Sticky: Index of Posts

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Atheism, Agnosticism, and Secularism 
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Theism:

• My Favorite Arguments for God
• My Presentation on the Existence of God
• You, Your Soul, and God
• So... what caused God?
• CE vs AD - What is the Fulcrum of Human History?
• What is Atheism, Anyway?
• Does Life Have Meaning Without God?
• Is God Personal, or Not?
• Atheism and Pascal's Wager
• Undermining Theism:  Two Attempts
• 12 Questions Students Get From Secular Friends
• Good Without God: Do Natural Explanations Work?
• Three Questions on God and Time

Pro-Life Questions:

• Can We Know When Life Begins?
• Answering the Violinist Argument for Abortion
• The Bible and the Pre-Born
• Two Questions:  Pro-Choice Rhetoric and Dangerous Pregnancies 
• But... are they "persons" ?
• Regarding Violence in the Name of the Pro-Life Cause...
• The Death Penalty and the Galactic Emperor
• Two Paths Away From Pro-Life
• Short Answers: The Ethics of Invitro Fertilization
• Can We Legislate Morality?
• Five Questions I Would Ask a Pro-Choice Catholic Politician 
• Five Useful Pro-Life Analogies
• Resolving Pro-Choice Bible Passages
• How Should a Pro-Life Candidate Answer: Legal Penalties for Abortion
• How Should a Pro-Life Candidate Answer:  Rape Cases
• How Should a Pro-Life Candidate Answer: Late Term Abortion
• Three Principles for Opposing Euthanasia and Physician Assisted Suicide
• Upcoming Pro-Life Presentations
• First Pro-Life Presentation Video
• Second Pro-Life Presentation Video
• Third Pro-Life Presentation Video
• Answering the Embryo Clinic Dilemma
• Five Horrible Pro-Choice Arguments
• How Did the Roe vs Wade Decision Work?
• The New York Law and Late-Term Abortions
• Dr. Gunter and Late-Term "Abortions"
• Three Techniques in Pro-Life Discussions
• The "Forced Birth" / "Forced Pregnancy" meme
• Do Abortion Numbers Go Down During Democrat Presidencies?
• Is Social Welfare the True Pro-Life?

Religious Liberty:

• What Constitutes Christian Persecution?
• Discussing the HHS Mandate
• Discrimination, Conscience, and Religious Liberty
• Conscience, Cooperation, and Moral Philosophy
• Marriage and the Culture:  Where were we, where are we, what now?
• Transgenderism, Compassion, and the Nature of the Human Person
• Religious Liberty Before and After Vatican II
• Did California Really Ban the Bible?
• Can Christian Adoption Agencies be Defended - Part I
• Can Christian Adoption Agencies be Defended - Part II
• How Did the Obergefell Decision Work?
• Do Businesses Need to be Secular?

Sexism:

• Sexism and the Old Testament?
• Sexism and the New Testament?
• Why do we refer to God in the masculine?
• What about Feminine theological language in the Bible?
• Unmaking Man and Woman
• How does a Catholic Read:  1 Tim 2:11-15

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Basic Christian Stuff
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• Who Counts as a Christian?
• The Christian Story from Scratch

Jesus:

• A Prophetic Sketch of the Messiah
• Did Jesus Rise from the Dead?
• Short Answers: The Resurrection 
• If Jesus Was a Myth...
• Jehovah's Witnesses at the Door...
• Was Jesus Wrong About the End of the World?
• Short Answers: Jesus Descending to Hell
• The Crucifixion:  What and Why?
• Did Jesus Claim to be God?
• What Does Martyrdom Prove?
• My Presentation on Messianic Prophecy
• What's with Jesus not Knowing Stuff
• Who was Isaiah's Suffering Servant?
• Was Jesus Disrespectful to Mary?
• Did Jesus mean to bring division?
• Adult Education Class: The Divine Messiah

Morality:

• Would it be OK to Kill Baby Hitler?
• Can Christians Consume Crayfish?
• Hypocrites in the Church?
• Judge Not...
• Love the Sinner, Hate the Sin
• Sin, Virtue, and God's Anger
• Conscience, Cooperation, and Moral Philosophy
• The Euthyphro Dilemma
• Consequentialism and the A-Bomb
• Transgender Identity and Left-Handedness

The Bible:

