by Patrick Coffin | Nov 23, 2019 | Apologetics, Videos
Punch Fear In The Face Ever had the experience of learning the meaning to a word for the first time, and then in the following days you suddenly see the word appearing everywhere? Me, too. The same thing can happen with a word in the Bible. Take the word fear. I did a...
by Patrick Coffin | Oct 26, 2019 | Apologetics, Videos
In Defense of Spooky Halloween In the days leading up to Halloween, I thought I would put a good word in for old school Halloween with spooky outfits and characters. But first, a few tidbits about the origins of Halloween. There is one diehard myth out there that...
by Patrick Coffin | Sep 28, 2019 | Apologetics, Videos
Why Birth Control Is Evil: Part Two My first video on why birth control is evil drew a LOT of very interesting comments, and several (common) misunderstandings. So I’m adding a second whack at the topic. My perspective is one of a former dissenter (I used to...
by Patrick Coffin | Sep 21, 2019 | Apologetics, Videos
Why Birth Control is Evil Is there a more misunderstood, more controversial teaching of the Catholic Church than on contraception? Most famously re-articulated on July 25, 1968 in the Encyclical Humanae Vitae by St. Paul VI, its message is a near perfect litmus test...
by Patrick Coffin | Aug 31, 2019 | Apologetics, Videos
Confession Under Attack Some features of the Catholic Faith look weird to outsiders, including Christian outsiders. Things like transubstantiation — the belief that the Host and the wine are actually changed into the body and blood, soul and divinity of...
by Patrick Coffin | Jul 12, 2019 | Apologetics, Videos
https://youtu.be/XXNmcuM1vaY Defending Celibacy-again! YES—seven reasons for hope! How easy it is to dwell on the imperfections, the corruption, even the crimes committed by some people in the Church (PS, it’s not just priests and bishops). I know how hypnotic bad...