If I were an eager "C.S. Lewis" Protestant – as I once was – I would become a Catholic, here and now, again.

"Why do I need to confess my sins to a priest? He can't forgive my sins. He's not God!"

My title explains itself. But it is misleading.

If you read my column regularly, you know my great desire for Christian unity. 

There were, in short, multiple Reformations.  Their sometimes-violent interaction created much of what became the modern world, for good and for ill.

I believe in the following Christian principle: everything the Bible tells us is true. I do not, however, believe that everything the Bible tells us is clear. 

Some people might be excited to receive an email from the President or their favorite entertainer, but for a C.S. Lewis fan like myself, few thrills match opening your inbox and finding an unexpected email from Dr. Michael Ward.

When a Protestant tries to shoot the gospel gun with Bible proof texts, here's what I do...

I was raised on the glories of the Reformation.

I am not a Roman Catholic, and I did not write this book in defense of the Church.  I wrote it in defense of history.