Critics of Christianity have many objections to the faith. These objections range from the completely uninformed to the more “sophisticated” versions. But what many critics don’t realize is that one of the most common of the “sophisticated” versions is, in fact, very easy to answer. In this episode of Spiritual Combat, I’m going to tell
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Most Catholics have no idea how many Popes have strongly recommended the study of St. Thomas Aquinas. One would be hard pressed to find any other doctor of the Church who has received so much papal approbation. Here are just a few quotes to draw your attention to the emphasis the Church has placed on
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We live in an age of sexual license where magazine covers and billboards display soft porn, 80% of all men view pornography on a monthly basis, women commonly dress like prostitutes, fornication is considered healthy and “normal”, and acts of adultery are socially acceptable. Sure these things have always been a problem, but the issue
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Have you ever met anyone who claims to know a lot about theology because they have been reading the Bible yet that same person also happens to be very ignorant when it comes to history? This is a very common problem! Far too many people do not appreciate the important connection between history and theology. They mistakenly
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Do you know anyone who has lost their faith? Do you want to help them but don’t really know what to do or say? You are not alone. Given the spread of atheism and unbelief in our culture, especially with young people, this is a very common situation. In this episode of Spiritual Combat, I’ll
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This may tick some people off but I really don’t care. I’m not sure what it takes for parents, churches, parishes, and schools to wake up and realize that there is a REAL PROBLEM here and they are failing to address it. I can’t tell you how many times moms have come up to
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One of the reasons why the doctrine of Divine Simplicity is so important is because once we know that God is simple, we can also know other important attributes about God. For example, from the notion that God does not consist of parts we can also know that there is only One God who must be
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Back when people tended to be wiser, the study of philosophy was REQUIRED before one went on to study theology. Many modern Christians however, don’t get this. Why do we need philosophy to help us understand God’s revelation? In this episode of Spiritual Combat, I’ll talk about the 4 reasons why philosophy helps the study
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Yesterday I released a video talking about the idea that God is simple. While it seems to me that far too many people either don’t appreciate or hold to this doctrine today, it is nevertheless the classical understanding of God in the Christian tradition. This has always been the Catholic position on the nature of
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The classical understanding of God is that He is SIMPLE. That is, the Divine Nature does not consist of “parts” of any kind whatsoever. The implications that follow from the doctrine of Divine Simplicity are huge. From the notion that God is simple we can know that God is one, immutable, eternal, and immaterial.. But
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