Why the Bible At All?
I’ve had two very different people this week tell me that they don’t believe the Christian faith because the Bible is “written by the hands of men.” Think…
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Author: Michael Lindner
Why Not the Bible Alone?
My Protestant friends all subscribe to the doctrine of “Bible Alone” (aka Sola Scriptura). Their claim is we shouldn’t believe anything unless it is found in the Bible.…
The Hope We Have from Judas
Last time I spoke about Peter, the greatest of the Apostles, and our first Pope. This time I’d like to devote a few words to the least of…
Peter and the Papacy
Recently we saw stories in the news that the relics of St. Peter would be on display. Coincidentally (if you believe in that sort of thing) the other…
The Challenge of Humility
Benjamin Franklin wrote in his autobiography, In reality, there is, perhaps, no one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as pride. Disguise it, struggle with it,…
Considerations about the Death Penalty
Last month I spoke about the difference between essential points of the faith and those areas where Catholics in good standing could disagree on the morality of an…
Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad
There is a Latin phrase, “In necessariis unitas, in dubiis libertas, in omnibus caritas” often (mis) attributed to St. Augustine. In English it means “in essentials unity, in…
Live the Love of Marriage
The other day I was working on a project with several other men. During the course of the day one of them got several calls and texts from…
An Alternative to Godwin’s Law
Godwin’s Law states that “as an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1.” I would like to propose Lindner’s Law,…
Divorced and Catholic
I was talking with a friend the other day, who is on the registration committee of our parish. He was telling me about some of the difficulties of…