In my last article, “A Primer on the Book of Revelation”, I explained that the Book of Revelation is divided into three parts based on
In the early 1900s, a group of Protestant clergymen in the US and Britain, tired of the divisive disagreements among the various Protestant sects, attempted
The early Church wrestled with many issues regarding the identity of Christ. Unfortunately, some churchmen would take a piece of scripture and develop a whole
Today, the United States is oft said to be lacking in unity among its people. In his seminal work, After Virtue, Alasdair MacIntyre argues that
Arguably the biggest difference between Catholicism and Protestantism lies in our contrasting beliefs about the sources of divine revelation. Both sides acknowledge that the Bible
Since returning to the Catholic Church nine years ago, I have listened to Catholic radio, read Catholic articles, discussed the faith with others, and listened
As October ends and November begins, we start thinking about the change of seasons, the coming of Advent, and the end of the year just
The Book of Revelation is the most mysterious book of the Bible. The prophetic book is encrypted with many codes and riddles from the Old
My father-in-law’s friend, Richard, is a good man. If you didn’t know which religion he professed, you might be inclined to think he was a
Two Lessons As I was reading Your Life is Worth Living by Venerable Fulton J. Sheen, I came across an insightful quote. The quote was,
In any election year, we typically hear slogans and speeches which aim at galvanizing the electorate around what matters most according to the candidates. The
Scripture and history unambiguously hold that Christ established the Roman Catholic Church. By Roman Catholic, I mean the original Church headed by the Bishop of
Since the Protestant rebellion over 500 years ago, thousands of Christian denominations and sub-denominations have been established. The rebellion resulted in contradictions, divisions, and confusion
In a recent conversation with a liberal acquaintance of mine, he asked if the Knights of Columbus were an “extremist hate” group. I asked why
At first, it might seem strange to ask, “Are Jesus and Michael the Archangel one and the same?”. To most of us, that is an
Salvation is the central message of Christian good news. This is shown in ancient inscriptions like the Ichthus (fish), which spell out the claim: Jesus
It is easy for me to announce that I follow Jesus. It is not so often that I think or talk of Him, as my
A few months ago, I wrote an article about some allegedly anti-Semitic elements in the Gospel of Matthew, and I would like to revisit that
If Catholic Stand included subtitles, this post’s would be “Why Catholics Need to Know Their Faith and History.” In the past few weeks, I have
In an increasingly fractious world, we often hear appeals for tolerance. It is assumed that tolerance has an obvious rightness: and so no sane or
Romans 4 is one of the most hotly debated passages in scripture because it is used as a proof text for different doctrinal points on
Racism and Who? To place racism and God in the same sentence is not a misnomer. Many unsettling events have occurred in the USA during
