Reflections on the Gift
A partridge in a pear tree? Seriously? Well, I like pears alright I guess, but with my horticultural skills I know a pear tree will not survive long in my care. And a… Continue reading
Category Archive: THE BIBLE AND TRUTH
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Our responsibility to understand
Have you ever gotten frustrated and annoyed with someone for not understanding? Perhaps he’s an old fart (and I say that in the most affectionate way possible) still uncomfortable with technology who throws… Continue reading
Two questions for the questioning
Apart from my earliest unreflective years, there was never a time when I didn’t believe in God. As I’ve previously shared, I was raised in the Catholic Church where I soaked in the… Continue reading
The primacy of Scripture
I threw a book in the trash the other day. Not a big deal, but as one whose favorite piece of furniture may be my beautiful bookcases (but only when filled with books),… Continue reading
Redemption is received, not earned
Presuppositionalism. Modalism. Hypostasis. Social Trinitarianism. Amillenialism. Not the stuff of your average Sunday School class. But it is of some. Know what they all mean? If not you’d better learn, ‘cause your salvation… Continue reading
Intelligence does not guarantee truth
Isn’t it interesting how two equally intelligent and reasonable people can look at the same evidence and come to vastly different conclusions? What else is going on? As I’ve presented arguments for theism… Continue reading
The list
This is No. 30 in the series. Please read my introduction and explanation here. This is the last installment of my series on why I left the Roman Catholic Church. What am I… Continue reading
Someday, and today
This is No. 29 in the series. Please read my introduction and explanation here. Sometimes I wonder what my life would be like now, as well as the lives of my siblings, if… Continue reading
My final reasons
This is No. 28 in the series. Please read my introduction and explanation here. As I’ve crossed addressed objections off my list of reasons, I’ve also crossed off a few that I haven’t… Continue reading
Four more reasons
This is No. 27 in the series. Please read my introduction and explanation here. Before I started this series, I made a list. I asked myself, what are the reasons why I left… Continue reading
Scandal and cover-up
This is No. 26 in the series. Please read my introduction and explanation here. The contrast between the piety and integrity of lay Catholics like my parents, which I highlighted yesterday, and the… Continue reading
The integrated faith
This is No. 25 in the series. Please read my introduction and explanation here. As I enter the home-stretch of my month-long series on why I left the Catholic Church, I want to… Continue reading
The truth about truth
This is No. 24 in the series. Please read my introduction and explanation here. What’s the big deal? Why spend a whole month picking on the Catholic Church? Aren’t there more important issues… Continue reading
The only way
This is No. 23 in the series. Please read my introduction and explanation here. I mentioned yesterday that some Catholics accuse ex-Catholics like me of turning away from the Church because we find… Continue reading
I am saved, and maybe you are too
This is No. 22 in the series. Please read my introduction and explanation here. I was very angry with the Catholic Church when I left…a common refrain among ex-Catholics. I felt lied-to, cheated,… Continue reading