There is a unique satisfaction that comes from catching a fish on a lure you fashioned with your own hands. There’s nothing else quite like
Numerous parallels and interesting bookends in the Book of Genesis exist when compared to the events and people of the New Testament, specifically, Jesus. Understanding
INTRODUCTION In olden times, apologetics (reasoned arguments in defense of religious doctrine) relied on philosophy and theology. Nowadays, one has to defend the Church against
A novel approach to understanding God’s revelation to man is to begin at the very beginning. That beginning for us is our condition at the
I think human nature has been totally confused by the darkness Lucifer spread contradicting everything God has revealed. So sometimes it is helpful to recall
A lot of people are falling for the illogical fallacy of atheism these days. Atheism asserts that there is no God who created us, and
How many times have we heard human misconduct shrugged off with the excuse, “That’s human nature?” In my conversations with others, when I cite human
INTRODUCTION Before the Covid lockdowns, I had the privilege of being a lector for the Easter Vigil Mass at our local nursing home. The nun
Science can purify religion from error and superstition; religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes. Each can draw the other into a wider
It would seem that the coming into being of a new material entity is necessarily creation today, i.e., here and now. How else but through
Our culture is fascinated with creation, which seems strange when our scientists have come up with a seemingly better explanation of how everything came to
Those who control our culture no longer believe God’s revelation or respect Church authority to teach what God revealed, so I am just going to
When most people today read the seven-day creation story in Genesis, they usually have one of two reactions. Either they see it as a piece
God is the knowledgeable initiator of serial probabilities, according to a recent essay. In consideration of the contingency of existence and the corresponding probability of
How did the precepts of ethics and morality, based on the Ten Commandments and the “Golden Rule”, become a pariah to so many? How did
Material creation, as it is in itself and as it is described in the Judeo-Christian revelation, is appropriately understood in the light of ancient Greek
I came across a very interesting book recently, Evolution: The Human Story, by Dr. Alice Roberts. It is similar to several other recent books explaining
This essay presents the argument for the existence of God from the existence of existentially contingent entities, the entities of our direct experience. The previous
The argument for God as the first cause of serial contingency is an argument for polytheism. However, the argument fails because God cannot confer on
Substantial change, creation, and evolution are commonly acknowledged to be topics in philosophy, theology, and science, respectively. The integration of theology with philosophy within human
INTRODUCTION In this post, I examine whether I, as a faithful Catholic, and as a scientist who holds that miracles are possible must believe that
It’s curious how people who claim to have faith in science criticize Christians for believing in God based on faith. Yet, what science has to
