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• Has the Tomb of Jesus Been Found?
  • Examining the claims made by The Lost Tomb of Jesus
• Refuting the Irrefutable
  • Answering questions that Catholics supposedly can't answer
• Jack Chick: The Attack
  • An in depth look at one of the Chick tracts, dealing with the so-called "Apocrypha."
• Awake From Your Slumber
  • A review of The Passion of the Christ
• A Man For No Season
  • Commentary on the new film, Luther
• The Forbidden Book?
  • A letter written in response to historic errors made on the web site for the exhibit "Dead Sea Scrolls to Forbidden Book" relating to the hisotry of the Bible in English.
• Defending Our Priests
  • A letter written in response to an anti-Catholic editorial cartoon classing priests with terrorists and viruses.
• St. Peter & the Scripture
  • Eight questions about the papacy
• 2 Peter and the Private Interpretation of Scripture
• A look at Peter's teachings about the scriptures in 2 Peter.
• Losing the Trail
• A Trail of Lies: A Catholic response to "The Trail of Blood"
• How Long Can "Tolerance" Be Tolerated?
• Tolerance today is treated as a virtue for its own sake, and many claim Christianity to be an intolerant religion.
• An open letter to "Dokimos," an anti-Catholic organization
• I signed the guest book of an anti-Catholic web site, and received a response attacking the Church.  This is my reply, in defense of Catholicism.
• Another letter to "Dokimos," the saga continues
  • Expressing the Catholic truth about various issues, such as the Assumption of Mary, the false doctrine of Sola Scriptura, and the necessity of faith and good works.  I also correct some misconceptions about the history of the Bible, the belief in the Real Presence, the Inquisition, witch trials, and much more.
• A Catholic response to Jerry Falwell
  • Including a defense of the papacy, the devotion to Mary and her perpetual virginity, and the "Apocryphal" books of the Scriptures.
• Transubstantiation and the Asheville Citizen-Times
• A reply to an anti-Catholic guest commentary that appeared in the Asheville (NC) paper during the Christmas season.
• The Church Makes an Easy Target
• An editorial submitted to the Ashville C-T after a string of anti-Catholic letters were published.
• Objections: an open letter to David Cloud
• questioning his objections to Fundamentalists and Evangelicals adopting 'Catholic' forms of spirituality, such as the Liturgy of the Hours and the Rosary.
• Letters to the Editor
• letters to the editor as a way of evangelizing the media.
• Sticks and Stones
• responding to an attack on the papacy.