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Catholicism

Becoming Catholic: An Interview with Catholic Apologist Jimmy Akin

February 16, 2021 by Randal

In this conversation, we hear the story of how Jimmy Akin, Senior Apologist at Catholic Answers, converted to the Roman Catholic Church. We close off with a fascinating discussion about his eclectic podcast Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. ?

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: apologetics, Catholic Answers, Catholicism, Jimmy Akin

Beyond the Anathema: A Catholic/Protestant Dialogue

November 1, 2019 by Randal

This year, I decided to recognize Reformation Day (October 31) by inviting my friend, Catholic apologist Trent Horn, to share his understanding of the Catholic faith for my community at Taylor Seminary. We had some technological problems, but we powered on through. And this is that exchange.

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Catholicism, dialogue, ecumenism, Protestantism

Why They’re Catholic: A Review of Trent Horn, Why We’re Catholic

July 9, 2019 by Randal

Trent Horn, Why We’re Catholic: Our Reasons for Faith, Hope, and Love (Catholic Answers, 2017). In his 2017 book Why We’re Catholic, Catholic apologist Trent Horn aims to provide a clear, concise, and winsome introduction to the Catholic faith. The book consists of twenty-five short and punchy chapters divided into five sections: truth and God, Jesus […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: apologetics, book review, Catholic apologetics, Catholicism, review, Trent Horn

Does God want everyone to join a single church?

June 12, 2019 by Randal

This is a link to my fourth and final dialogue/debate with Catholic Apologist Trent Horn. In this round, we debate the question of whether God wants every person to join the same church. Not surprisingly, Trent, good Catholic apologist that he is, argues that God wants everyone to join the Catholic church. Meanwhile, I argue […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Catholicism, debate, ecumenism, interview, Protestantism, Trent Horn

Is Catholic Communion Cannibalism? My Thoughts

April 30, 2019 by Randal

To be sure, atheists aren't the first one to make the charge. 500 years ago Anabaptists denounced Catholics as "God gobblers", for example. Consider that the 16th century equivalent of an internet meme. Not entirely fair, but, if you'll pardon the pun, does the charge have bite? — Tentative Apologist (@RandalRauser) April 29, 2019 So […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: cannibalism, Catholicism, Eucharist, Mass

A Conversation with Catholic Apologist Trent Horn: Part 1 (The Magisterium)

February 12, 2019 by Randal

Trent Horn is one of my favorite Catholic apologists. You know what? Scratch that, he’s one of my favorite apologists, period. You can visit him online at his website, and you should definitely check out his excellent podcast The Counsel of Trent, and you should obviously check out his books on Amazon. And now you should also […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: apologetics, Catholic apologetics, Catholicism, epistemology, magisterium, Trent Horn

Catholics are now trying to link the problem of child-molesting priests to same-sex attraction. Don’t let them.

August 19, 2018 by Randal

The Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report is an 800-page study of the systemic rape and molestation of children on an industrial scale by hundreds of Catholic priests over decades in the state of Pennsylvania. The horrors include beating and raping children, making child pornography, hitting children with whips, forcing children to commit sexual acts on priests, and […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Catholic Church, Catholicism, child molestation, homosexuality, pedophilia

Being a Baptist on Reformation Day

November 6, 2016 by Randal

On November 4th I attended an ecumenical conference between Catholics and Lutherans which focused on commonalities and differences in anticipation of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation (October 31, 2017). I then spoke as the Baptist voice on an ecumenical panel. This is the text of my address. * * * I was raised in a conservative […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Baptist, Catholicism, dialogue, ecumenism, Lutheranism, Reformation, theology

22. Father Matthew Hysell on God, the Church and the Deaf

October 31, 2013 by Randal

This time on The Tentative Apologist Podcast we are joined by Father Matthew Hysell, who was ordained one year ago as Canada’s first deaf Catholic priest. After a bout with meningitis as a toddler, Father Matthew lost all hearing in one ear and is now only able to hear in the other with a hearing aid. […]

Filed Under: Podcast, Podcast-The Tentative Apologist, The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Catholicism, Deaf, interview, Matthew Hysell, Roman Catholic

A great “godless” book

April 15, 2011 by Randal

Pete Hautman. godless. Simon Pulse, 2004. 198 pp. ISBN: 10: 1416908161  It is summer in St. Andrew Valley and Jason Bock is fifteen, awkward, disenfranchised and bored. Needless to say the Catholic Church he is forced to attend by his parents doesn’t add much in terms of excitement. Father Haynes is “a thousand years old at […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: agnosticism, atheism, Catholicism, doubt, faith, Godless, Pete Hautman, rationality

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