• Does the Bible Count as Evidence?
• The Bible and the Telephone Game
• Violence in the Old Testament
• Do the Infancy Narratives Contradict?
• Why Listen to Saint Paul?
• The Letter to Philemon and Slavery
• Inspiration, and Three Types of Contradictions
• The Bible and "God's Word"
• Examining the Nativity Scene
• Numbering the 10 Commandments
• Why Jesus Crucified on a Wednesday?
• The Afterlife of the Old Testament
• Resurrection Contradiction: Luke's Timewarps
• Resurrection Contradiction: The Women's Testimony
• My 2018 Bible Talk
• Announcing my First Book!
• The Canonicity of the Woman Caught in Adultery
• What is going on with Jephtha's Sacrifice?
• The Food Sacrificed to Idols Contradiction 
• A Passion and Resurrection Compilation
• The Timeline of the Gospels
• How do the Resurrection Accounts Fit Together? 
• How did Jesus take His Final Trip?

Bible Reflections:

• Meditation on the Testing in the Desert
• God the Father and the Three Needs of Sons
• A Reflection on the Side of Christ
• A Reflection on the Nativity
• An Analogy for Grace
• Reading the Crucifixion Accounts Together
• Two Passages Everyone Gets Wrong
• A Walk Through Advent 1
• A Walk Through Advent 2
• A Walk Through Advent 3
• A Walk Through Advent 4
• Was Jesus Born in Spring?
• The Messianic Secret
• Three Questions about the Devil
• Ecclesiastes and the Cross
• Swiss Army Passage:  It is Finished, Therefore...
• Swiss Army Verse:  The Temple Veil
• Did Isaiah Say God made Evil?
• Who is at Jesus' Left and Right?

Other:

• The Secret Truth About Easter!
• Hanukkah, Christmas, and You
• Do Christians and Muslims Worship the Same God?
• Do Christians and Mormons Worship the Same God?
• The Best Christian Song I Have Heard
• 10 Lessons from Youth Ministry
• About that "I'm a Christian, But..." video...
• Could Humans Marry Aliens?
• Why Don't We Celebrate Jewish Holidays
• Can a Christian Go it Alone?
• A Closer Look at the Creed
• Stephen Colbert and Christian Citizenship
• Why I Don't Say "Non-Denominational"
• My Anchor Experiences
• Should We Teach the Santa Myth?
• The Limitations of Youth Ministry / Bubble Bursting Questions
• Chrysostem and Aquinas on Unanswered Prayer
• My "Five Rules"; A Guide to Navigating Dating Waters
• The Dueling Truths of Human Nature
• Antisemitism and Romans 11
• My Prep for a Meeting with Mormon Missionaries

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Catholic Stuff
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• If Catholics Are Not Christians....

Ecclesiology and Scripture:

• The Early Canons of Scripture
• Ecclesiology, and the Difference between Catholics and "Protestants"
• Did Jesus Start a Religion?
• How Was the Early Church Structured?
• The Authority Bomb 
• Sola Scriptura and the Canon Conundrum 
• Sola Scriptura and the Argument from Chaos
• Two Forms of Sola Scriptura
• Dealing with Sola Scriptura Minor
• How does a Catholic Read: Revelation 22:18? ("Do not add to this book...")
• How does a Catholic Read; 2Timothy 3:16?  ("All Scripture is Inspired...")
• How does a Catholic Read: 1Corinthians 4:6? ("Do not go beyond what is written...")
• My Favorite New Testament References to the Deuterocanon
• Disunity in Catholicville vs Protestantland
• Adult Education Class: Sola Scriptura and the Church
• The Rapture and the Millennium 

The Pope and Clergy:

• Did the Early Church Have a Pope?
• Papal Infallibility and Paul's Rebuke
• Is the Pope the Biblical Antichrist?
• Short Answer:  The Popes and Slavery
• Short Answer: What about bad Popes?
• Short Answers: Married Priests and Ministerial Priests
• Short Answers: Male Priesthood and Calling Priests "Father" 
• Was Jesus Thwarted by Ancient Sexism?
• Looking East:  Why Not Orthodoxy?
• The Scandalous Less on Old Testament Kings

Salvation / Soteriology:

