Rational Christian Discernment

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Sunday, October 25, 2026

Abraham And The Exclusion Of Merit

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"It might be supposed that Paul had now made his point, proved the universal need of righteousness, the impossibility of man providing ...
Monday, October 19, 2026

Coming Home? Who Do Catholic Converts Think They Are?

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          Among converts to Roman Catholicism, few expressions are as common or as celebrated as the declaration that they have finally ...
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Thursday, October 15, 2026

The Book of Mormon And The Devastating Dead Sea Scrolls Dilemma

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          The Dead Sea Scrolls expose a fundamental problem with the Book of Mormon's claim to be an ancient Israelite record. They prov...
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Wednesday, September 30, 2026

A Laundry List Of Bad And Broken Reasons People Become Catholic

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Most people who convert to Roman Catholicism do not do so because they have carefully examined Catholic doctrine and found it compelling. Th...
Tuesday, September 29, 2026

Where Shadows Wait

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Velvet sky unfolds silver threads stitch dark with light  stars hum ancient songs Moon drifts like a thought  soft upon the breath of clouds...
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Worship As Genus And Species: Structural Problems In Catholic Devotional Taxonomy

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          "The worship of latria (latreia), or strict adoration, is given to God alone; the worship of dulia (douleia), or honour and h...
Saturday, September 19, 2026

Allegory, Liturgy, And The Marian Imagination

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          The titles often applied to Mary in Catholic devotion, such as path, ladder, gate, portico, bridge, Tower of Ivory, and Garden Enc...

Mary’s Perpetual Virginity: A Dogma Without A Foundation

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The Catholic doctrine of Mary’s perpetual virginity rests on a set of assumptions that collapse once examined outside the closed i...
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Answering Douglas Beaumont On New Testament Canon Formation

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Discussion:           -This piece examines flaws in Douglas Beaumont’s reasoning  in critiquing a book by Michael J. Kruger about the format...
Saturday, September 5, 2026

An Exegetical Study Of Habakkuk 2:4 As It Relates To Paul's Doctrine Of Justification By Faith

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           The Book of Habakkuk is a classic example of what we would call a theodicy. It serves as a defense of the goodness of God in the ...
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