100 Biblical Arguments Against Sola Scriptura

Last updated on: June 12, 2012 at 7:57 pm By Jeff Miller

The prolific Catholic apologist Dave Armstrong has a new book out 100 Biblical Arguments Against Sola Scriptura which was published by Catholic Answers. Now there is a certain irony in taking apart Sola Scriptura via the scriptures but you have to stay within a certain framework when dialoging with others. Jesus when talking to the Sadducees only quoted from the Pentateuch since this was all they accepted. So this apologetical pattern certainly applies here. Now first off when discussing Sola Scriptura it... Read more

The Books of Summer: Weightless by Kate Wicker

Last updated on: June 11, 2012 at 2:01 pm By Julie Davis

Weightless: Making Peace With Your Body by Kate Wicker This book is for every American woman who has body issues. (Shall we all raise our hands in unison?) In many ways, I came to terms with body image some time ago. However, no one is immune and every so often I will find myself beating back the mental need to measure up to someone else’s terms. This book is good spiritual medicine for those times. I wish I could afford... Read more

Redshirts

Last updated on: June 11, 2012 at 6:14 pm By Jeff Miller

There is nothing wrong with your internet. Do not attempt to change the url We are controlling transmission. If we wish to make it louder, we will bring up the volume. If we wish to make it softer, we will tune it to a whisper. We will control the horizontal. We will control the vertical. We can roll the image, make it flutter. We can change the focus to a soft blur or sharpen it to crystal clarity. For the... Read more

The Books of Summer: The Chronicles of Clovis by Saki

Last updated on: June 11, 2012 at 12:30 pm By Julie Davis

The Chronicles of Clovis by Saki My rating: 5 of 5 stars When I was young I discovered Saki and read all his stories. Over the years, of course, one comes across a few very popular stories repeatedly. Now I’ve come across a wonderful podcast, The Clovis Stories by Saki which is working its way through all the Saki stories, beginning with The Chronicles of Clovis. By the time I discovered it, The Chronicles were completed and they had moved... Read more

Eternal Rest Grant Unto Ray Bradbury, O Lord

Last updated on: June 6, 2012 at 1:28 pm By Julie Davis

The father hesitated only a moment. He felt the vague pain in his chest. If I run, he thought, what will happen? Is Death important? No. Everything that happens before Death is what counts. And we’ve done fine tonight. Even Death can’t spoil it. Ray Bradbury, Something Wicked This Way Comes He seemed timeless somehow, that grand old man of science fiction. But of course no one is timeless and Ray Bradbury died today at age 91. Somehow it seems... Read more

Vito Bonafacci: A Modern Parable for the Faithful

Last updated on: June 4, 2012 at 5:32 pm By Julie Davis

Today, we’re stepping away from the bookshelf for a minute to look at a movie for the Patheos Movie Club. Although I’m reviewing this for the PMC, I received the DVD from the director individually. I think y’all know me well enough to know we’d never speak of this again if I didn’t like it … no matter how I saw the film. So it really makes no nevermind. Lapsed Catholic Vito Bonafacci has had a nightmare he can’t shake... Read more

Through the Wall by Cleveland Moffett

Last updated on: June 4, 2012 at 2:43 pm By Julie Davis

A noted detective is getting ready to go to Brazil for an important job. He drops by Notre Dame where a young woman he never met says a few sentences to him that leave him pale and canceling his trip. A young woman, deeply in love, spurns her lover’s marriage proposal because she loves him too much. An international celebrity is found mysteriously killed in a variation of the locked room mystery. All these events are connected and are set... Read more

WIN a Logos Catholic Scholar’s Library Worth $790

Last updated on: June 4, 2012 at 1:41 pm By Julie Davis

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U.S. Enters “Brave New World” With Refusal to Ban Sex-Selection Abortions. Me? I Aim to Misbehave.

Last updated on: June 1, 2012 at 4:17 pm By Julie Davis

I’m getting my thoughts straight and I was trying to keep it to myself and I was trying to keep it short. I can’t. I’ll say this though. All those books and stories I read definitely influence me. If anyone ever thought books aren’t dangerous, this one’s for you. ============== I was stunned yesterday when the House rejected a ban on sex-selection abortions. I thought: “Where are we? China?” Then: “We have actually turned into Brave New World. In the... Read more

What I’m Reading: The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara

Last updated on: May 31, 2012 at 12:49 pm By Julie Davis

The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara Normally, historical fiction about the Civil War is not my bag. Aside from Gone With the Wind, which I suppose technically is historical fiction though I have never thought of it as such until this very second as my fingers fly across the keyboard. (What an odd thought that is to me…) At any rate, this is Scott Danielson’s choice for our next A Good Story is Hard to Find podcast book. I complained... Read more