New shows added to our 'best of'

Ok. So here it is March 1st and I am just getting around to adding the first material of 2013 to our 'best of'.
Sorry for the delay.

These shows have been added. Articles will be added later today.

149- Resolving to sin no more (Garden of Holiness show)
150- The war on Christmas, Catholic vs Catholic (Deepertruth show)
151- Praise the Lord, Oh my soul (Catholic roundtable)
152- Roe vs Wade (Deepertruth show)
153- Robin Spencer and Cursillo (Special Sunday show)
154- Latin haters! Latin haters! (Catholic rondtable)
155- Lightning strikes twice (Catholic roundtable)
156- Give it all you got (Special Sunday show)
157- Let's learn Latin (Catholic roundtable)
158- Couple prayer (Garden of Holiness show)
159- Sponsorship in the RCIA (Thursday night rave)
160- The morning after pill, are freemasons running the church?

Thanks to all who contributed!

Deeper Truth Blog year in review 2012

In 2012, Deepertruthblog produced about 380 published articles, 123 which were added to our 'best of' collection. This brings our total to 245 'best of' articles and more than 875 overall. In the same year, we added more than 225 Blogtalkradio shows, 71 of which were added to our best of. Shows recorded in 2012 received nearly 37,000 listens. Overall, we have produced almost 400 shows, with more than 48,000 listens since our inception in 2009, 148 of which are considered 'best of' additions. Among the 71 'best of' shows we added, were 12 debates, all of which we won. We also had guests of the stature of Nick Alexander, Steve Ray, Colleen Hammond, Gail Buckley, Alex Jones, Dr. Alan Keyes, Dr. Dave Dubenmire, Richard Lane, John Martignoni, Russel Ford and others. Deepertruth members have visited Ohio, Missouri, Virginia, Rome and the University of Notre Dame. In Missouri, we even sponsored a Marian conference!

Technorati has our blog ranked just outside of the top 100 among religious blogs and Alexa has us ranked at about 6,300,000 which is about 3 million positions ahead of this heretic and about 13 million ahead of this one.

By year's end, we will have nearly 825,000 hits for the year from almost 37,000 unique visitors with almost 11.5 Gigabytes of downloaded information.

Yes, I think we had a good year. Thanks to all of you who supported us.

New material added to our 'best of' collection

Articles:

#237 Midnight Mass
#238 Black, Red and white and the love of our Lady of the snows
#239 No one can say 'Merry Christmas' without giving glory to The Catholic church
#240 Christmas timeline
#241 The importance of keeping an even keel
#242 The Holy innocents
#243 On the subject of arrogance
#244 The passing of authority
#245 What is the solemnity of the Holy innocents doing in the Christmas season?

Shows:

#145 Our Lady of the Snows
#146 Why does the world have to end on our anniversaries?
#147 The Christmas Rosary
#148 Shocking Christmas news from Medjugorje

Deeper Truth Blog 2012 award nominees

I have decided to do this year a little different. As founder of Deepertruth, I will come up with all the nominees based on what I believe is the best stuff we put out. Then, I will recuse myself from the voting and allow the other DTB members, and our fans to select the winners. So, here they are;

ARTICLES: (Please vote for your top 3)

The four persons (John Benko)
Mary Debate show notes (John Benko)
The Fourth Oracle of Balaam (Donald Hartley)
Pro-life reflections on the last words of Jesus (Margie Prox Sindelar)
The Case for April 3rd, 33 AD (John Benko)
Immaculate Conception Debate show notes (John Benko)
Peter is the Rock debate show notes (John Benko)
Confirmation: The seal of the Holy Spirit (Donald Hartley)
The great commission (Donald Hartley)
The Sign (Donald Hartley)
Seven Quick takes in the garden (Christie Martin)
Repentance, forgiveness, penance (Donald Hartley)

WRITER OF THE YEAR: (Please vote for your top 2)
Donald Hartley
John Benko
Margie Prox Sindelar
Christie Martin

SHOW OF THE YEAR: (Please vote for your top 5)
Alleged idolatry debate
Peter is the Rock debate
25 reasons why you can bet your eternal soul on Catholicism
Convert Steve Ray
Justification: Catholic vs Protestant
Martin family joins the rosary
Does your worship look like this?
Sola Fide debate
Science tests faith
Return from Notre Dame
Saints and the Garden of God
Andrea's song
Richard Lane
The mind of the Church on the Novus Ordo
Rome Trip Recap
Our Lady of Guadalupe special
Tragedy in Connecticut/ Refuting "Living Waters" etc.
Our Lady of the Snows
Why does the world have to end on our anniversaries?
The Christmas Rosary
Christmas shock from Medjugorje


VIDEO OF THE YEAR: (Please vote for your top 2)

Opening of Easter Vigil Mass from the National Shrine
TOP 10
Typology sub-segment (great in stereo)
Polytheist rap (hilarious, great in stereo)
Notre Dame takes the field
Trumpets under the Dome
Eric Genuis live at the Cove
United we stand

