Some people will write anything to fill up server space: With FOX News seeking to expose those who refuse to say "Merry Christmas" as secular collaborators to the War on Christmas, I confess that I am confused. FOX holds itself up as the network that stands by traditional values defending America and faith from heresies …
My Problem With Catholic Social Teaching
Pope Francis' time as Pontiff has been one of misunderstanding, i.e., he says something and everyone takes his words out of context. His latest apostolic exhortation Evangelii Gaudium is no exception to that. This time, however, instead of the usual left-wing leaping to conclusions, the opposite side has gotten into the act based on some …
Camelot Not Quite: My Reflections on JFK, Fifty Years After
This piece is, in some sense, obligatory. Just about everyone alive and out of the crib then remembers where he or she was when they learned that Jack Kennedy had been assassinated in Dallas on 22 November 1963. Although there have been recent potshots at the Boomers’ obsession with the subject, it’s not a bad …
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My Lord and My God: The End of the Journey
For an introduction, explanation and links to the entire work, click here. We have come a long way in our theological adventure concerning the deity of Christ and the nature of the Godhead. Our friends from the Watchtower who have followed us this far are probably glad that such a trip is finally coming to …
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The Exorcist's Author Injects Himself Into Another Horror Story
Every Halloween, he comes out of hiding: William Peter Blatty will emerge from his burrow, the stately Bethesda home where he lives with his wife of 33 years, to watch the 7:30 p.m. showing on Halloween. Afterward he will submit to questions from audience members. Blatty will bear the cross of his mammoth success, which …
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My Lord and My God: Why Arianism Failed
For an introduction, explanation and links to the entire work, click here. In the course of our discussion we have made reference to a lot of history surrounding the original Arian controversy. It took nearly a century to sort things out on this. Organisationally the Watchtower is separate from the Arian churches of long ago. …
My Lord and My God: Divinity and Infinity
For an introduction, explanation and links to the entire work, click here. Having cleared up the matter of the Son being “created” or more informatively “generated” we must turn to the problem of the Son being God and subordinate to the Father at the same time. Like the generation of the Son, this is a …
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My Lord and My God: In the Beginning…
For an introduction, explanation and links to the entire work, click here. We have come a long way through a complicated part of church history to stand where we do. We should note, however, that our main purpose is not a history lesson but to get at the truth of a very important part of …
My Lord and My God: Wisdom of the Wise
For an introduction, explanation and links to the entire work, click here. We have come a long way already in our journey through both the Scriptures and the Fathers concerning our subject. We have seen that both affirmed that a) Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit are God and b) both are subordinate to the …
My Lord and My God: Obedient as Far as Death
For an introduction, explanation and links to the entire work, click here. We have demonstrated Bible teaches that both Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit are God. We have also shown that the Ante-Nicene Fathers we have examined are in agreement with this. We have also discovered that the Ante-Nicene Fathers taught that the Son …
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Positive Infinity 