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December 2018
December 17, 2018
The Doubts of John the Baptist
The third in my four-part series on John the Baptist for Advent: Back in my...
October 2018
October 03, 2018
Clearing up a pious mistake
You will often see inspirational posters of a verdant mountain scene with the words of...
June 2018
June 08, 2018
The Gospels are Memory, Not Fiction
A reader sends along this great passage: “Textual problems have led some modern scholars to...
May 2018
May 14, 2018
The Interesting Structure of the Noah Narrative
Pete Vere pointed this out to me. It's the interesting structure of the Noah narrative:...
March 2018
March 21, 2018
Applied Scripture
Winnipeg woman gives eggnog and ginger snaps to burglar On that cold winter day, her...
February 2018
February 12, 2018
For Lepers Outside the Camp
The readings yesterday were profoundly moving to me. As you may or may not know,...
January 2018
January 16, 2018
Stephen Binz has a cool bunch of Bible Studies available
Check them out here. Discipleship is a call to go inward, to experience an ever-deepening...
January 09, 2018
A good psalm for the New Year
Praise the LORD! Sing to the LORD a new song, his praise in the assembly...
November 2017
November 21, 2017
Compare and Contrast: Christianism vs. the Gospel
Christianism is a false gospel of violent, faithless, misogynous, white spite that believe only in...
October 2017
October 09, 2017
Blood, Tribe, Jonah and the Good Samaritan
Today's readings put together an Old and New Testament text that, at first glance, may...
October 06, 2017
Jesus and the Canaanite Woman
Introduction to a Study. My latest over at The Catholic Weekly, in which we will...
October 05, 2017
Scripture on “Thoughts and Prayers” as Hypocritical Prophylactic Against Obedience
Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom! Give ear to the teaching...
August 2017
August 28, 2017
Isaiah 22 and the Allegorical Reading of Scripture
The Catechism tells us that Scripture has different layers of meaning: 115According to an ancient...
August 24, 2017
What Virtue Signalling Actually Means
Jesus discusses "Virtue Signalling" here: “Beware of practicing your piety before men in order to...
January 2017
January 28, 2017
Consoling words from St. Paul
But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of stress. For...
November 2016
November 14, 2016
Over at Catholic Weekly, we have started taking a look at Matthew
...and the subtle ways in which he constructs his gospel to show Jesus is the...
October 2016
October 31, 2016
I was struck by this reading yesterday…
Because the whole world before you is like a speck that tips the scales, and...
August 2016
August 17, 2016
Rehoboam
Then King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, who had stood before Solomon his...
July 2016
July 28, 2016
Proverbs 26:18-19
Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death, is the man who deceives his...
May 2016
May 18, 2016
Ascension Press will have a fine new study of John out this summer
Find out more from Dr. Ted Sri here.
May 12, 2016
A reader has a question about Evangelical views of the Eucharist
He writes: I'm studying the bible and the sacraments. How does the evangelicals interpreted 1...
December 2015
December 17, 2015
Question about the formation of the Protestant Canon of Scripture
A reader writes: Since I last wrote to you (about Dum Diversas), I have been...
November 2015
November 25, 2015
Daniel and the Great Unveiling
Bishop Robert Barron takes a scriptural look at this time of reflecting on death, endings,...
September 2015
September 18, 2015
Tabloid Biblical Archaeology
...is under discussion over at the Register.
August 2015
August 24, 2015
St. Augustine: Really Bad Protestant
The Moonie-owned Washington Times measures how good a Christian you by such metrics as knowing...
August 21, 2015
I did an interview with Jeff Cavins on “Connecting the Dots”
Jeff is such a nice guy. You can find out more about Unlocking the Mysteries of...
August 21, 2015
Logos Bible Software is Having a Big Summer Giveaway
They're currently giving away a Verbum Scholar library as part of their big Summer Sale promotion. Here’s...
July 2015
July 22, 2015
New Testament Scholar N.T. Wright takes the Jesus Seminar Apart…
...piece by piece until there is nothing left of this fraudulent scam. Fun reading for...
July 21, 2015
The Sign of Jonah and Asking Questions to Keep from Finding Things Out
The gospel yesterday was about Jesus refusing to give a sign: Then some of the scribes...
May 2015
May 13, 2015
Questions about the Betrayal by Judas
A reader writes: I've been reading the gospel narratives of the Last Supper tonight, and...
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