The Victory of Truth
Why should all men, Christian or not, be subject to a final judgment at the end of the world and upon being resurrected if they were already judged once before?
On the Resurrected Body
Revised April 29, 2025. During the Easter season, as we reflect on Jesus’ resurrection, it is profitable to reflect on the attributes or qualities of our own future resurrected bodies. Perhaps such reflection will make us thirst for the resurrection!…
A Jealous God
Speaking of the false gods of their neighbors, God told Israel: You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children…
The gods of Canaan
In the beginning of the Book of Judges we read: And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and served the Ba′als and the Ash′taroth, the gods of Syria, the gods of…
The Six Days of Creation
Introduction St. Thomas Aquinas has provided the Church with an intriguing interpretation of the six days of creation described in the first chapter of the Book of Genesis. The Six Days You undoubtedly remember the story of creation in the Book…
Science and the Old Testament
Is the Bible a science book? How should we react when we read things in the Bible that seem to contradict well established scientific facts? Let’s see what St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas had to say about the matter.…
Introducing the Thoughtful Catholic Podcast!
The Thoughtful Catholic Podcast is a short form podcast that vigorously seeks the True, the Good and the Beautiful, making full use the two wings of the human spirit – faith and reason, and gifts drawn from the treasure house…
On the Hardening of Pharaoh’s Heart
“But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, Pharaoh will not listen to you;” Exodus 7:3-4a What do we make of these verses from the Book of Exodus? Did…