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David T. King, William Webster, and Eric Svendsen<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Recently, some prominent anti-Catholics online have tried to make out that I am\u00a0merely<\/em> a \u201cself-published\u201d author, when in fact I now have four of my books published by two major Catholic publishers: Our Sunday Visitor (the largest Catholic publisher in the world), and Sophia Institute Press: a highly respected publisher that specializes in Catholic classics. Two of my books had been published by the year 2003; three by 2004, and four by 2007. Shortly, I\u2019ll have two more out: one with Sophia (Bible Proofs for Catholic Truths<\/a><\/em>) and one with Saint Benedict Press (a Chesterton quotations book<\/a>), making a total of six; with many more to come, by all reasonable indications and communications to me by my editors. [the total is now ten, with an additional ten \u2014 and likely many more to come \u2014 published electronically by Logos \/ Faithlife<\/a>: the world\u2019s largest electronic publisher of Christian books]<\/div>\n

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As always with these anti-Catholic naysayers, there has to be a glaring double standard. As I was eating my dinner tonight I was pondering a few of the big names among anti-Catholics online and who their<\/em> publishers were. One of these luminaries of the anti-Catholic online provincial world is Pastor David T. King: the most ill-mannered man, bar none (including atheists and other non-Christians), \u2014 though Gene \u201cTroll\u201d Bridges comes close \u2014 that I\u2019ve ever encountered online in 12 years. He referred to me recently (3 April 2009\u00a0on James Swan\u2019s site) as a \u201cfilthy, foulmouthed Romanist\u201d.<\/p>\n

David T. King is co-author with William Webster of a three-volume set on sola Scriptura<\/em>: Holy Scripture: the Ground and Pillar of Our Faith<\/em> (see vol. 1 <\/a>\/ vol. 2 <\/a>\/ vol. 3 <\/a>on Amazon. I couldn\u2019t recall, sitting at dinner, try as I might, the name of the publisher. Well, after cruising over to trusty Amazon, I discovered that it is the publishing industry titan Christian Resources<\/em>, based in Battle Ground, Washington. Ever heard of them<\/em>? I didn\u2019t think so. You\u2019re not alone. I did a bunch of Google searches in an effort to track down this publisher, to see what other books it has published. It took some work, as nothing was coming up.<\/p>\n

After some difficulty, and after finding the location of the publisher in a Google Book Search, I finally ran across a website for this operation<\/a>\u00a0[defunct link]. And what did I find? Well, sure enough, it is a self-publishing<\/em> operation. Very impressive, isn\u2019t it? Right on the home page, we read:<\/p>\n

Christian Resources is a non-profit teaching, apologetics and publishing ministry . . . The director and Founder of Christian Resources is William Webster.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ah; how difficult it is to publish your own book, without the burden of outside editors, or any quality control. Perhaps there is a board of directors? Maybe; though at this website one obtains no information whatsoever about that, if indeed it is the case. All we find are ten additional books by Webster. I fail to see how this makes him somehow a superior apologist. He publishes 13 of his own books with his own publishing company. I\u2019ve done 13 of mine with Lulu. The difference, of course, is that I also<\/em> have four books (soon to be six) with actual publishers<\/em><\/strong>, with boards and editors, and theological monitoring by scholars and bishops and priests, and operations independent of little ole Dave Armstrong, whereas Webster and King have none of that. They just have their own books published by themselves<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

I thought that at least Webster must have \u201cadvanced degrees in theology and philosophy\u201d in order to attain to the sublime title of apologist. So I set out on another difficult searching journey on the Internet, to look for his credentials. Well, I found this<\/a>:<\/p>\n

William A. Webster is a business man, living with his wife and children in Battle Ground, Washington. He has already authored The Christian Following Christ as Lord<\/i> and Salvation, The Bible, and Roman Catholicism<\/i>, and is a founder of Christian Resources, Inc<\/a>., a tape and book ministry dedicated to teaching and evangelism.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now, that doesn\u2019t tell us a whole heck of a lot, does it? We don\u2019t even know what business he is in, for heaven\u2019s sake. He founded a ministry. Big wow. Many have done that. Who is he accountable to? What denominational affiliation does he have? We learn none of that. All we know is that he has basically proclaimed himself an apologist and publishes his own books. Well, I should qualify that a little bit. His book, The Church of Rome at the Bar of History<\/a><\/em> (1996) was published by Banner of Truth<\/a>.<\/a>\u00a0 At least that is a \u201creal\u201d publisher. Give credit where it is due . . . It specializes in the classics of Protestant history. That being the case, it is quite analogous from a Protestant perspective, to my publisher Sophia Institute Press, which specializes in Catholic classics. Thus, Webster has no more credentials than I do in that regard, and arguably even less.<\/p>\n

