Everyone has reflexes and automatic responses and even triggers in response to physical, psychological, emotional, and spiritual inputs. In this drive-time monologue, I share what I am calling the “Protestant Reflex.” That is, the automatic response that most Protestants have when discussing theological ideas with Catholics. As someone who spent 33 years in Protestantism and […]
VIDEO: Ex-Catholics & Anti-Catholics Presenting as Expert Catholics | A Drive-Time Monologue
It happens every day in conversations, social media exchanges, and even in media publications; an ex-Catholic, believing (and insisting) that by virtue of their personal experience with Catholicism, presents himself or herself as an expert in discussions about Catholicism. In this drive-time monologue, I propose a different way of understanding what may be happening with […]
35 things most Protestants Believe about the Bible not found in the Bible
Below is a list of 35 things that every Protestant and/or Evangelical Christian I have ever met would agree are true. And, before you read the list of 35 things, please note that the following three things are true about every single one of them: There is not a single verse anywhere in the Bible […]
VIDEO: Big Problems with Sola Scriptura | A Drive-Time Monologue
This seemed like a good way to get content out the door vs. trying to do an entire video production with edits, etc. The genre here is a “Drive Time Monologue,” but I invite the listener to imagine a scenario in which we are driving together. Perhaps my passenger is a Catholic who wants to […]
The Book of Genesis — The Bible’s first story of what God intends, and what people do
I just finished reading through the book of Genesis again — this time with tens of thousands of Catholics who are spending 2021 reading the entire Bible together with Father Mike Schmitz (along with Jeff Cavins) via the “Bible in a Year” podcast. To read Genesis is to read an epic drama! At some points […]