When Did Baptism Become a Sacrament?

by Mark Bauerlein

Fr. Romanus Cessario joins the podcast to discuss his new book The Seven Sacraments of the Catholic Church.  Continue Reading »

14 Nov 2023 0

How Pope Francis Understands Theology and Tradition

by Eduardo Echeverria

In a video message broadcast to participants in the Second International Congress of Theology held in Buenos Aires, Sept. 1–3, Pope Francis told participants that Catholic theology should be done in the stream of the Church’s living Tradition. Quoting Pope Benedict XVI, he said: “We can . . . . Continue Reading »

10 Sep 2015 0

Protest and Survive, But How?

by Carl R. Trueman

Only those churches which have a firm and elaborate grasp of the Christian faith are likely to survive in the coming years.
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5 May 2015 0

Religious Liberty Is a Rearguard Position

by Mark Bauerlein

In Public Discourse this week is a forthright statement of religious liberty signed by five distinguished figures. It’s a point that needs to be made again and again.Religious liberty is the first freedom. It is one of the “moral roots” of our “constitutional system.” It is every American’s “birthright.” Without it, “civic harmony” is endangered. Continue Reading »

8 Apr 2015 0

“Special Meaning”

by Frank Turk

by Frank TurkSo you know: Pack a lunch.And before you read a single word of this post, I require of you that you read this post, by me, regarding this essential conflict involved in talking about this topic. If you do not read that post, and you want to reproach me about my post here, I will simply . . . . Continue Reading »

5 Aug 2010 0

Modern Man [1]

by Frank Turk

Just to keep things interesting, I’m posting my response to JMR on the front page here. I thank him for his engagement on this issue, even if he is actually wrong about a lot of things.I think the heart of our disagreement is the Bible and how to read it.I think that’s unquestionably . . . . Continue Reading »

11 Mar 2010 0

Bailing out the Problem of Evil [2]

by Frank Turk

Last time I left you off with something like this — The problem is what to do about pain. See: the common argument here — which John Loftus plainly used to dismiss God — is that all pain ought to be stopped whenever possible. A universe with suffering in it precludes the Christian . . . . Continue Reading »

15 Feb 2010 0

Bailing out the Problem of Evil [1]

by Frank Turk

The problem is what to do about pain. See: the common argument here — which Loftus plainly uses to dismiss God — is that all pain ought to be stopped whenever possible. A universe with suffering in it precludes the Christian God (he says), so the onus is now on John or anyone else who sees pain to stop pain.
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12 Feb 2010 0

Admitting it to Ourselves

by Frank Turk

That’s not the end of what Peter said that day, and we’ll get back to that in a minute. But I think that we have to admit something to ourselves since we know we are like Oprah Winfrey. We have to admit that often, we don’t care about what God wants.

I think there are two reasons for this. ... Continue Reading »

29 Jan 2010 0

Jesus was crucified

by Frank Turk

It’s obvious, I hope, that I’m writing here for people who say to themselves, “There is something irresistible about Jesus.” For some of you, that’s a point which you make into an ideological cathedral — a point of doctrine which lines up in an acronym that summarizes the faith, your faith. For others, it’s a nagging thought — as you work out your faith on your own, you keep coming back to this Jesus, and you can’t make sense of him all the way, but you also can’t accept everything he says because it seems somehow too hard to live that way, or too complex, or too simple, or merely out of your grid of experience. Continue Reading »

27 Jan 2010 0