Category: Bible Commentary
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Against the Modern Judaizers
Is the celebration of Christmas pagan? What about the celebration of Easter, is it pagan too? Certainly, the celebration of Halloween must be pagan, right? How about worshiping God on Sundays? Surely that is pagan, no? Is it all some big conspiracy? Are the historical churches of Christendom secretly trying to simulate ancient Pagan worship, […]
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“The Last Days” are Here!
The Last Days are here! Or at least, the book is. I’m pleased to present The Last Days, a book I’ve been working on for many years. It is now available in Kindle, paperback and hardcover. The book presents a Catholic approach to understanding Biblical prophecy about the Last Days, the Antichrist, the Great Tribulation […]
Shane Schaetzel
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The Last Days
Are we living in the Last Days? Is the great and terrible apocalypse upon us? Shane Schaetzel, a trained catechist and Evangelical convert to the Catholic Church, through Anglicanism, delves into the greatest question of our time. Are we soon approaching the end of the world? In the pages of this book, the author exposes […]
Shane Schaetzel
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Why I Don’t Believe in the Rapture
Catholics do not believe in the Rapture. It’s not part of our eschatology, and it violates historic tradition on this matter. For that matter, the Eastern Orthodox don’t believe in the Rapture either, nor do the Coptic Christians, nor do non-Evangelical Protestants. In fact, the majority of Christians, throughout the world, do not believe in […]
Shane Schaetzel
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The King James Version (KJV) Only?
The King James Only movement is growing among Evangelicals as of late. This is probably the biggest growth I’ve ever seen of the movement in my lifetime. The King James Only movement is a Protestant quirk, popular among some Evangelical Fundamentalists, wherein they assert that the King James Version is the ONLY authoritative English translation […]
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666 – The Mark of the Beast
Having grown up in the 1970s, and surrounded by Evangelicals in Southern California during the “Jesus Movement,” I have heard many theories about the Mark of the Beast. When I was a kid, they said it would be a tattoo, and it would probably be your Social Security number, combined with your bank information. As […]
Shane Schaetzel
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When Peter has Fallen
What do we call it when a pope doesn’t act like a pope? That’s something modern Catholics struggle with, because for over a century, we’ve had some pretty good popes, including a few Saints! Catholics haven’t had to deal with corrupt popes, or even heretical popes, in a very long time. It’s been centuries. So […]