Weekly Update: Marian Consecration, Heresies, and Protestantism's Future
February 15th, 2025
This week I’m starting something new: weekly updates!
I’m posting multiple times a week now, and I don’t want to bombard your inbox every day. You can still get daily updates if you are subscribed via the Substack app. I post in the subscriber’s message channel, as well as in my Notes feed.
The order is informed by their popularity, thus the newest content is at the bottom.
Enjoy!
— DR —
3 Lessons I Learned During My Consecration to Mary
I give myself entirely to Jesus Christ, the Incarnate Wisdom, to carry my cross after Him all the days of my life, and to be more faithful to Him than I have ever been before.
Sound Doctrine
Titus 2:1 states, “…you must say what is consistent with sound doctrine…” St. Paul then lists a series of moral and spiritual virtues: temperance, dignity, self-control, faith, love, and endurance. This shows us that doctrine encompasses morality, not just abstract theological concepts that even the most learned sometimes get wrong. Paul is saying two t…
On Heresy & Biblical Worldviews
“That’s heretical…” I said to my brother on the other end of the phone. It was late at night, the sky was clear, and the moon’s light fell across the fields like a luminous shadow as I drove the curvy and windy roads in the backcountry of North Carolina. I was driving the thirty-plus minute commute home after a long study session at the seminary’s libr…
Is Protestantism Going Extinct?
America is witnessing a massive decline in Christianity. While many are familiar with people leaving their denominations, i.e. “nones” or the “unaffiliated”, the data on Protestant decline is shocking. According to data from Gallup’s religion study, Protestantism dipped below 40% in 2023.