Author Archive for: DrOakley

   David King, co-author of the three-volume set, Holy Scripture, was Chris Arnzen’s guest today on Iron Sharpens Iron. Click here to listen to their discussion of sola scriptura.

   I joined Chris Arnzen on Iron Sharpens Iron today to discuss the Top Ten Questions to ask of the convert to Roman Catholicism. I linked to the program before I went on, and I think as a result we got a call from a convert named Clare from Virginia. We had an interesting and I think quite revealing discussion, starting,

   A brother shared his journey in removing his name officially from the rolls of the Roman Church. Arrivederci Roma! Some others may wish to follow the same course–who knows, you might get to proclaim the gospel in the process!

   For background: Apolonio Latar is a 22 year old student at Rutgers. His estimation of himself, and his intellect, has grown exponentially over the past few years (we have known him since he was but a teenager). There is no person wiser than a 22 year old philosophy student. Trust me. And there are few less employable folks, either. But

   Steve Ray won’t give up. I have never seen such a dogged attempt to avoid admitting, “OK, I am wrong.” Here is page 16 from The World Christian Encyclopedia:     Click here for an image twice the size and, at least on my system, actually readable despite the pdf shading. Here is Ray’s version.    Please note what this material, which

   Last evening I made a prediction that Steve Ray would find a way to run from the documentation of his error regarding the oft-repeated false assertion that the World Christian Encyclopedia says that there are 33,000 Protestant denominations. This is a documented falsehood. It doesn’t. But Steve Ray is a fundamentalist Romanist–he still has the same mind set he had

   What do you do when documentation is provided that you have clearly, repeatedly promoted falsehood in defense of your faith? The honest man admits his mistake. But the politician spins the facts. “Oh, I didn’t mean it that way.” “But you said….” “Let’s not be focused on the past!” We see it every day as politicians demonstrate that truth is

   I am thankful to TurrentinFan for noting this response to my blog article providing ten questions for a potential convert to answer regarding their conversion process to Romanism.    I have often pointed to the highly emotional nature of the vast majority of conversion stories to Rome, and have discussed the fact that conversions, per se, do not surprise me in

   In generations past the term “Romanism” was used to identify those who make the bishop of Rome, whom they call “the Pope,” the central figure in Christianity. Since Rome claimed ultimacy in all things ecclesiastical, epistemological, theological–then it seemed quite appropriate to identify those who serve Rome, defend Rome, seek to make converts to Rome, as…Romanists.    Today political correctness has

A Call to Roman Catholic Apologists to Repent of the Use of Simple Dishonesty in Their Presentations    If you have ever listened to a Catholic convert on EWTN talking about their “journey home,” you have heard the argument. If you have read on-line “conversion stories,” you’ve seen it repeated, ad nauseum. “There is only one true church, Rome! Look at

   I know the family resemblance is…lacking, but the behavior resemblance is quite compelling. And the hat helps. (ht: MB)    Steve Ray is still a fundamentalist. Now, I use that term not in its historical sense, but in the sense Ray himself uses it, descriptive of his “former life” before his conversion to Rome. But Ray’s mindset has not changed an

   A few days ago Steve Ray moderated the comments on his blog. Which is fine. I don’t even have them because, as I have explained before, I call most comboxes “IIA’s.” Internet Ignorance Aggregators. And surely, Ray’s web-board is more than sufficient to allow anyone who wants to comment on his statements to do so–of course, I’d likewise say that