Entries Categorized as 'Catholicism'
July 22, 2008
Karl Keating, in his Oct 21, 2003 E-Letter, discusses an article in Modern Reformation Magazine on the subject “We Believe in One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church.”
The full text of the article BRAININESS: GOOD BUT NOT SUFFICIENT follows with some comments at the end. Emphasis in italics mine.
“Modern Reformation” is a bimonthly magazine published by [...]
Posted in Catholicism, Church, Church History, Protestantism, Reformed Theology, Roman Catholic, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholicism 
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May 15, 2008
It’s quite the buzz, Rev. John Hagee, has sent a letter of apology to the Catholic League for his alleged anti-Catholic views.
Hagee had been criticized for reportedly calling the Catholic Church “The Great Whore,” an “apostate church,” the “anti-Christ,” and a “false cult system.” He had also accused the Catholic Church of nurturing anti-Semitism. [...]
Posted in Catholicism, John Hagee, Roman Catholic Church 2 Comments »
April 20, 2008
Pope Benedict XVI’s first visit to America as Pope will not be his introduction to this country, but it will be the first opportunity for Americans to see this Pope up close – three years after his election as pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church.
Along with others, many evangelical Christians will be watching with interest. [...]
Posted in Albert Mohler, Catholicism, Pope Benedict XVI, Protestantism 1 Comment »
January 6, 2008
Presidential hopeful, Mike Huckabee, recently gave an exclusive interview to Catholic Online where he was asked to address several issues important to Catholic voters.
Following this interview with Mike Huckabee there was an intimation of anti-Catholicism by several pundits and commentators.
Here are some details from a second interview with Mike Huckabee addressing some concerns of Catholic [...]
Posted in Catholicism, Mike Huckabee, Vote 2008 9 Comments »
December 28, 2007
Less than half of the Labour Cabinet admits to believing in God, an exclusive Mail on Sunday survey reveals today.
Just eight out of 22 Ministers are prepared to say they are Christians, while two admit to being atheists.
Read the complete story here.
Posted in Catholicism, God No Comments »
December 22, 2007
From the Trinity Foundation, a Conference on Christianity and Roman Catholicism (9 lectures)
You may download the MP3s here:
Bleating Wolves: Evangelicals & Catholics Together, John Robbins
The Structure of the Roman Church-State, Richard Bennett
A Brief History of Roman Persecution, Richard Bennett
The Roman Church-State Doctrine of Authority, Robert Zins
Justification and the Roman Catholic Doctrine of Salvation, Richard Bennett
The [...]
Posted in Catholicism, MP3, Media, Roman Catholicism No Comments »
December 22, 2007
I found the following quote from Peter Kreeft’s book, Catholic Christianity, very interesting. Following the quote I will offer some thoughts to consider. (Words in italics represents specific areas of interest to me, not the author)
Why be a Catholic?
If you want to invent your own religion, do not be a Catholic. If you want to [...]
Posted in Catholicism, Doctrine, Peter Kreeft, Roman Catholicism 2 Comments »
December 5, 2007
I have read several books on the ‘Church Fathers’ but they have been published from a Catholic perspective. Yet, more and more, we hear reference being made to the ‘Church Fathers’ in evangelical circles.
I have not read Getting to Know the Church Fathers yet but I plan to. It is my hope that this book [...]
Posted in Book, Book Review, Books, Catholic, Catholicism, Church Fathers, Roman Catholic No Comments »
November 7, 2007
Has the Reformation ended? That’s the topic Dr. Mark Noll takes up in his most recent book, co-authored with Carolyn Nystrom, titled Is The Reformation Over? An Evangelical Assessment of Contemporary Roman Catholicism (Baker Academic, 2005).
Our position is that the Reformation is not over. What do you think? Share your thoughts with us.
Here are [...]
Posted in Catholicism, Mark Noll, Reformation 2 Comments »
November 1, 2007
A visitor to our blog has asked that we converse on some very specific issues reguarding the Protestant and Catholic faiths.