DEEPERTRUTH PERSON OF THE YEAR: (Please vote for 2)

Donald Hartley
John Benko
Ross Earl Hoffman
Margie Prox Sindelar
Christie Martin
Dr. Greg Thompson

Join us for our end of the year special tonight. Each member and each fan of Deepertruth is asked to vote on these nominees. Email us at email@deepertruthblog.com

New 'Best of' additions

Articles:
#234- Work in progress
#235-Keep Christ in Christmas carnival article
#236-Repentance, forgiveness, penance

Blog Talk shows:
#142- Rome Trip Recap
#143- Our Lady of Guadalupe special
#144- Tragedy in Connecticut, Refuting "living Waters" etc

My recent dialogue with "Living Waters" protestant ministry

Recently, I wrote the Protestant ministry "Living Waters" and requested the opportunity to debate someone on the multiple, demonstrable errors in their video alleging the worship of Mary by Catholics.

The woman who responded, Liz Ebert, forwarded me information on how to request a radio interview then responded with some allegations of her own and a truck load of attachments and cut and paste polemics.

Here, in part, is what she said;

In answer to your comments, there are quite a few major differences also between Roman Catholic doctrine (that is, teaching) and Protestant doctrine. Many Roman Catholics, with whom I've spoken, will not say that they are "born again",  which is clearly a Biblical term (John 3:3 & 7,1 Peter 1:23).

 Other major differences include an emphasis on the equality of the Scriptures and tradition, the Apocrypha, transubstantiation, praying to saints, Mariology, having to confess to priests, penance, purgatory, the sacraments, and more. None of the before mentioned teachings are in any way Biblical.

Obviously, I wasn't going to let these statements go unanswered, so I replied (my previous typographical errors corrected);

 Dear Liz,

  I appreciate your response but, frankly, a dump truck load of cut andpaste propaganda is not what I was looking for. The hosts said a number of demonstrably false things and I was seeking the opportunity to set the record straight.

You, also, make a number of provably false assertions here that I simply must address. First, yes "Born Again" is a term used in the Bible but it, in the same chapter (John 3) it is expanded to being born of water and spirit. It refers to Baptism. The Protestant notion of being "Born Again" is an invention of the 1970s that appears nowhere Biblically or historically. The early church writings prove that John 3:5 was understood as Baptism. Baptism saves us by initiating us into Christ's Church.

The Bible proves this as well.

1 Peter 3:21

Whereunto baptism being of the like form, now saveth you also: not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the examination of a good conscience towards God by the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

The Equality of the Scriptures and Sacred Tradition is proven by 2 Thessalonians 2:14 which says we must obey BOTH Oral and written teachings from the Church.

What you call the Apocrypha are, in fact, Dueterocanonical books that belonged to the canon of Scripture that Jesus and the Disciples quoted from. Transubstantiation is a Biblical fact, clearly shown in John 6, 1 Corinthians 10 and 1 Corinthians 11. If you think confession to a Priest is unbiblical, you have obviously never read the first 5 books of the Bible. However, John 20:23 proves it. In Matthew 3, John the Baptist demands of the Pharisees that they produce fruit as proof of repentance, lest they be cut down and thrown in the fire. That proves Penance. Luke 12 and 1 Corinthians 3:15 prove purgatory. That the Angel's and Saints hear are prayers and take them to God is proven in Revelation Chapters 5 and 8 and all of the Doctrines we believe concerning Mary are proven in Luke 1 and 2, Matthew and Revelation 11:19-12:17 including the fact that she was Immaculately conceived, had no other children, is the Ark of the Covenant, is the Queen of Heaven, and is the mother of God and all Christians (real ones, anyway).

All 7 Sacraments are also, easily proven from Scripture. Obviously, you thought you were speaking to a fool.

Now, let's get back to my original point. Your hosts made many contentions about the so-called "worship" of Mary. Perhaps they don't understand that worship requires an assent to Divinity. No Catholic attributes any Divine characteristics to Mary. If you did not recognize Jesus as Divine, it could not be said that you worship Him.

Perhaps, you are the one I should debate. I contend that your beliefs are not those taught by Christ or the Apostles but a series of man made notions invented centuries later. Despite your claims, I say that it is the beliefs you have espoused, not mine, that fail the test of Biblical scrutiny.

If you would be interested in debating these things with me, let me know.

You will be treated fairly, in a moderated debate. When you speak, my mic will be muted to avoid talk over.

Tell your show hosts to prep you well. I want their best shot. They are blind guides leading the blind. I would be only too happy to prove it.

John

I would encourage Deeper Truth Blog fans to email her at lebert@livingwaters.com, reference this article and tell her that you would be very pleased to hear such a series of debates.

Thank you,
John

New material added to our best of

Shows;

135- Things we should be thankful for
136- The mind of the church on the Novus Ordo
137-Rampant corruption in the family courts part 1
138- Advent special
139- Rampant corruption in the family courts part 2
140- Marcus Anderson refuted

Articles;
231- The Mass is straight out of the Book of Revelation