Dave Armstrong

Reply to Anglican Sean Luke concerning the continuing scandalous and unsolvable Protestant proliferation of new sects and denominations, which is utterly unbiblical.

Anglican apologist Sean Luke makes the usual accusations regarding what Protestants wrongly think is the nature of Catholic Marian veneration. We refute from the Bible.

Dave Armstrong is a playwright and satirist based in Wellington. He is a regular opinion contributor.

Summary : Acts 15 records an infallible council that decreed, “it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us” — binding on every congregation. That's not sola Scriptura : no way, no how!

Acts 15 records an infallible council that decreed, "it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us" — binding on every congregation. That's not sola Scriptura: no way, no how!

Lutheran apologist thinks that St. Athanasius had a view of the deuterocanon more Protestant than Catholic. I point out several documented facts contra this conclusion.

Dave Armstrong is a playwright and satirist based in Wellington. He is a regular opinion contributor. OPINION : Nau mai, haere mai, WTF Tiaki Wai?

I critique the dubious methodology of Lutheran apologist Javier Perdomo regarding the vexed issue of the deuterocanon (aka "Apocrypha"), including interesting factual tidbits.

Anti-Catholic Jason Engwer says Paul didn't mention baptism in Romans 10, so it has nothing to do with justification. I refute this with analogies to Paul's use of "Scripture."

Protestants are unable to dismiss a Bible passage from Paul about a man whose work is burned up, who suffers loss in fire, but who in the end is saved (1 Corinthians 3:11-15).