to the fact... Read more

Reply to Gavin Ortlund on Praying to the Saints

Last updated on: May 15, 2022 at 7:21 pm By Dave Armstrong

Including a Reply Regarding the (Blasphemous?) “Excesses of Marian Prayers” from the Protestant Point of View Gavin Ortlund is an author, speaker, and apologist for the Christian faith, who serves as the senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Ojai in Ojai, California. Gavin has a Ph.D. from Fuller Theological Seminary in historical theology, and an M.Div from Covenant Theological Seminary. He is the author of seven books as well as numerous academic and popular articles. For a list of publications, see his CV. He runs... Read more

Reply #2 to Gavin Ortlund on Purgatory

Last updated on: May 14, 2022 at 9:16 pm By Dave Armstrong

Reply to Gavin Ortlund’s “Relics: A Protestant Critique”

Last updated on: May 12, 2022 at 4:49 pm By Dave Armstrong

Reply to Gavin Ortlund on Purgatory

Last updated on: May 12, 2022 at 11:53 am By Dave Armstrong

Review: “The Orthodoxy of Amoris Laetitia” (Pedro Gabriel)

Last updated on: May 24, 2022 at 9:45 am By Dave Armstrong

Dr. Pedro Gabriel, a Portugese oncologist, is also a fine Catholic apologist. He co-founded and is a regular contributor to the excellent website, Where Peter Is: which contains an extensive collection of articles in defense of the orthodoxy of Pope Francis. He is currently taking classes in moral theology at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, and earned a Diploma with Honors from the London School of Journalism. He also writes Catholic novels “with a Tolkienite flavor.” ***** Dr.... Read more

Sola Scriptura (vs. “Barely Protestant” Anglican Priest)

Last updated on: May 6, 2022 at 12:30 am By Dave Armstrong

The Barely Protestant YouTube channel is run by an Anglican priest, Fr. James, who apparently wishes to refrain from publicly using his last name. The description of the site reads: “An Anglo-Catholic who is on YouTube to help explain the historic (non-Papal) Catholic Faith within the Anglican Tradition.” ***** This is a reply to his video, “Response to Fr. Mitch Pacwa’s Critique of Sola Scriptura” (4-6-21). As always, I will be looking to see if he can produce biblical proof... Read more

Reply to Collin Brooks on Sola Scriptura

Last updated on: May 5, 2022 at 12:34 pm By Dave Armstrong

Collin Brooks runs the YouTube channel, Resisting the Winds: dedicated to helping Christians resist every wind and wave of false doctrine. “And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, 13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood,[e] to the measure of the stature of... Read more

Response to an Inquiring Protestant (Austin Suggs)

Last updated on: May 3, 2022 at 7:25 pm By Dave Armstrong

Strictly Biblical Arguments Regarding the Papacy & Mary’s Immaculate Conception & Assumption After working full-time at a large non-denominational church, Austin Suggs fell in love with teaching people to love and live out the message of the Bible, and this drove him to attend Moody Bible Institute where he is currently a theology major (senior year). This love for teaching also led to the start of his YouTube channel, Gospel Simplicity, where he has conversations about biblical and theological topics... Read more

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