Most, if not all these issues, have been dealt with at great length and to our satisfaction by others. Therefore, in discussing these topics, we will make considerable use of these references.
The following are some [...]
Posted in Catholic, Catholicism, Protestant, Protestantism 4 Comments »
October 23, 2007
Advance, the official publication of The Foursquare Church, embraces heresy in the September 2007 issue.
In a section of Advance called Famous People of Faith (Interesting tidbits about famous followers of Christ), you will find a favorable reference to G.K. Chesterton.
Chesterton became a Catholic later in life and continued championing Christian values through his life and [...]
Posted in Catholicism, Foursquare Church, G.K. Chesterton 22 Comments »
September 11, 2007
There has been a fair amount of coverage related to the Time Magazine article ‘Mother Teresa’s Crisis of Faith’.
This article talks about a new, innocuously titled book, Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light (Doubleday), consisting primarily of correspondence between Teresa and her confessors and superiors over a period of 66 years, provides the spiritual counterpoint [...]
Posted in Book, Book Review, Books, Catholicism, Church History, Mother Teresa, Roman Catholicism No Comments »
August 30, 2007
THEPOINT, a blog of BreakPoint, has two post regarding Time Magazines article “Mother Teresa’s Crisis of Faith”
Its no surprise that commentators at BreakPoint find no issues regarding Mother Teresa’s faith.
Jason Bruce, in his post, The Crisis of Mother Teresa, quotes Mother Teresa where she says “You don’t have to be a saint to do good? [...]
Posted in Catholicism, Chuck Colson, Ecumenism, Mother Teresa, Roman Catholic, Roman Catholicism 2 Comments »
August 30, 2007
Rick Phillips pens an insightful, must-read look at the recent revelations about Mother Theresa’s life of doubt and darkness before God.
(HT: JT)
Posted in Catholicism, Church History, Church Life, Church News, Mother Teresa, News, Roman Catholic, Roman Catholic Apostasy, Roman Catholicism No Comments »
August 30, 2007
Posted: Thursday, August 30, 2007 at 3:54 am ET
What are we to make of Mother Teresa’s crisis of faith? That is a question I have been repeatedly asked in recent days. This week’s TIME cover story by David van Biema caught the attention of millions around the world, and it raises some of the most [...]
Posted in Albert Mohler, Catholicism, Mother Teresa, Roman Catholicism No Comments »
August 24, 2007
Mother Teresa was a devout Roman Catholic and given the apostacy of the Roman Catholic Church and Mother Teresa’s own words, it is unlikely she ever had a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. I know what you are going to say, only God knows that. And to that statement I would agree, it is true [...]
Posted in Catholicism, Mother Teresa, Roman Catholicism, Time Magazine 17 Comments »
August 23, 2007
From Symphony of Scripture:
Transubstantiation is derived from the Latin term tansubsubstaniato, meaning ”change of substance”. This term was incorporated into the creed of the Forth Latern Council in A.D. 1215
Transubstantiation is defined by the Roman Catholic Church’s Council of Trent as follows: “By the consecration of the bread and wine, a conversion (or change) is [...]
Posted in Apologetics, Bible, Catholicism, Church Fathers, Church History, Church Life, Controversy, David E Lister, Division, Doctrine, Roman Catholicism, Transubstantiation No Comments »
August 7, 2007
The joint Vatican-World Council of Churches study process on religious conversion gets one step closer to its goal of a common code of conduct in seeking converts to Christianity.
With Evangelical and Pentecostal representatives joining in at an 8-12 August consultation in Toulouse, the joint Vatican-World Council of Churches study process on religious conversion gets one [...]
Posted in Catholicism, Church, Conversion, Ecumenism, Evangelism, Roman Catholic, Roman Catholicism 1 Comment »
July 21, 2007
This idea of cobelligerence has been a concern of mine for some time now. There are very well known ministry leaders that seem to, at various levels and degrees, accept this concept of cobelligerence. I discussed the topic of cobelligerence at some length in this post.
I recently found this letter from James Dobson to Father [...]
