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A favorite argument of modern-day garden-variety Arminians is that unless the atonement is unlimited, one cannot have assurance of salvation. The argument goes that if Christ has only died for the elect, you, Mr. Calvinist really cannot know if in fact Christ has died for you particularly. That is, how do you know if you’re actually one of elect? On the other hand, if

You would think that when faced with facts even normal folks would step back and go, “Oh, sorry about that, I guess we were completely wrong about those issues.” But no, not when you serve Mother Rome. Infallibility seems to be endemic. After exposing all the errors in the afore-mentioned thread, do we find “mea culpas” and the like? No,

Which of Rome’s defenders is at the front of the battle, zealously seeking to protect and instruct the Roman church? Catholic Answers you say? No, it’s none other than Catholic Apologetics International (CAI) founded by Robert Sungenis. His website states, “CAI is a Catholic lay apostolate dedicated to the teachings of Jesus Christ preserved by the Magisterium of the Catholic

I think I have developed “follow the link clickitis,” as have most other modern info-maniacs. You scan through topics in your RSS feeds, click on interesting topics, then click a link in the interesting article, and eventually you find yourself off in the wilderness somewhere twenty minutes later wondering how you got there in the first place. It was on

Every few weeks a thread pops up on the Catholic Answers forums relating to yours truly. Most are normally “eye-rollers” involving the penchant of folks to only want to listen to one side, find a quick and easy rebuttal that has little to do with truth, and move on. But recently one has popped up regarding the issues relating to

James Swan pointed out that Catholic Answers is running a new banner ad in their forums: I confess, I wonder how many of Catholic Answers supporters have started to wonder, “Hey, why doesn’t this ministry I support do formal public debates anymore? I mean, this isn’t even a debate, it’s a radio program from 1995…fifteen full years ago.” Yes, and

Last year I bought a product from Catholic Answers, and since then I’ve been bombarded with e-mail support requests. Here is the latest: From: Patrick Coffin Subject: Front row seat to a high-powered debate The Bible Answer Man Debate: Imagine having a front-row seat to a high-powered debate between a Fundamentalist Bible teacher and a Catholic apologist. Donate to our

   Pastor David King, co-author of the three-volume set titled Holy Scripture: The Ground and Pillar of our Faith, has been spending a great deal of time in the years since the publication of that work continuing his work of cataloging patristic citations that are relevant to Rome’s claims and dogmas. He just posted the following in our chat channel: Basil

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

I say it is ironic because it is provided by…a Roman Catholic. In criticizing “Catholicism: Crisis of Faith,” SDG wrote: In short, the video appears to be aimed at Catholics whose faith is shallow, ill-informed, and unstable, who will not realize that there is anything more to the issues than you have presented here. It seems to seek to make

As far as I know, it was Patrick Madrid who popularized the description “blueprint for anarchy” in describing sola scriptura. Recently, Madrid posted Techno Apologetics: The “Sola Scriptura” Baptists-Can’t-Dance Mix. He includes a mocking video against Dr. White. He also links to his oft-refuted article,The White Man’s Burden. Yes, it’s professional Catholic apologetics at its best, a dance mix video,

It’s sometimes argued the Reformers didn’t have the right to call for the reform of the Roman church. How could a small minority challenge the authority of the established majority? Of course, there are many nuances and rabbit trails to meander down when one gets into this discussion- like did the reformers have miracles to prove their reform efforts? or

I was directed to this blog entry that provides a response, of sorts, to a brief comment I offered about praying to “St. James” for my conversion. I wondered out loud just what St. James is supposed to do for me. Is he supposed to contradict himself relating to the second chapter of his epistle, found in Scripture? Of course,

   I have added Mark Shea’s Marian series to the Ministry Resource List. I would dearly love to see some of the major Roman Catholic apologists come out of hiding, in essence, and engage in a robust debate on the claims Rome makes about Mary, but the past five years have shown a Roman Catholic apologetics community in disarray and retreat.

I try to keep up with some of the fallen heroes of Catholic apologetics. Ten to fifteen years ago, it wouldn’t be so uncommon to find the men below put forth as Rome’s best defenders. I take 44 cents out Gerry Matatics’ pocket every so often. I’m on his mailing list, so the mailman brings me his newsletter. His most

   You can’t help but think about the constant drum-beat of Roman Catholic apologists in attacking sola scriptura as you consider the speech given by Barak Obama at Notre Dame. Why? It’s fairly obvious. We are told that Rome has this God-given unity found in “tradition,” and a living head who can interpret doctrine and safeguard the faith. Yet, the fact

   Catholic apologists often let us know how crucial it is to have an infallible magisterium and church Tradition in order to interpret the Bible correctly. With so many Catholic apologists now commenting on sacred scripture, I thought it would be interesting to provide their commentary on the Bible. Let’s see how they’ve been able to rightly divide the word of

   Catholic apologists often let us know how crucial it is to have an infallible magisterium and church Tradition in order to interpret the Bible correctly. With so many Catholic apologists now commenting on sacred scripture, I thought it would be interesting to provide their commentary on the Bible. Let’s see how they’ve been able to rightly divide the word of

This is part 3 of the thirteen part series in response to Jay Dyer. The previous part may be found here (link). Jay Dyer says: 2) “ Manichaean, in that nature is inherently evil.” (Note, “Manichaean” and “Manichean” are both widely used spellings for this position.) I answer: a) The Calvinist Position (whether right doctrine or

Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a garland of twelve stars. Then being with child, she cried out in labor and in pain to give birth. (Revelation 12:1-2)    When asked where the Bible teaches Mary was assumed into heaven, Catholic apologists typically use