First [You Tube] Video EVER of Me Teaching Apologetics (Q & A, 77 minutes) [30 March 2015; see also Facebook cross-posting]
Approval From the Church
Catholic Church Teaching on Internet Evangelism, Catechesis, and Apologetics: Excerpts (edited by Dave Armstrong) [12-26-05]
Apologetics and Lay Apostolates: Express Approval and Strong Encouragement From Popes Paul VI and John Paul II [6-28-06]
Why Many Apologetics Books (Including My Own) Do Not Carry the Imprimatur / Profoundly Desperate Anti-Catholic "Arguments" [5-30-08]
Bishops' Support of Lay Catholic Apologetics: Refutation of Anti-Catholics' Ridiculously False Contentions [1-16-09]
Catholic Lay Apologetics: a Long and Noble "Magisterially Approved" History Despite the Fantastically Ignorant and Ubiquitous Charges of Anti-Catholic Critics [8-2-11]
Retrieving Apologetics (Glenn B. Siniscalchi, Crisis Magazine, 1-29-15)
Apologetics and Lay Apostolates: Express Approval and Strong Encouragement From Popes Paul VI and John Paul II [6-28-06]
Why Many Apologetics Books (Including My Own) Do Not Carry the Imprimatur / Profoundly Desperate Anti-Catholic "Arguments" [5-30-08]
Bishops' Support of Lay Catholic Apologetics: Refutation of Anti-Catholics' Ridiculously False Contentions [1-16-09]
Catholic Lay Apologetics: a Long and Noble "Magisterially Approved" History Despite the Fantastically Ignorant and Ubiquitous Charges of Anti-Catholic Critics [8-2-11]
Retrieving Apologetics (Glenn B. Siniscalchi, Crisis Magazine, 1-29-15)
Malcolm Muggeridge Quotes [compiled in 1997]
Thomas Howard Quotes [compiled in 1997]
Christianity, Humor, and Satire [1999]
Thomas Howard Quotes [compiled in 1997]
Christianity, Humor, and Satire [1999]
The Trials and Tribulations (but Mostly Joys) of Being an Apologist [10-14-04]
"The Pleasures and Perils of a Catholic Apologetics Apostolate" (This Rock, November 2004)
Theological and Apologetics Links From Wikipedia [6-30-05]
Does Anyone Do Apologetics and/or Theology Anymore? [11-26-06]
Scott Hahn's New Apologetics Book Reasons to Believe and Kind Remark About Contemporary Apologists [2-2-07]
My Use of Satirical Humor: Essentially Contrary to the Ironic Humor of Our Lord Jesus and St. Paul? / White's and Svendsen's Caricatures of Me [6-2-07]
What Catholics Really Believe: Series on EWTN With Dr. Ray Guarendi and Fr. Kevin Fete [6-4-07]
I Certainly Waited (To Do Apologetics After My Conversion to Catholicism) [9-18-07]
I Never Define the Word Christian? Huh?!?! (More of "Turretinfan's" Ceaseless Nonsense)[10-8-07]
Yet Another Reply to Bum Raps Against Apologetics [1-27-08]
The Certitude of Faith and Cardinal Newman / Defense of the Lay Apologetic Vocation Contra False "Traditionalist" Claims [9-30-08]
Why We Catholic Apologists Do What We Do (Guest Comment by Ted Jenczewski) [12-4-08]
"The Pleasures and Perils of a Catholic Apologetics Apostolate" (This Rock, November 2004)
Theological and Apologetics Links From Wikipedia [6-30-05]
Does Anyone Do Apologetics and/or Theology Anymore? [11-26-06]
Scott Hahn's New Apologetics Book Reasons to Believe and Kind Remark About Contemporary Apologists [2-2-07]
My Use of Satirical Humor: Essentially Contrary to the Ironic Humor of Our Lord Jesus and St. Paul? / White's and Svendsen's Caricatures of Me [6-2-07]
What Catholics Really Believe: Series on EWTN With Dr. Ray Guarendi and Fr. Kevin Fete [6-4-07]
I Certainly Waited (To Do Apologetics After My Conversion to Catholicism) [9-18-07]
I Never Define the Word Christian? Huh?!?! (More of "Turretinfan's" Ceaseless Nonsense)[10-8-07]
Yet Another Reply to Bum Raps Against Apologetics [1-27-08]
The Certitude of Faith and Cardinal Newman / Defense of the Lay Apologetic Vocation Contra False "Traditionalist" Claims [9-30-08]
