Steve Ray’s Writings
About the Bible
- Matthew's Gospel: Understanding the Tax Collector and his Gospel
- Mark's Gospel: Peter's Scribe Writes to the Romans
- John's Gospel: The Spiritual Gospel from the Eagle
- Acts of the Apostles: The Early Catholic Church
- Romans: Justified by the Obedience of Faith
- 1 Corinthians: Standing Firm in a Pagan Culture
- 2 Corinthians: Paul's Bears His Soul
- Galatians: the Heart of Paul's Gospel to the Gentiles
- Ephesians: the Body of Christ--both Jew and Gentile
- Philippians: Joy and Rejoicing with St. Paul
- Colossians: Christ the Head of the Church
- 1 Thessalonians: The 2nd Coming of Christ
- 2 Thessalonians: Correcting False Teaching on Christ's Return
- 1 Timothy: Paul's Loyal Convert and Fellow-worker
- 2 Timothy: Last Words of Paul Written from Mammertine Prison
- Titus: Organizing the Early Church
- Philemon: A Slave Set Free in Christ
- Bereans: Did the Noble-minded Bereans Believe in the Bible Alone?
- Bible's Canon: Do Protestants or Catholics have the Correct List of Books?
- Timeline of the First Christian Century (.pdf, Adobe Acrobat)
- Bible: The Full but Neglected Backpack; What Catholics Need to Know about Scripture
- Jesus Was a Jew: Understanding Jesus & the New Testament in Context
- New Testament Books: Self-authenticating? No Need for the Church to Close the Canon?
- Questions for Bible-Christians (that they can't answer)
- Timeline of St. Paul's Life and Writings (.pdf, Adobe Acrobat)
- Bible Study Tools: Where's that $%&@$ Hammer?
- Luke's Gospel: Greek Physician, Historian & Friend of Mary
- How Long was Jesus in the Tomb? Three Days and Three Nights?
- Bible Study Software: St. Jerome Would be Delighted!
- Bible Studies: What About Non-denominational, Ecumenical Bible Studies?
- Holy Sites: Are These the Actual Locations?
- Notes on Matthias
- Bible Translations: All Created Equal? Protestant Bias of the NIV; Study of the Word Tradition
- Bible Study: How to Start a Parish Bible Study
- Bible Study: Playground or Minefield? Why We Need the Church!
- Bible Study: Be Sherlock Holmes and See if this is a Real Catholic Bible Study
- Timeline Apostolic Fathers
- How Long Was Jesus on the Cross?
- Bible's Canon: THIS ROCK article: The Council [Jamnia] that Wasn't
- Holy Ground as published in Lay Witness Magazine
- Holy Sites; Holy Ground: Thoughts on Visiting Israel
- Catholics Reading Scripture
- Did the Wise Men Meet the Shepherds?
Theology and Apologetics
- Abortion: Should this Baby be Aborted? You Decide!
- Ankerberg's Book: Refuting Evangelicals & Catholics: Do They Now Agree?
- Baptism: Do Sacraments Need Digestive Juices? Is Faith Required?
- Baptism: Infant Baptism
- Baptism: Pastor Bob Preaches the Word
- Baptist at the Door: Are you Saved?
- Baptist in a Bookstore
- Baptist Ordinations: What's That All About?
- Baptists: Were you Right to Leave the Church?
- Bereans and Sola Scriptura
- Bible: Who has the Correct Collection of Books, Catholics or Protestants?
- Born Again? Are Catholics Born Again? You Betcha!
- Call No Man Father
- Carta a un Fundamentalista
- Catholic: What does the Word Mean?
- Catholics & the Covenants
- Communion of Saints: Quotes, Bible Verses & Resources
- Cross vs. Crucifix: A Biblical, Historical, and Theological Study
- Crucifix & Mass: What Does God See When He Opens Eyes?
- Denominations: 33,000 or How Many is Too Many for James White?
- Did Paul Pray for the Dead?
- Dispensationalism: Why Protestant Fundamentalist are Wrong
- Episcopalian 'Priest', A Response to
- Eternal Security: Critique of a TV Sermon by Baptist Charles Stanley
- Eucharist as Seen by the Early Church Fathers
- Faith Alone and Abraham: How Was Abraham Saved?
