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.…
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…
“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…
Isaac's terror on a mountain in Moriah gives his son Jacob a unique title for God.
Recently I had the opportunity to reflect a bit on the the story of Jesus healing the man born blind in 9th chapter of the Gospel of John. You might remember that’s the story where Jesus and his disciples encounter a…
Republished from the Catholic Evidence Guild of Guam: “For a Christian, the Bible should be our sole rule of faith – nothing more, nothing less, and nothing else.” Perhaps you’ve heard a friend, co-worker or family member express this idea, and…
When chatting with a lady recently, she identified herself as being “born again” and said that she had left the Catholic Church many years ago. I asked her, “Do you have any questions about particular Catholic beliefs?” She said, “As…
Several years ago my brother Carl, a drummer, announced that he was forming a new band. When I asked him what he was going to name his new group, he said, “Forty Days.” “Hmm,” I replied, “How did you come…