Why We Catholic Apologists Do What We Do (Guest Comment by Ted Jenczewski) [12-4-08]
Catholic Apologist "Young Guns" Take Savage Satirical Revenge Against Yours Truly in Hilarious Polemical Shootout, Complete with Appropriate "Gunfighter" Visuals [9-9-11]
Reply to an Academic's Insults of My Work and Supposed Profound Intellectual Shortcomings / History of Non-Academic Lay Apologetics [9-29-12]
On a Confident Catholic Faith and Apologetics [Facebook, 31 Jan. 2014]
My Apologetics Apostolate and its Relation to Journalism and the Internet [Facebook, 6 March 2014]
Apologetics: Never having to say you’re sorry for your faith [article for The Michigan Catholic, 13 May 2014]
Competing Goals and Demands of Scholarship and Apologetics in Dealing with Protestant-Catholic Issues (with Dr. Edwin Tait) [Facebook, 23 June 2014]
Methodology
Brief Critique of Presuppositionalism [10-14-04]
Critique of Presuppositionalist Christian Apologetics (Specifically the Van Tillian Version) [10-28-04]
Blaise Pascal, Peter Kreeft, and Soren Kierkegaard on Persuasion and Apologetic Method [9-2-05]
Blaise Pascal, Peter Kreeft, and Soren Kierkegaard on Persuasion and Apologetic Method [9-2-05]
Highest Recommendation: John Martignoni's Apologetics for the Masses (Solid Apologetic Strategy and Demeanor) [9-13-05]
33 Short Apologetics Papers For the Time-Challenged (I Assuredly Don't Write Only Tomes and Epics) [5-14-07]
Biblical Evidence For Vigorously, Passionately Arguing in Favor of One's Religious Truth Claims [6-4-07]
On the "Celebrity" Status of Scott Hahn / Our Call to Effectively Share the Catholic Faith With Non-Catholics in Terms That They Can Understand [2-18-08]
Apologia For Lengthy Papers [7-11-08]
Am I a "Protestantizing" Catholic Now Or Was I Formerly a "Catholicizing" Protestant? [7-24-08]
Do I "Always" Write Lengthy Papers; Massive Tomes, Interminable Epics? [12-3-08]
Interview for Catholic Books and Gifts / Catholic Free Shipping [4-23-10]
My Earliest Catholic Apologetics: Documentary History of My Efforts in 1990-1995 and the Original Version of A Biblical Defense of Catholicism [1-5-11]
Logos Catholic Bible Software Provides Quick, Searchable Access to the Riches of Scriptural and Traditional Resources [12-23-11]
Apologetics Must be Done with Gentleness and Love (1 Peter 3:15), but Sometimes (Sadly) Also Entails the Necessity of Conflict and "Vinegar"-Type Replies (Still with a Motivation of Love and Correction) [Facebook, 11 March 2014] (includes vigorous combox discussion)
Defense of the Use of (Relevant) Links as Valid, Perfectly Acceptable Argumentation [Facebook, 8 Oct. 2014]
Was Jesus Being "Spiteful" When He Said to "Shake the Dust Off of Your Feet" (Against Those Who Refused the Gospel)? [Facebook, 4 Oct. 2014]
Mark Shea Manages to Alienate Marcus Grodi [Facebook, 8 May 2015]
[For more papers on specifically presuppositionalist apologetics, see the Calvin and Calvinism Page]
Discussion and Dialogue Disputes and Issues
"Good Discussion": The Preferability of Socratic Back-and-Forth Dialogue Over "Mutual Monologue" [1-21-01]
Why I Love Dialogues and Oppose Oversimplification in Apologetics [12-29-03]
Thoughts on Amiable and Constructive Dialogue (introductory instructive post describing my philosophy and goals for my blog) [2-9-04]
Dialogue on the Utility of Back-and-Forth Internet Exchanges (Socratic Dialogue) (vs. Kristo Miettinen) [6-20-05]
"Dialogue Central": Complete Listing of 650+ Internet Theological Dialogues by Dave Armstrong [last updated: 6-30-11]
[Habitual, Inveterate] Revilers on Facebook May Very Well End Up in Hell. Separate from Them, Sez the Apostle Paul! [Facebook, 30 Jan. 2014; relevant biblical passages]
Did
Paul and Peter Disobey Jesus and Risk Hellfire (Calling Folks "Fools")?