I continued to search in vain for the man\u2019s education or credentials of any sort, other than being a \u201cbusinessman\u201d and self-publisher. I remembered that he had a chapter in a book in my own library, of several different authors, Roman Catholicism<\/a><\/em> (1994; Chicago: Moody Press, edited by John Armstrong). I thought that might say something about his education and background. And alas, my search ended. On p. 11, in the \u201cContributors\u201d section I learned that Webster obtained a B.A. from Southern Methodist University in who knows what?, and is a \u201cbusinessman.\u201d<\/p>\n

He was the least credentialed contributor of all those in the book (13 in all). That made him (at least at that time) no more formally educated than I am myself, with my B.A. in sociology and minor in psychology (Wayne State Univ., Detroit, 1982, cum laude<\/em>). Elsewhere, I learned that the degree was in history (not theology), that Webster is a pastor, and that he was a graduate of the Evangelical Institute in Greenville, SC.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s better, but what degree? The website for this school<\/a> gives little information on degrees available, or whether it is an accredited institution. On a web page for the U.S. Department of Education about accreditation<\/a>, I couldn\u2019t find the school listed under South Carolina. Perhaps I missed something. But it looks like Webster is little more educated than I am.<\/p>\n

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Webster\u2019s and King\u2019s three-volume obscurantist sophistry-fest on sola Scriptura<\/span><\/em> was self-published and co-written by a man with no advanced degrees in theology (King has an M. Div. degree <\/a>from Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson, MS).<\/p>\n

Moving on to Eric Svendsen, here is (finally) a man with advanced degrees of some sort, granted. Who are his publishers, though? Upon This Slippery Rock <\/a><\/em>is put out by Calvary Press<\/a>, of Merrick, New York: not exactly an industry giant. Same thing for Who Is My Mother? Evangelical Answers<\/a><\/em>: published by Reformation Press, which is such an influential force in evangelical publishing that it currently has four books in print (but alas, not including this one). The North American Distributor is Gospel Mission<\/a>\u00a0[link defunct]: Box 318, Choteau, MT 59422. This is clearly a thriving operation.<\/p>\n

This is the best that a guy with a doctorate can do? He can\u2019t even keep a book in print from way back in 1999? What else can Eric come up with, book-wise? Well, there is always Learning to Master Your Bible: A Guide to Plumbing the Depths of God\u2019s Word<\/a><\/em> (2001), self-published and spiral-bound, available for the bargain rate of $26.99 (+ $3.99 S&H). We must snap that up right away! There is also the self-published Table of the Lord<\/a><\/em> (1996) [for $75]. Mighty impressive, all that . . .<\/p>\n

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Sophia Institute Press has published six of his books: \"A Biblical Defense of Catholicism\" (Foreword by Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J., 1996 \/ 2003), \"The Catholic Verses\" (2004), \"The One-Minute Apologist\" (2007), \"Bible Proofs for Catholic Truths\" (2009), \"The Quotable Newman\" (editor: 2012), and \"Proving the Catholic Faith is Biblical\" (2015). He is co-author (with Dr. Paul Thigpen) of the inserts for \"The New Catholic Answer Bible\" (Our Sunday Visitor: 2005), and editor for \"The Wisdom of Mr. Chesterton: The Very Best Quotes, Quips, and Cracks from the Pen of G. K. Chesterton\" (Saint Benedict Press \/ TAN Books: 2009). \"100 Biblical Arguments Against Sola Scriptura\" was published by Catholic Answers in May 2012. His \"Quotable Wesley\" compilation was published by (Protestant \/ Wesleyan publisher) Beacon Hill Press in April 2014. Several of his 49 books are bestsellers in their field. Dave maintains a popular personal Facebook page, a Facebook author page, and has a Twitter account as well. He offers almost all of his books in e-book form on his own Biblical Catholicism site (http:\/\/biblicalcatholicism.com\/), at a permanent deep discount: only $2.99 for ePub, mobi, and AZW, and $1.99 for PDF. His writing has been enthusiastically endorsed or recommended by many leading Catholic apologists, authors, and priests, including Dr. Scott Hahn, Fr. Peter M. J. Stravinskas, Marcus Grodi, Patrick Madrid, Steve Ray, Tim Staples, Devin Rose, Mike Aquilina, Al Kresta, Karl Keating, Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Brandon Vogt, Marcellino D'Ambrosio, and Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. Dave has been happily married to his wife Judy since October 1984. 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