- Faith Alone basis for Final Judgment?
- Feeding the Five Thousand: Jesus Teaches the People to Share
- Homosexuality: In Animals and in Human Genes?
- Infallibility: Ex Cathedra - From the Chair
- Infallibility: Must One be Sinless to be Infallible?
- Infallibility: Must the Church First be Perfect? Scripture & Church Authority
- Infant Baptism
- Inventing Doctrines: Why Do Protestants Do It?
- John 3:16: Does it Teach Salvation by Faith Alone?
- Joseph, Was He the Father of Jesus?
- King David: Where was he Buried? What is the City of David?
- Law of Moses or Sermon on the Mount: What Law Does the Christian Obey?
- Law, Grace & the Sabbath: Explaining Law & Grace to a Baptist Friend
- Letter After Visit by Baptists with Pastor Don: Reading the Bible, Salvation, and Do they Know the Truth?
- Letter to an Anti-Catholic Fundamentalist
- Letter to Fundamentalist Opposing Catholics & Info on Being Sealed by the Holy Spirit
- Letters to an Anti-Catholic Fundamentalist - Bill Jackson
- Loaves & Fishes: Did Jesus Really Do a Miracle?
- Mary's Virginity: How Was Jesus Born? Miraculous Birth?
- Mary, Ark of the New Covenant
- Mary, Ark of the New Covenant - Quotes from the Fathers
- Mary, Saints, Worship, and Salvation: Do Catholics Worship Mary?
- Mary: Do Catholics Worship Mary?
- Mary: Does the Prophet Jeremiah Condemn Catholics for Worshiping the Queen of Heaven?
- Mary: Jesus Said His Mother had Other Sons? Really?
- Mary: Queen or Bride in Psalm 45
- Mary: Response to Criticism of the Assumption & Queenship of Mary
- Mass a Sacrifice - Talk notes
- Mass, A Short Primer
- Peter and Succession: the Peg of Isaiah 22
- Peter and the Primacy in the New Testament
- Peter: Was the Rock Really Peter or only his Confession of Faith? Answering an Orthodox Christian
- Prayer for the Dead: Did St. Paul Do This?
- Protestant Groups: Are they Schisms?
- Purgatory
- Sacrament Chart: Easy-to-Use Chart for the Seven Sacraments
- Sacrifice of the Mass: Re-crucifying Christ?
- Shepherds & Wise Men
- Ship and Rafts: Catholics and Protestants
- Sign of the Cross: It's Meaning and History
- Sunday Morning Mass
- This Rock Magazine: Ankerberg Aweigh 7/1996
- This Rock Magazine: John 3:16 and Eternal Security 9/1995
- This Rock Magazine: Should We Call Joseph the Father of Jesus? 3/2005
- This Rock Magazine: The Council That Wasn't -- Jamnia 9/2004
- This Rock Magazine: What Does Catholic Mean? 1/2005
- This Rock Magazine: Why the Bereans Rejected Sola Scriptura 3/1997
- Trail of Blood: What About Baptist Successionism? (PDF)
- Unanimous Consent of the Fathers
- Vegans
- Was Jesus Nice?
- What My Grandpa Said About the Pope: Wonderful Dialog!
- Witnessing for Christ: Are you Prepared to be a Martyr?
My Books, Talks & DVDs: Reviews and Defense
- Bishop Kamal Bathish Repudiated
- Catholic Legends 1: Steve Responds to James White about UPON THIS ROCK
- Catholic Legends 2: I Got Under White's Skin: 2nd Response about UPON THIS ROCK
- Catholic Legends 3 Scott Windsor Confronts White on Steve's Book UPON THIS ROCK
- Catholic Legends 4: Scott Maxwell Rebutts Webster Further on Augustine
- Catholic Legends 5: More on roma Locuta Est Debating with White
- Chair of Moses: Dave Armstrong Refutes James White and Defends Upon this Rock
- Crossing the Tiber 1: Steve Responds to a Review by Fundamentalist Pastor Bayack
- Crossing the Tiber 2: Steve Responds to Pastor Bayack Who Strikes Again
- Crossing the Tiber 3: Dave Armstrong Refutes Pastor Bayack on Mary, Tradition & Scripture
- Crossing the Tiber 4: Armstrong Teaches Bayack on Mary's Perpetual Virginity and the Protestant Reformers
- Crossing the Tiber: Audio Interview on EWTN
- Defending my Article on Israel in National Catholic Register 8/2006
- DVD Lession Plan - Jesus
- DVD Lesson Plan - Mary
- DVD Lesson Plan - Moses
- DVD Lesson Plan - Peter
- DVD Lesson Plans - Paul: Contending for the Faith
- DVD Study Guide - Apostolic Fathers
- DVD Study Guide - David and Solomon
- DVD Study Guide - Jesus
- DVD Study Guide - Mary
- DVD Study Guide - Moses
- DVD Study Guide - Paul (spanish)
- DVD Study Guide - Peter
- DVD Study Guide - St. Paul
- First Things Magazine Their Dishonest Article & my Responses
- Is the Swan's Song in Tune? Is Luther Quoted Wrongly in Crossing the Tiber?