Posted in Catholicism, Cobelligerence, James Dobson, Roman Catholic No Comments »
July 19, 2007
To my utter amazement, while doing some research on Roman Catholicism, I found this staff bio at Ravi Zacharias International Ministries (RZIM)
Jill Carattini
Jill Carattini graduated with a degree in Theology from Hope College in Holland, Michigan where she also attended Western Theological Seminary. She has enjoyed living and working in diverse ministry settings including [...]
Posted in Apologetics, Catholicism, False Doctrine, RZIM, Ravi Zacharias 28 Comments »
July 11, 2007
Read here this unbelievable heresy from the now deceased Catholic theologian Henri Nouwen.
Today I personally believe that while Jesus came to open the door to God’s house, all human beings can walk through that door, whether they know about Jesus or not. Today I see it as my call to help every person claim his [...]
Posted in Apostacy, Billy Graham, Catholicism, Discernment, Doctrine, Ecumenism, False Doctrine, Henri Nouwen 6 Comments »
July 11, 2007
From an article entitled ‘Ragamuffin‘ in Christianity today, find these excerpts:
The first time the late singer-songwriter Rich Mullins heard former Franciscan priest Brennan Manning on tape as he drove through the edge of the Flint Hills in Kansas, his eyes filled with tears. He steered the truck to the side of the road. There, as [...]
Posted in Brennan Manning, Catholicism, Dallas Willard, Doctrine, Michael W. Smith, Mysticism, Rich Mullins 4 Comments »
July 10, 2007
OnePlace.com - Justification by Faith
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Justification by Faith
by: John MacArthur
The Reformation doctrine of justification by faith is, and has always been, the number one target of the enemy’s attack. It provides the foundation of the bridge that reconciles God and man-without that key [...]
Posted in Apostacy, Bible, Catholicism, Church History, Doctrine, John MacArthur No Comments »
July 9, 2007
The Death of Discernment In The Church
from Mike Gendron, Proclaiming the Gospel (Online Source)
Have you considered the spiritual health of your church in these days of tolerance and compromise? Is the leadership earnestly contending for the faith against the current wave of ecumenism? A. W. Tozer used the illustration of circulating blood to describe the [...]
Posted in Catholicism, Chuck Colson, Church History, Emergent, Emergent Church, Irving Bible Church, Reformation 9 Comments »
July 9, 2007
Pastor Ken Silva presents an honest and timely indictment against the Emergent Church.
Read the story here.
Posted in Catholicism, Emergent, Emergent Church No Comments »
July 9, 2007
From the Barna Group we read:
Do you remember when Catholics were a distinct segment of America, and many people wondered what to make of them? Those days are long gone, according to our new survey, which shows that Catholics are not only the largest denominational group in the country, but are now part of the [...]
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July 5, 2007
Dr. Robert Saucy (Biola University) shares his concerns about this growing movement.
After reading this article, I was pleasantly suprised to discover the view of Dr. Saucy on this topic. Dr. Saucy stops short of calling the Roman Catholic Church apostate but does share his concern from an evangelical protestants perspective. I do not know Dr. [...]
Posted in Catholicism, Ecumenism, Pope Benedict XVI 1 Comment »
July 3, 2007
If your interested in the growing evangelical facination with Rome you will want to listen to this radio broadcast from Crosstalk.
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Archive of radio program can be found here.
Host: Jim Schneider
Guest: Mike Gendron
Mike Gendron is the Director of Proclaiming the Gospel Ministries. He is the author of books such [...]
Posted in Apostacy, Catholicism, Church History, Church Life, Cobelligerence No Comments »
June 27, 2007
A must read for all interested in factual Church History is the following article from Apprising Ministries. Pastor Ken Silva (Apprising Ministries), with permission from Richard Bennett (Berean Beacon), has reprinted this wonderful piece for our review.
As you read this piece, consider this quote from Thomas Bokenkotter, in his book
A Concise History of the Catholic [...]
Posted in Catholicism, Church History 1 Comment »
June 26, 2007
In past posts I have discussed Chuck Colson’s involvement in the ecumenical movement. I would like to take time in this post to discuss some specific details related to Chuck Colson’s ecumenism.
