Having recently stumbled across a book called, The Apostacy that Wasn’t, by Catholic theologian, Rod Bennett; and having also watched a couple of YouTube videos in which Bennett goes into detail about this book, I think the timing of discovering this couldn’t have been much better. That is, over the past couple of months, some…
Month: September 2021
Recommended video: “Born in the Wrong Body?” — Why this debate is so destructive
“’If thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.” -George Orwell Keep this quote in mind as I walk through this blog, which covers one of the most crucial topics today that quite possibly could cripple free societies as we know them. I am talking about the radically ideological movements surrounding gender identity. Yes, as with…
Catholic Christian Belief Basics — Part 5: The Fall
Through God’s purpose for creation, and through his unending love and goodness, man is a product of divine perfection. Yet man is now a fallen species – not from being created as flawed beings, but from encountering the alluring power of sin and succumbing to its will. However, although sin is embedded in the human…
Catholic Christian Belief Basics — Part 4: Human beings
It does not take copious amounts of time and thought to conclude that human beings are the supreme species on this planet. But why humans? What makes us so special? The answer: God has made us so — through this divine plan. Here is why and how: As we know that God is goodness and…
Catholic Christian Belief Basics — Part 3: Heaven
As part of seeing the fullness of creation and our communion with the triune God, it is important to understand how Heaven and Earth are connected to each other; and how human beings and angels, while having separate roles in God’s revelation, have freewill to build a relationship with God and serve in His kingdom….
Catholic Christian Belief Basics — Part 2: God, the Creator
To understand creation in its entirety means knowing that God is at the root of it all. As explained in (Catechism of the Catholic Church #232 – 267), God is three distinct persons – Father, Son and Holy Spirit – yet of the same substance. The triune God existed before creation, as God is existence…
Catholic Christian Belief Basics — Part 1: The Trinity
When exploring the Catholic Christian faith, one word sums up the entire faith and is the core belief from which all other Catholic dogma flows: the Trinity. Catholics acknowledge this Trinity by making the sign of the cross, from head to chest, and then from shoulder to shoulder: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. This paper…
Recommended Video: “The Unity of the Church”
What do you think of when you hear the word “unity”? Do you think about it lacking in politics? Or in families? Or relationships? Or in social topics? Or how about among the Christian faith? Is unity just an empty word or fodder for memes on social media? Whichever way we approach the word, the…
Recommended videos: The abortion debate
As if there isn’t enough divisiveness in the world right now; as if there aren’t enough people pointing out that divisiveness; as if there haven’t been enough post-apocalyptic movies, within past 20 years, showing that we are so divisive, that we will pretty much nuclear blast each other into smithereens; as if social media is…