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Our Daughter Emily made my wife Janet Cry on her Birthday…

When Janet got up on her birthday, their was a bouquet of flowers on the table, a birthday card and a home-made DVD.

On the DVD was a birthday movie Emily made for her mom. Janet cried for an hour. You might enjoy it.

Going to Egypt?

We'll make final decision on Monday about going to Egypt for our Egypt-Jordan pilgrimage. Waiting for update from ground services in Cairo.

Questions for "Bible Christians"

Here are questions for "Bible Christians" they cannot answer. Print it out and use it.

Questions for "Bible Christians"

For many more such documents by Steve Ray, click here.

Debate on Mary

If you would to hear a debate on Mary, you can click here (it takes a few minutes to download.)

I thought William Albrecht did a great job of presenting the Catholic case and ably defending the Catholic understanding of Mary. The Protestant "TurretinFan" takes such a minimalist position that it is difficult to expose it all in such a short debate. William did an able job defending the premise of the debate "Does the Bible Teach the Veneration of Mary?".

My friend William Albrecht takes the affirmative; the anonymous TurretinFan takes the negative. TurretinFan is obviously a bright young man who did as well as could be expected, but with the minimalist tradition he has accepted he is at a disadvantage.

Anti-Catholics usually only accept debates in which the Catholic is forced to prove a positive when the Protestant has the easy job of "taking pot shots". I would like to see them debate with the premise "Sola Scripture Fosters Division and Confusion within Christianity." I doubt you will find many accepting that debate any time soon.

You can see William Albrecht's blog here along with all his other debates and projects.

In the News

Twenty-six states join in lawsuit against ObamaCare here

European Union removes Christian holidays from it calendar here. Get ready America! It won't be long before it happens here.

Islamic scholars break off talks with the Vatican here. Does this surprise anyone? You cannot dialog with Muslims. Bishops in Muslim countries already know this.

My Latest Two Runs: Vasai and Mumbai

Click here for map, pictures and videos of Mumbai India Run

Click here for map, pictures and videos of Vasai India Run

"Call No Man Your Father" – (link fixed)

Why do Catholics call their priest "Father" when Jesus said, "Call no man your father." If you haven't heard this question yet, some day you certainly will.

We must understand what Jesus was saying and why he was saying it in order to understand his words.

I was asked this question again and here is my reply.

Talks in Vasai India

Today is Republic Day for India when they celebrate the day they got their constitution and became an independent republic. They should be very proud of what they've achieved.

Speaking at the Varia diocese north of Bombay and took a quick run before my talk this evening. Great time friendly people. Some are concerned that I'm running. They think something is wrong and say, "Mr. Why are you running. Do you need help?" others invited me to stop for "Chai" – which is Indian tea.

The talk was to 500 of the leaders of the churches in Vasai, many of them charismatic Catholics. What a great. See a picture below of the group.

Run thru Vasai India

Today is Republic Day for India when they celebrate the day they got their constitution and became an independent republic. They should be very proud of what they've achieved.

Speaking at the Varia diocese north of Bombay and took a quick run before my talk this evening. Great time friendly people. Some are concerned that I'm running. They think something is wrong and say, "Mr. Why are you running. Do you need help?" others invited me to stop for "Chai" – which is Indian tea.

The talk was to 500 of the leaders of the churches in Vasai, many of them charismatic Catholics. What a great. See a picture below of the group.

Click here for map, pictures and videos of Vasai India Run

River of Whiskey

A Baptist minister was completing a passionate sermon on temperance. With great emphasis he said, "If I had all the beer in the world, I'd take it and pour it into the river."

With even greater emphasis he said, "And if I had all the wine in the world, I'd dump it into the river."

He concluded, shaking his fist in the air, "And if I had all the whiskey in the world, I'd take it down right now and pour it into the river."

Sermon complete, he sat down.

The song leader stood cautiously and announced with a smile, "For our closing song, turn to Hymn #365, "Shall We Gather at the River."