Author Archive for: DrOakley

Was Held on Tuesday, April 21, 1998 Location: The CORAL HOUSE CATERING HALL, Baldwin, N.Y. (just north of Merrick Road at the Corner of Milburn Ave.) Here are some pictures from the debate Chris Arnzen – Debate Coordinator (and part-time stand-up comic) Both Debaters and the Moderator Discussing the Debate format. Mitchell Pacwa and James White Roman Catholic Apologist: Fr.

The book, Jesus, Peter & the Keys, attempts to provide responses to some of the arguments that have been put forward against the unique, and sometimes very strained, exegetical claims of Rome. In particular, this book often cites Robert Sungenis, a Westminster Seminary graduate, as their primary source of Greek scholar. While we are unaware of any advanced study in the field

David Palm is a convert from evangelicalism to Roman Catholicism. Thankfully, he’s one of the few such converts who does not allow the emotions evoked by such a conversion to determine everything he says about his former faith. He presents cogent, meaningful arguments in defense of his new position, which makes his attempt to defend the Roman Catholic concept of

“This Bereans passage has been commandeered by Fundamentalists for too long, and it is time Catholics reclaim it.” —Former Baptist Steve Ray, This Rock, March, 1997, p. 24. Steve Ray is a nice guy. At least, we’ve had some civil discourse in the past via the Internet. He seems like an honest man who is convinced that the position he

Sometimes I really do feel like a lone voice in the wilderness. Since 1989 I’ve been preaching the same message: Rome’s apologists are focusing upon a glaring weakness in Protestant evangelicalism, and they are using it as effectively as the Jehovah’s Witnesses use the Trinity. I’ll admit, I’m normally ignored. But if the recent crop of new books from major

Former Reformed Protestants Embrace Rome for all the Wrong Reasons A Review of the Conversion Stories of Robert Sungenis and Julie Swenson as found in Surprised by Truth, edited by Patrick Madrid    “We believe that modern evangelicalism has little to say to Roman Catholicism, since it agrees with Rome on some of the most basic issues of the Gospel!

The following argument was presented by a Roman Catholic apologist by the name of Phil Porvaznik by means of the Internet. We provide a brief response and rebuttal that we hope will be useful to all. 1) There was a person who lived in the first century named Jesus of Nazareth. Yes, there was. 2) According to the record we

You’ve got to give them credit. They broke new ground, bringing Roman Catholic apologetics (something most Protestants didn’t even think existed!) to the average Roman Catholic in the pew. And they did it, quite often, by focusing upon the tremendous weaknesses of modern Protestant apologetics. It’s not an overly difficult task to point out the gaping holes in the arguments

After the posting of an article written in response to the conversion of James White’s sister to Roman Catholicism, a flood of e-mails came into the ministry.  Many were very thankful for the information, and greatly encouraged by the stand for truth the article represented.  They were encouraged to redouble their faithfulness in praying for, and witnessing to, their Roman Catholic

Because we have done so many debates against leading Roman Catholic apologists over the past decade, we are often asked a rather simple question: why haven’t you debated such-and-such a person? Most of the time, we are asked why we don’t offer debates with Scott Hahn or Karl Keating. Some are just wondering if we have in fact debated these

If you read only the literature of Roman Catholic apologetics organizations, you’d swear there wasn’t a Protestant on the earth who had ever cracked the binding of a Bible, or had ever even known someone named Cyprian even existed, let alone had a battle royal with Stephen back in the third century. Over the past few years I have had