September 28, 2004
Great Christian Quotes
“Christianity has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult and left untried.” - - G. K. Chesterton I’m a sucker for a great quote. I thought it would be interesting to ask our visitors to...
September 27, 2004
Terri Schiavo on Larry King tonight
Terri Schiavo's parents will appear on Larry King Live tonight. As many of you know, Micheal Schiavo, Terri's husband (in the legal sense), has been trying to kill her for a while now and the Florida courts continue to try...
September 24, 2004
Catholic Exegesis: Reading the Bible From the Heart of the Church
Hello Everyone! It's been quite some time since my last posting, in fact this is my first time on the blog in over a month. So please know that my lack of responses hasn't been due to the fact that...
September 23, 2004
Practical Reality: The Church and Faith
Something interesting occurred to me yesterday that applies directly to this blog. We have a number of protestants suggesting that the Church is merely a human institution, which means it can fail or develop unChristian beliefs and dogmas. I’ve often...
The Supreme Branch Rules Again: Schiavo Should Die
Today we have another example of our judicial system gone mad: The Florida Supreme Court ruled that Terri's Law was unconstitutional. This is fascinating from a legal perspective: The unanimous court said the law that kept Terri Schiavo alive violated...
September 20, 2004
Educating Children: Whose Responsibility is it?
I think there is some confusion about whose responsibility it is to teach children about God. This is a big subject, since parents must be aware of who is ultimately responsible for their children’s Christian education: CCC 2221-2228. The fecundity...
September 17, 2004
Catholics and Pro-Abortion Politicians
Archbishop John J. Myers of Newark weighed in on the debate this morning in the Wall Street Journal with A Voter's Guide: Pro-choice Candidates and Church Teaching. It's a pretty good (and not too long) piece, so take a minute...
September 15, 2004
Well-known Canadian Evangelical Converts
Michael Coren, a Canadian writer and speaker, has come back to the Catholic Church. Most probably don't know him, but he does a great deal of speaking on faith, morals, etc. in evangelical churches (at least he did). The reason...
September 11, 2004
Does Original Sin really exist?
I’m a little surprised to be writing this article, but we’ve had a couple of posts lately that suggested a lack of belief and/or understanding of Original Sin. As far as I’m aware, every major Christian theology teaches that original...
September 10, 2004
Can we vote for Pro-Abortion Politicians?
I know this issue is a key concern of Catholics and we've clearly been on one side of the bandwagon. Today I read Jimmy Akin's treatment of this topic based on Cardinal Ratzinger's letter. Take a few minutes to read...
September 8, 2004
Legalize pedophilia? It's on the way . . .
Here come the calls for the legalization of pedophilia. That's right: pedophilia. It's really a simple equation: Contraception reduces the value/seriousness/reason for existence of marriage, which leads to Divorce. Acceptance of remarriage after divorce, implies that marriage isn't sacred and...
September 5, 2004
Should Infants be Baptized?
The question of whether or not to baptize infants is answered differently among different protestant churches. But the real question is: what does Scripture teach? Does the Bible forbid baptizing infants?
September 3, 2004
Our prayers for the children
Please remember to pray for the children held captive in Russia today. The death toll numbers I'm hearing are scary . . . let's pray for healing and grace. God bless, Jay PS - It's interesting to note that these...
September 2, 2004
Only Two Days Left!!!
Proof that without any Scriptural understanding, you can make the Bible say anything. Again, this is why Christ created a Church in Matthew 16:18 - to make sure this kind of silliness didn't occur. Hat tip to the Saintly Salmagundi....
