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Do We Want God to Be Like Batman?

Published on August 13, 2023 By sirrahc

Jesuit priest/journalist Thomas Reese recently wrote a piece for “Religion News Service”, in which he discusses Pope Francis and some of his critics (within Catholicism) on the topic of God’s mercy vs. justice. “Deep in our hearts, we want Batman for God, someone who will beat up our enemies and punish evildoers. We really don’t […]

The More You Study Marxism…

Published on August 8, 2021 By sirrahc

The following insightful remarks are from Dr. Owen Strachan, Provost and Research Professor of Theology at Grace Bible Theological Seminary. I’m not certain, but they may be excerpted either from Strachan’s latest book, Christianity and Wokeness, or an upcoming one. Regardless, I think he drops some much-needed truth bombs (as one FB commenter put it). […]

Sane, but Very Confused, part 2 of 2

Published on December 16, 2019 By sirrahc

“If anyone asserts the fabulous preexistence of souls, and shall assert the monstrous restoration which follows from it: let him be anathema.” — ‘The Anathemas against Origen’, attached to the decrees of the Fifth Ecumenical Council, A.D. 545, in Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers This week we continue addressing the various claims of “Sane guy”. You […]

Sane, but Very Confused, part 1 of 2

Published on December 8, 2019 By sirrahc

“Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their argument. The heated mind resents the chill touch and relentless scrutiny of logic.” — William Ewart Gladstone Part of my daily routine involves scanning through the many emails I receive on politics and cultural issues. When I follow a link […]

Witchcraft and Satanism in the Middle Ages through 20th Century

Published on October 28, 2018 By sirrahc

“Now the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will depart from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons, through the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared.” — I Tim. 4:1-2 (HCSB) On January 8-11, 1975, an invitation-only symposium was hosted by the Christian Medical Society on the […]

The Uniquely Christian Nature of Thanksgiving in America

Published on November 27, 2016 By sirrahc

Who (or what) do non-theists thank — for whatever they are “thankful” for — on Thanksgiving? That’s the question I was pondering, however briefly, this Thanksgiving. I mean, I think most non-theists here in America participate in the holiday, and you’ll often hear them mention things that they are thankful for. But, if one is […]

Christianity: Not Just Another Code of Ethics

Published on May 25, 2014 By sirrahc

“[T]he world tells us that it will take our practical advice (of course, weighing it with other spiritual and moral therapies) as long as we stay away from the scandal of Christ and His atoning death for sinners.” — Dr. Michael Horton, author, editor, podcaster [5/31/2014, Prefatory notes: After publishing the original version of this […]

Torn-Curtain Call

Published on April 20, 2014 By sirrahc

I have something different for you this Easter season. A real treat! A Facebook acquaintance of mine is Tom Graffagnino, Esq. (I added the “esquire” bit. Just sounded right.) Like me, Tom is a Bible-believing follower of Jesus Christ, who is also quite concerned about the moral decline (among other things) in this nation and […]

Leftism as a Religion

Published on January 20, 2013 By sirrahc

I recently purchased Dennis Prager’s book Still the Best Hope: Why the World Needs American Values to Triumph. The title may seem a bit presumptuously America-centric, but knowing Prager, I suspect he makes a pretty good argument in support. Not sure when I’ll actually get around to reading the book, but I was skimming the […]

Are The Gospel Accounts of the Nativity Contradictory?

Published on December 20, 2010 By sirrahc

Skeptics of religion — and of Christianity in particular — always like to pick apart the Bible, claiming that this or that is inaccurate or could never have happened or has been “proven wrong”, or some such thing. I have yet to hear/read any “contradictions” that don’t have some plausible explanation, particularly when one does […]