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By Dr. Jeff Mirus ( bio - articles - email ) | May 14, 2021 Years ago I did a good deal of work in apologetics, or the rational defense of the Faith. I developed and taught a college level course in apologetics. I also edited and co-authored a basic book of apologetics which we published at Christendom College (at last check it can be purchased on Amazon for something like $985), an indication that it is no longer widely available. Happily, four of its chapters are in our library on CatholicCulture.org, and of course I’ve written quite a few commentaries here over the...

By Dr. Jeff Mirus ( bio - articles - email ) | May 11, 2021 I found myself thinking today of the various saints throughout history who had discerned their future course by opening up a Bible at random and reading that page—or perhaps opening the Bible, plunking their finger down on the page, and reading that verse. I’ve tried this myself from time to time, with no discernible result. Today when I tried it for inspiration, I got this: For all his anger has not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still. That’s from the Book of Isaiah, chapter 9, the second ha...

By Dr. Jeff Mirus ( bio - articles - email ) | May 07, 2021 It is one of the most peculiar characteristics of post-modernity that the dominant culture has a love-hate relationship with the concept of “order”. On the one hand, the contemporary mindset seeks to justify every desire that was formerly considered “disordered” through the assumption that the universe is the product of chaos; on the other, this same contemporary mindset insists upon a socially uniform, consistent and orderly stance against challenges to this assumption. In other words, we wish to orch...

By Dr. Jeff Mirus ( bio - articles - email ) | May 04, 2021 I have previously called attention to Gerard Verschuuren’s latest book on the Shroud of Turin (see Out of the past, three surprise books, all occasions of grace). But having finished a careful reading of Verschuuren’s argument, I decided it would be useful to summarize the main points. The following is a summary of the conclusions of the noted geneticist, in accordance with the nine areas of study he undertook in the main chapters of his book: Biblical analysis: We know that Jesus Christ was crucified, died...

I am in great distress. Let me fall into the hand of the Lord, for his mercy is very great, but do not let me fall into the hand of man.