Author Archive for: DrOakley

I mentioned yesterday my suggestion to Tim Staples that we do a similar type of fair debate and exchange on Catholic Answers Live. I said then that I would expect many in the CA audience would love to hear the “largest Catholic apologetics organization in the United States” actually doing direct, one-on-one apologetics with leading critics of their position. I

Don’t forget to be with us live this afternoon at 3pm PST, 6pm EST, for the special 90-minute edition of the Dividing Line, featuring a live debate with Tim Staples of Catholic Answers on 1 Corinthians 3:10-15 and the doctrine of Purgatory. The format is as follows: 15 minute opening statements (Tim gets to go first) 8 minutes rebuttals 5

Tim Staples argues that the Bible presents justification as a “process.” But close and careful examination says otherwise.

Steve Hays is driving his ’64 muscle car at the triad of Cross/Beckwith/Liccione at full speed, with all 8-cylinders guzzling gas so fast Al Gore is having a panic attack. A classic retort, and one that well needs to be said. As I said last night, the fact that these Roman apologists have made Rome’s magisterium the sole line of

My first moderated, public debate was on the subject of Roman Catholicism. It took place in August of 1990. Since I have a few decades of experience now, I find myself shaking my head in disbelief at one particular fact over and over again: Rome’s apologists just don’t seem driven to work hard in their field. Further, they clearly observe