- Mary, Mother of God: Was she from the Priestly Line?
- St. John's Gospel: Audio Interview on EWTN
- Steve's Retired Bishop's Endorsement
- Steve's Talks & Presentations
- The Bible and the QurÕan -- Steve's Introduction
- Upon this Rock Defended Against Mathison in his book The Shape of Sola Scriptura
- Upon this Rock: Audio Interview on EWTN
- Upon this Rock: Reviewed by Catholics United for the Faith (CUF)
- Upon this Rock: Reviewed by National Catholic Register
- Webster Stumbles Upon this Rock 3: He is Wrong on St. Augustine too
- Webster Stumbles Upon this Rock 4: He is Wrong on St. Chrysostom too
- Webster Stumbles Upon this Rock: David Palm Responds
- Webster: Steve's 17-part Response to Webster's
- Whelton, Basil & my book Upon this Rock
- Whelton, Chrysostom & my book Upon this Rock
General Topics
- Annulments
- Baptism: Name of Jesus or Trinity?
- Birds/Animals Seen at our House
- DeSales Luther & Councils pg. 155
- Filipino People: An Open Letter by Steve Ray
- Genuflecting a No-No?
- Healthy Foods Chart
- Hezbollah's Tactics -- Videos
- Ignatius of Antioch: Excerpts from Upon this Rock
- Letter to My Teenage Son
- Order Form
- Roman Martyrs
- St. Polycarp: His Life & Writings
- Star of David
- Steve Wood's Review of Mary Mother of God
- The Last Nightmare: A Terrifying Story of the End
{ 3 comments… read them below or add one }
I was excited to find your resources page as I began my second year leading the RCIA program at our parish. Unfortunately, of the four links that I clicked, three of them were bad. I was really looking forward to sharing these with our candidates.
Baptist at the Door: Are you Saved? (Bad link)
Bible’s Canon: Do Protestants or Catholics have the Correct List of Books? (Bad link)
Faith Alone and Abraham: How Was Abraham Saved? (Bad link)
STEVE RAY: WE ARE UPDATING OUR SITE. WILL BE RESTORED SOON.
I read your article on “Bible Studies: What About Non-denominational, Ecumenical Bible Studies?”
I was part of a Community Bible Study while living near Dublin, Ireland for 3 years. 9 out of the 10 men involved were Catholic.
It was actually these men’s devotion and knowledge of scriptures that actually peaked my interested and got me on the path to exploring Catholicism! The can work both ways.
My point being — why would you NOT want Catholics involved in evangelical, ecumentical Bible Studies? (BSF, CBS, etc.)? By all means, let their light and devotion and authentic Christianity shine — You might actually end up with more Catholics!
STEVE RAY HERE: AND MY POINT WAS THAT MANY UNSUSPECTING CATHOLICS GO TO SUCH “NONDENOMINATIONAL” BIBLE STUDIES UNPREPARED AND END UP BEING SUCKED OUT OF THE CHURCH. IF YOU ARE PROFICIENT AT BEING CATHOLIC, KNOW WELL HOW TO EXPLAIN AND DEFEND YOUR FAITH AND KNOW THE BIBLE WELL, THEN THAT IS A DIFFERENT STORY. HOWEVER, HOW MANY CATHOLICS ARE ABLE TO DO THIS IN A ROOM FULL OF SO-CALLED BIBLE CHRISTIANS?