articles by Vincent Ryan Ruggiero about religion
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12, 2016
Christmas and Forgiveness
“I can never forgive Trump for the things he said about John McCain, Ted Cruz, Carly Fiorina, and all the [...]
19
10, 2016
Theology Confounded
A friend recently recommended a slender spiritual book, Poverty of Spirit. Written by Johannes Baptist Metz, a German Catholic theologian, [...]
16
09, 2016
Foolishly Forsaking Humility
In 1980 Mac Davis wrote “Oh, Lord, It’s Hard to be Humble (if you’re perfect in every way)” He was [...]
10
09, 2016
The Faith vs Works Controversy, Part II
Summary of Part I: The ideas central to Humanistic Psychology have created a dismissive attitude toward righteousness and salvation. To [...]
2
09, 2016
The Faith vs Works Controversy
St. Paul claimed that we are saved by faith alone (Romans, 4:2,3,13); St. James claimed that faith must be joined by good [...]
21
07, 2016
Has Salvation Lost Its Meaning?
Salvation has always been the most important concept for Christians. Their core belief, regardless of denomination, is that from the beginning [...]
9
06, 2016
Stimulating Catholic Intellects, Part III
Summary of Parts I and II: With Christianity under attack from secularism, selfism, socialism, and Islamism, Catholics need to be engaged [...]
2
06, 2016
Stimulating Catholic Intellects, Part II
Christians should be leading the defense of western civilization against the threats of secularism, selfism, socialism, and Islamism. Lamentably, they [...]
25
05, 2016
Stimulating Catholic Intellects
Ambrose Bierce, a master of insightful wit, once defined the term Scriptures as “the sacred books of our holy [...]
7
04, 2016
Trump’s Christianity . . . and America’s
Donald Trump says he is a Christian—more specifically, a Presbyterian. Should we believe him? Our first answer may be, “We [...]