St. Peter InstituteJun 154 minShould Catholics only Apologize for Colonialism?By Luke Lancaster After Christopher Columbus’s revolutionary journey to the Americas, Catholic Spain colonized large swaths of Native...
St. Peter InstituteMay 286 min5 Myths of the Protestant "Reformation"By Luke Lancaster 1. Catholics did not encourage Scripture reading in the Catholic Middle Ages. This myth is somewhat true and somewhat...
St. Peter InstituteMay 246 minDon't Synthesize Philosophy and Theology?By Luke Lancaster Many Fundamentalist Christians today will denounce a synthesis between theology and philosophy. They think that God’s...
St. Peter InstituteMay 244 minPhilosophy vs. St. Paul (1 Cor. 1 & Col. 2)By Luke Lancaster Catholics believe that philosophy and theology can work together hand-in-hand. Philosophy can sometimes assimilate...
St. Peter InstituteMay 233 minGod Doesn't Answer My PrayersBy Luke Lancaster People ask for things all the time from God and seemingly nothing will happen. Somebody might pray to get a job he...
St. Peter InstituteMay 196 minThe Sacrificial SystemBy Luke Lancaster Why in the world did God command the Jewish people to offer animal sacrifices? They sound bloody and gross -...
St. Peter InstituteMay 176 minThe Symbolism of the Tabernacle FurnishingsBy Luke Lancaster The ancient Jewish people worshipped God from 1400-1000 BC in a portable tent called the “Tabernacle,” as described in...
St. Peter InstituteMay 175 min4 More Critiques of the JEDP Theory/Documentary HypothesisBy Luke Lancaster See this article for a description of the JEDP theory and see this article for the previous two critiques I listed of...
St. Peter InstituteMay 175 min2 Critiques of the JEDP Theory/Documentary HypothesisBy Luke Lancaster I explained the Documentary Hypothesis or JEDP Theory here, but I wanted to offer some critiques of it. 1. Based...
St. Peter InstituteMay 175 minUnderstanding the JEDP TheoryBy Luke Lancaster Intermediate Bible students often learn about something called the Documentary Hypothesis or JEDP theory. This theory...
St. Peter InstituteMay 105 minHoly Spirit Baptism vs. Water BaptismBy Luke Lancaster Some Protestant Christians will deny that the Holy Spirit is infused into a believer when he is water baptized. They...
St. Peter InstituteMay 106 minThe Sacrament of Confirmation: Scripture & TraditionBy Luke Lancaster The Sacrament of confirmation involves a strengthening of the graces received from the prior Sacrament of baptism. A...
St. Peter InstituteMay 26 minWhy Go To The Catholic Mass?By Luke Lancaster What is the purpose of going to the liturgy of Catholicism - the Mass? For many, there isn’t much of a reason to...
St. Peter InstituteApr 127 minThe Bible is Sexist and Misogynistic Against Eve?By Luke Lancaster Feminists will sometimes attack the depiction of Eve in Genesis 2-3, arguing that it demeans women and portrays them as...
St. Peter InstituteApr 114 minObjections to the CrusadesBy Luke Lancaster Objection #1. Some will argue today that the sacking of Jerusalem was horrible and stains the entire 1st Crusade. The...
St. Peter InstituteApr 115 minDefending the First Crusade Part IIBy Luke Lancaster Actual Crusade Start Date Around 60,000 Norman and Frankish warriors left on the Pope’s actual start date of 1096 AD....
St. Peter InstituteApr 115 minDefending the First Crusade Part 1By Luke Lancaster Many believe that the Crusades were brutal Christian attacks upon peaceful Muslims minding their own business. They...
St. Peter InstituteApr 115 minCatholics vs. IdolatryBy Luke Lancaster Exodus 20:4-5 says clearly, “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in...
St. Peter InstituteApr 112 minCatholics Removed One of the Ten Commandments?By Luke Lancaster Exodus 20:4-5 (cf. Deuteronomy 5:8-10) says, “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of...
St. Peter InstituteMar 223 min"God My Savior" (Lk 1:47) vs. Mary's SinlessnessBy Luke Lancaster Many Protestants argue that Jesus's mother had to have been a sinner like the rest of us. For when Mary visited her...