Do Christians Have an Absolute Assurance of Salvation?

September 9, 2021August 4, 2021 News

MANY PROTESTANTS UNDERSTAND being “saved” as a one-moment-in-time act of repentance and acceptance of Jesus Christ as one’s “personal Lord and savior” (a phrase that nowhere appears in the Bible, ... Read more

It’s Entirely Possible to Miss Out on (or Forget About) Jesus’ Teachings

September 2, 2021May 21, 2021 News

ONCE UPON A TIME, when I was presenting a series of lectures on the Catholic Faith at a large suburban parish in the Midwest, during the Q&A session, a sixty-five-ish ... Read more

The Wrath of Grapes

August 12, 2021August 12, 2021 News

FUNDAMENTALIST and many Evangelical Protestants have an aversion to wine. At their communion services they substitute grape juice. They claim that at the Last Supper Jesus didn’t use wine and ... Read more

What Does the Catholic Church Teach About Divorce and Remarriage?

July 22, 2021May 21, 2021 News

DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE is a widespread problem these days. Many Christians know the pain of divorce, and some have remarried. Not surprisingly, many of them wonder about the spiritual ramifications ... Read more

Blessed Miguel Pro, S.J., Modern Martyr

July 13, 2021July 16, 2021 News

Miguel Agustín Pro is an example of Christian heroism in the twentieth century. The indefatigable Jesuit was martyred by the Mexican government in 1927 for performing his priestly duties. Born ... Read more

Don’t Touch That Bible!

July 8, 2021May 21, 2021 News

SOME PROTESTANTS believe the Catholic Church used to forbid its members to read the Bible. The Church couldn’t risk letting the average Catholic read the Bible for himself. If that ... Read more

Guess What, Mom

July 1, 2021May 21, 2021 News

In the late 1980s, I tried my hand at writing dialogue articles such as “Guess What, Mom.” They were an attempt to capture the parlance and cadences of the arguments ... Read more

Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained

June 24, 2021May 21, 2021 News

IN EARLY 1995, I received an email from a young Catholic law student at Regent University, founded by televangelist Pat Robertson in Virginia Beach, Virginia. “Greg,” I’ll call him, wrote ... Read more

Three Steps to Keeping Your Kids Catholic

June 17, 2021June 17, 2021 News

DO YOU KNOW the early warning signs of a young Catholic losing his faith? I do. I’ve seen them countless times in many young people over my 35 year career ... Read more

When to Speak, When to Listen

June 10, 2021May 21, 2021 News

LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY, before I started in apologetics, before I had even an inkling that I would eventually embark on a career as an author and public speaker, ... Read more

St. Joseph, the Most Chaste Spouse and Protector of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

May 19, 2021May 19, 2021 19 on the 19th, Podcasts

Listen Read Thanks for joining us for this special Year of Saint Joseph presentation from Relevant Radio: 19 on 19th. A 19-minute talk on St. Joseph on the 19th of the month ... Read more

The Church Fathers on Saint Joseph

April 19, 2021April 19, 2021 19 on the 19th, Podcasts

Listen Read Thanks for joining us for this special Year of Saint Joseph presentation from Relevant Radio: 19 on 19th. A 19-minute talk on St. Joseph on the 19th of ... Read more