Articles by Paul Derengowski, Ph.D.

An Open Letter to Fort Worth Pastors

Dear Pastor, This November 2026 will mark 15 years that my wife and I purchased our home here in Fort Worth. It is the only home we have owned, built in a quiet neighborhood with a walking trial, lots of trees and probably way too many squirrels. The neighbors, for…


First, it was Dolly, then, it was Charlie

It was only a few weeks ago that Dolly Parton – the “Queen of Country Music” – passed away. Apparently, cancer took her life, although it is being kept a secret just what kind of cancer she had. Regardless, she was lauded to no end how wonderful, loving, and kind…


Which Priesthood Does Roman Catholicism Represent?

Ask the average person on the street of what a Roman Catholic priest is and the response is typically going to be, “Oh, that’s the guy who is dressed up in all-black clothing with a white collar.” Ask the average person on the street what a Roman Catholic priest is…


Papa Peter is not the Petra

By now you have probably heard, or at least you should have heard, that the Apostle Peter is the main guy that Jesus appointed to be the head of the visible church on earth among Roman Catholics. He is the “Vicar of Christ” or chief representative that all the other…


Did the Prophet Malachi Forecast the Roman Catholic Mass?

  Roman Catholics, in their attempt to justify one of their most egregious, if not blasphemous, rituals argue that it has biblical precedent stemming back to the prophet Malachi. The Roman Catholic Mass, also known as “The Holy Sacrifice, because it makes present the one sacrifice of Christ the Savior and…


Father “Pope” Peter

Most recently I have been in discussions with members of the Roman Catholic Church in an effort to try and convince them that Roman Catholicism is not what it claims to be, namely, the “Mother” of the faithful 1 According to them, the “Church” teaches nothing that is contrary to…


A Moratorium on Islamic Immigration is the Answer?

This morning, in the wake of the recent shooting in Austin, Texas by another Islamic radical, Congressman Brandon Gill offered the following commentary: How about we “thank” all the “Christian” religionists who disregarded God’s revelation, the Bible, and set out to redefine what Christianity is? After all, that has been…


When Lying is the Norm

One of the last things the Apostle Paul wrote to his “son” in the faith, Timothy, had to do with how “dangerous” or ungodly things would become in “the last days.” Perhaps the most daunting, and relevant for today, is his statement concerning the amount of deceit or outright lying…