July 25, 2007
Islam: A lesson for Christianity
Ever wonder how and why Islam spread so quickly after its birth, and why so many lands that were Christian became Muslim? I did, so I researched the subject and wrote a ten-page paper on it for my Church History...
April 23, 2007
Was Pope Pius XII a Friend of the Nazis? Did he help Hitler?
Over the last twenty years or so this has been a common assertion: Pope Pius XII helped Hitler during World War II. He’s even been called “Hitler’s Pope” by a less-than-honest writer that in some ways started the controversy. I’ve...
March 3, 2007
Was the Tomb of Jesus found by James Cameron?
Since the Titanic, James Cameron hasn’t done much as a director. But this week he produces a new documentary that has stirred a ton of controversy: The Tomb of Jesus airs on the Discovery channel this weekend. The documentary claims...
November 29, 2006
Pope Benedict XVI visits Turkey
History is being made this week as Pope Benedict XVI visits the predominately-Muslim nation of Turkey. It is a wonderful example of Pope Benedict taking Christianity throughout the world and calling us all to holiness in the process. For updated...
September 19, 2006
Pope Benedict and Positive Press
We're still on the Pope Benedict comments since it is creating quite the controversy in the world. And the Wall Street Journal published an excellent analysis of the situation today (registration required). Some key points: [Regarding the Pope's quote] Taken...
September 16, 2006
Pope Benedict XVI's Muslim update
Today a Cardinal at the Vatican spoke out about Pope Benedict's comments: In the passage of the speech that has roused so much anger, the Pope was quoting a 14th-century Byzantine emperor, and the Pontiff "did not intend "to make...
September 15, 2006
Pope Benedict XVI and the Muslim Controversy
Apparently Pope Benedict XVI has stirred up Muslim anger over comments made in his speech last Tuesday. Is the anger justified? Well, we can read the entire speech here. But what offended Muslims was this section of his talk: [Initial...
June 28, 2006
People believe The Da Vinci Code
Unfortunately there's one oddity we can't get around: People believe the Da Vinci Code. No matter how clear the errors are expressed, some people will always believe the book is true. Christianity Today points out that 60% of British readers...
May 2, 2006
Marian Theology in the Early Church
May is considered to be a Marian month, so I thought it would be appropriate to consider what the Early Fathers taught about Mary. On the Immaculate Conception "He was the ark formed of incorruptible wood. For by this is...
April 14, 2006
St. Irenaeus verses the National Geographic and the Gospel of Judas
[The Gnostics] declare that Judas the traitor was thoroughly acquainted with these things, and that he alone, knowing the truth as no others did, accomplished the mystery of the betrayal; by him all things, both earthly and heavenly, were thus...
April 10, 2006
Four Days before the Passion: Monday of Holy Week
From The Founding of Christendom by Warren H. Carroll: The next two days [after Palm Sunday] He went to the Temple. On Monday, April 3, 30 A.D., the preponderance of evidence suggests that for a second time He drove the...
