An argument for God’s existence that has recently captured the attention of lay apologists and professional philosophers alike is the kalām cosmological argument. “Kalām” is the Arabic word for “speech,” and refers here…
Published May 27, 2021 by Matt Nelson
Published March 20, 2017 by Matt Nelson
Central to Jesus’s ministry on earth was the institution of seven sacraments. Through these sacraments our Lord was able to provide formal ways by which we might enter the Church…
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Published February 6, 2017 by Matt Nelson
Man has a parrot-like propensity to be seduced by a catchy saying, hold to it, and assert it repeatedly without thinking seriously about what he is saying. He remembers before…
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Published December 15, 2016 by Matt Nelson
“Give me a bit of your orange, I gave you a bit of mine!” As C.S. Lewis points out in Mere Christianity life is full of little quarrels such as these…
Published June 9, 2016 by Matt Nelson
Click here for podcast number 2! This morning I had the opportunity to join host Jon Leonetti on Iowa Catholic Radio to discuss my recent article “How To Prove That God…
Published June 2, 2016 by Matt Nelson
There are a couple things I can appreciate about the “Who designed the Designer?” argument. Although it is rooted in a caricature of the kalam cosmological argument’s first premise, it is…
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