The “Weinstein Effect,” and Oprah Winfrey’s recent denunciation of sexual predation in Hollywood, have provided us all with an opportunity to think through the role of consent in establishing the morality of sexual acts. Last month we looked at reasons why consent, by...
Audio Download What obstacles are in the way of you fully embracing the Catholic Faith? In this episode of Catholic Answers Live, I help callers overcome intellectual and moral impediments. Questions Covered: 15:52 – How do I communicate with Catholic believers...
Audio Download Questions and Topics Covered: 15:32 – Recently, there was a priest who stood up and declared himself gay. Where’s the Church discipline? I’m a recent convert and I sometimes don’t see the difference between authority in the Catholic Church and...
I recently gave talk on salvation in which I cited James 2:24 (“You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone”) to substantiate the Catholic claim that works are necessary for the ongoing and future dimensions of salvation. During the...
Many accuse Christians of hate speech for voicing their belief that homosexual acts are immoral and contrary to human nature. In this Ready Reasons video, I show why this objection fails and explains how a negative moral evaluation of a behavior doesn’t necessarily...