Did Jesus Contradict Himself? Or Do Proverbs and Hyperbolic Utterances
Allow Exceptions? [Facebook, 5 Feb. 2014]
War-Free and Garbage-Free Facebook Zone (Your Search is Over) [Facebook, 5 March 2014]
Are Blogging and Facebook Beyond All Hope and Too Far Gone? [Facebook, 2 June 2014]
The Biblical, Pauline Rationale for Separation from Fellow Christians in Serious Sin, or Ones Who are Relentlessly Divisive or Contentious [13 June 2014]
A Typical Example of the Sort of "Exchange of Ideas" that is so Prevalent Today [Facebook, 2 July 2014]
Bad Online Behavior: No Excuses in the Final Analysis [Facebook, 9 July 2014]
Jesus' Use of Socratic Method in His Teaching and Dialogues [Facebook, 10 July 2014]
My Three "Laws" Concerning Online Discourse (actual or mere facsimiles thereof) [Facebook, 25 March 2015]
Criticizing Public Posts on Facebook (The Latest Ridiculous and Pathetic Dust-Up) [Facebook, 29 May 2015]
War-Free and Garbage-Free Facebook Zone (Your Search is Over) [Facebook, 5 March 2014]
Are Blogging and Facebook Beyond All Hope and Too Far Gone? [Facebook, 2 June 2014]
The Biblical, Pauline Rationale for Separation from Fellow Christians in Serious Sin, or Ones Who are Relentlessly Divisive or Contentious [13 June 2014]
A Typical Example of the Sort of "Exchange of Ideas" that is so Prevalent Today [Facebook, 2 July 2014]
Bad Online Behavior: No Excuses in the Final Analysis [Facebook, 9 July 2014]
Jesus' Use of Socratic Method in His Teaching and Dialogues [Facebook, 10 July 2014]
My Three "Laws" Concerning Online Discourse (actual or mere facsimiles thereof) [Facebook, 25 March 2015]
Criticizing Public Posts on Facebook (The Latest Ridiculous and Pathetic Dust-Up) [Facebook, 29 May 2015]
Remuneration (or, "Filthy Lucre")
Michael Voris' Critique of Catholic Answers Salaries and Contention that Two Radio Shows on "Radical Traditionalism" Have Harmed CA's Finances and Support [31 Aug. 2013] [+ Facebook discussion]
Are So-Called "Establishment" Apologists Financially Compromised and Do They Deliberately Avoid Criticizing Bishops for Fear of Monetary Loss? (Michael Voris' Criticism) [2 Sep. 2013] [+ Facebook discussion]
Thoughts on How Much Money Apologists Should Make and Our Society's Low Estimate of the Worth of Spiritual / Theological Work [9-2-13]
On Apologists' Income: Both "High" and Low (My Case) [Facebook, 22 Feb. 2014]
On Catholic Answers Cruises and the Inevitability of Capitalistic "Business Models" in Catholic Non-Profit Lay Apostolates (and Apologetics) [24 June 2014; see also Facebook discussion]
Presuppositions and Patterns of Thought Common to Both Protestantism and Secularism (A
Sociological and Philosophical Analysis of the Success and Popularity
of Evangelical Protestantism, by an Anonymous Observer; 2-6-02)
Thoughts on the Historical Causes of Secularization [1-20-04]
Thoughts on the Historical Causes of Secularization [1-20-04]
Defending Catholic Apologetics Against (Mostly) Catholic Critics [3-2-06]
Irrational, Uncharitable, Groundless Smear Campaign Against Scott Hahn and Lay Apologetics and Evangelism Continues (vs. John Lowell; 3-19-06)
Baby --- Bathwater: Don't Ditch Lay Apologetics Altogether Because of Imperfect Lay Apologists [5-7-07]
The One-Minute Apologist Trashed Along With Scott Hahn's Reasons to Believe / Negative Review of The Catholic Verses [9-14-07]
Irrational, Uncharitable, Groundless Smear Campaign Against Scott Hahn and Lay Apologetics and Evangelism Continues (vs. John Lowell; 3-19-06)
Baby --- Bathwater: Don't Ditch Lay Apologetics Altogether Because of Imperfect Lay Apologists [5-7-07]
The One-Minute Apologist Trashed Along With Scott Hahn's Reasons to Believe / Negative Review of The Catholic Verses [9-14-07]
Dialogue With Steve Hays on the Definition of a Lay Catholic Apologist (And Whether I Am One) [7-9-09]
John Armstrong Roundly Mocks a Biblical Argument for Mary's Perpetual Virginity, Used by Augustine, Ambrose, Jerome, Aquinas, Etc. [Facebook, 12 March 2013]
Response to Personal Attacks from the "Anti-Apologist" Shawn McElhinney [8-6-13]
Reply to (Posited) "Traditionalist" or (More Likely) Radical Catholic Reactionary Critiques of Two of My Book Titles [Facebook, 4 May 2014]
Ah; I Haven't Heard a Personal Insult This Entertaining in a Long While [Facebook, 30 Sep. 2014]
Last updated on 20 July 2015.
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