• What of the Man on the Island?
• The Catholic Church's Teaching on Salvation and Justification
• Mortal Sin, Suicide, and the Catholic Church
• Short Answer: How are People Saved?
• How does a Catholic Read; Ephesians 2 and Matthew 25? ("We are saved by faith...")
• Short Answer:  Are Our Good Works Really "Dirty Rags"?
• How does a Catholic Read: Romans 9:1-24 ("The potter")
• How does a Catholic Read; Romans 10:9? ("All who confess will be saved...")
• How does a Catholic Read: 1John 5:13? ("Know you have eternal life")
• Misreading James 2:24
• Luther's Blindspot:  Why the Church Had to Say "No"
• A Catholic Take on the Romans Road
• Jesus and the "Scapegoat"
• The Atonement: Did Jesus Die for Anyone?
• A Detroit Priest, a Controversial Homily, and Romans 8
• Calvin's Trail - Why Free Will Matters
• Is Free Will in the New Testament?
• Free Will and Omniscience, A Problem?
• The Passages which Say Salvation can be Lost
• Two Passages for Once Saved Always Saved
• How does a Catholic Read: John 6:39 ("Lose none given to me")

Baptism:

• Short Answer: Infant Baptism
• How does a Catholic Read; 1 Peter 3:20? ("Baptism now saves you...")
• A Hidden Reference to Trinitarian Baptism
• What did the Early Church believe about Baptism?
• How is Baptism to be Performed? 

Confession:

• How does a Catholic Read; 1Timothy 2:5? ("There is one mediator....")
• Why Not Confess Straight to God

Confirmation:

• The Two Questions I ask Confirmation Candidates

Indulgences:

• Did the Church ever sell indulgences? 

Eucharist:

• How was Jesus a Melchizedek Priest
• The Mass: A Sacrifice, but Not a Re-Sacrifice?
• A Dangerous Slogan: "The Eucharist isn't for the Perfect"
• The Analogy of John 6
• How did the Early Christians Worship?
• Understanding the Eucharist - What is it?
• Understanding and Applying Amoris Laetitia
• The Old Testament Background of the Lord's Supper
• Did Judas Receive Communion?
• Adult Education Class: The Source and Summit
• Three Questions about Politicizing the Eucharist

The Last Things:

• The Basics of Purgatory
• Praying for the Dead?
• Why Do People Go to Hell?
• Are We Judged Twice?
• How Does a Catholic Read: 1Corinthians 3:10-15
• The Pope's Interview about Hell
• Sheol, Gehenna, and Old Testament Afterlives
• Adult Education Class:  An Aside on Purgatory
• Presentation:  The Eight Last Things

Evolution:

• Catholic Church and Evolution
• Adam, Eve, and Crazed Grasshoppers
• Do Orcs, Ents, and Llamas have Souls?
• Adam, Eve, and Anthropology 

Marriage and Family:

• Short Answer: Divorce and Annulment
• Is the Church Inconsistent on Family Planning?
• What Did Jesus Teach About Divorce?
• Is the Church correct to ban both Abortion and Contraception?
• No Divorce?  What About Abusive Marriages?
• Catholics and Providentialism
• TLDR: Humanae Vitae
• TLDR: Male and Female He Created Them

Saints:

• The Five Objections to the Communion of Saints
• The Communion of Saints and the Tapestry of Faith
• Do Our Ancestors Watch Over Us?
• Short Answers: Repetitive Prayers and the Intercession of Saints
• My Recent Presentations on Martyrdom
• Why are there Churches Made of Bones?
• Adult Education Class:  The Saints in Light

Mary Stuff:

• Mary Mother of all Christians
• Hail Queen Mary
• Mary as "Co-redemptrix"
• The Nativity in Revelation
• What Did The Early Church Believe about the Holy Family?
• Responding to the Accusation of Mary-Worship

Other:

• How to Get Misinformed about the Catholic Faith
• If the Media Covered the Arian Controversy
• How to Not do Historical Exegesis
• Short Answer:  Just War
• Catholic Bookmarks
• A Poem About God's Plan for Us: Necessary
• Seven Harmful Catholic Urban Legends
• Seven MORE Harmful Catholic Urban Legends
• Jesus' Travels in Matthew
• What Was in the 95 Thesis?
• My 95 Theses
• My Peru "Reformation" Presentation
• My Wabash "Reformation" Presentation
• My Final Exam for 2017 Seniors
• My Bible Verse Index
• Why I Don't Say "Protestant Reformation"
• 10 Things Catholics Should Learn From Protestants
• Three Thoughts on the Catechism Change
• The Pennsylvania Report; By the Numbers
• My Two Recent Interviews
• Short Story:  The Starving Man
• Baffling Question: Cross or Crucifix
• Christmas and Paganism, Oh my!
• Lay Homily: January 6th 2019
• Lay Homily: January 13th 2019
• Lay Homily: Dec 8 2019
• Lay Homily: Dec 15 2019
• Lay Homily: Dec 22 2019
• Lay Homily: Dec 29 2019
• Lay Homily: Jan 05 2020

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