The Abuse of Ignatius of Antioch by Roman Catholic Apologist Steve Ray (Final)

   I am subscribed to a number of Roman Catholic e-newsletters. One particular newsletter is Apologetics for The Masses by John Martignoni. The latest issue included some interesting comments on how to dialog with Protestants. John claims to have developed a line of questioning that is supposed to befuddle Protestants. When encountering “someone who has a problem with Catholic teaching and

Greetings from Ontario, California. I will be speaking here tomorrow and then getting back to Phoenix Monday and staying there for all of November, DV. Doesn’t mean I’ll ever catch up, but a month away from airports will be a true blessing.     I do not regularly look at Robert Sungenis’ website, but I saw a reference to it in

How many times have I heard the line, “We don’t worship statues”! It seems that whenever one brings up the subject of idolatry with a Roman Catholic, they invariably think it is a defense that they are not venerating the statue itself, but the thing it represents. My intuitive response has typically been: do you think the pagans think that

   A few days ago I posted an article showing that Roman Catholic apologist Jimmy Akin of Catholic Answers had demonstrated a basic lack of research in responding to a question regarding the Corban rule, Matthew 15, and sola scriptura. I documented that one of the leading Catholic apologists was unaware of the specifics of the discussion regarding Jewish sources, Tractate

   A response to my entry on Roman Catholic conversion stories completely missed the point. The writer states, “I guess Saint Paul was a loon for giving his personal testimony of how he was changed by Jesus Christ in the Sacred Scriptures as well.” A careful reader though would have noted I differentiated between Biblical conversion stories (like that of Paul

In case you’ve run into the new-fangled “Reformed Catholics” running about the web, eagerly displaying their erudite insights, “ecumenical” willingness to read Calvin (they only seem to see parts of what he wrote, however) while extolling Chesterton and the like, you may be a tad confused by their constant discussions about how everyone else (hey, isn’t that very sectarian?) believes

   I noted this morning the “Keyboard Carpet Bombing” techniques of Phil Porvaznik. You have probably never heard of ol’ Phil, since Phil has a major problem standing up and being counted when he is challenged to do something more than sit behind a keyboard. He won’t do debates, won’t call in to programs where he would be challenged, etc. But