One man Mr. Colson seems to really promote is Peter Kreeft. Kreeft is labeled as a Christian philosopher, author, speaker, and professor of Philosophy [...]
Posted in Catholicism, Chuck Colson, Ecumenical Jihad, Ecumenism, False Doctrine, Peter Kreeft, Roman Catholic, Roman Catholic Apostasy 1 Comment »
June 14, 2007
Here, Pastor Ken Silva commends Erik Raymond at Irish Calvinist for his report on Luis Palau’s partnership with Roman Catholics at the Omaha Crusade.
In this report, Pastor Erik Raymond explains why Omaha Bible Church is not participating in this “evangelistic” endeavor.
I, as Pastor Ken, commend Erik for his stand for truth.
– Shane Trammel
Posted in Catholicism, Ecumenism, Luis Palau No Comments »
June 2, 2007
Benedict XVI encourages the Country to “bolster its efforts in securing freedom for people to live, worship, and perform works of charity according to the dictates of their conscience and with immunity from intimidation”. A society is free if it protects the rights of all its citizens. True religious conviction cannot be a source of [...]
Posted in Catholicism, Ecumenism, Islam, Muslims, Pope Benedict XVI No Comments »
June 2, 2007
The following comes from a recent trip the Pople made to Brazil to rally the troops (Catholics in the region). You may want to pay special attention to the parts in italics, emphasis mine. Of special notice is the Pope’s focus on Mary and the Rosary. Your comments are welcome. — Shane Trammel
Summary: [...]
Posted in Catholicism, Pope Benedict XVI 1 Comment »
May 30, 2007
Book Warning: ‘Handbook of Christian Apologetics‘ — Not what you may think.
The book, ‘Handbook of Christian Apologetics’ is said to categorize and summarize all major arguments for all the major Christian teachings. But be warned, this book is authored by two very dedicated Roman Catholics (Peter Kreeft & Ronald K. Tacelli). Of special interest [...]
Posted in Books, Catholicism, Doctrine, Ecumenism No Comments »
May 26, 2007
[bibleblock]Jude 1:3[/bibleblock]
Is it possible that someone actively and ernestly contending for the Faith could be perceived and thus labeled a bigot? I think the answer is YES !
In todays religious climate, it is very unpopular to make a clear stand for truth. The Church is bursting at the seams with false teachers, yet addressing the [...]
Posted in Apostacy, Bible, Catholicism, Ecumenism 2 Comments »
May 18, 2007
John MacArthur is currently taking the readers of the blog Pulpit Magazine through a series titled Scripture, Tradition, and Rome.
This is a very helpful resource to those interested in understanding more about Catholicism.
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | [...]
Posted in Apostacy, Bible, Catholicism, Church History No Comments »
May 16, 2007
A quote from Chuck Colson’s Breakpoint Commentary for May 16, 2007.
It’s clear that the anti-religion crowd is growing desperate, the result of all their angry rejection of the hope of the Gospel.
The question I have is this: which Gospel is Mr. Colson talking about? As one of the main architects of ‘Evangelicals and Catholics [...]
Posted in Catholicism, Chuck Colson, Ecumenism No Comments »
May 15, 2007
Baylor prof Beckwith becomes Catholic, resigns as head of evangelical society
By Greg Warner
Published May 8, 2007
WACO, Texas (ABP) — Renowned evangelical philosopher Francis Beckwith has become a Roman Catholic and, as a result, has resigned as president — and also as a member — of the Evangelical Theological Society. Beckwith, associate professor of church-state studies [...]
Posted in Apostacy, Catholicism, Church History No Comments »
May 15, 2007
Read here about Mel Gibson’s Real Passion.
SPECIAL REPORT - Mel Gibson Reveals True Purpose of the Passion - Leading People to Catholicism! from Lighthouse Research Trails
The Passion of the Christ: Definitive Edition is now available. This two DVD set includes a tract that presents theological commentary by Mel Gibson, Father* William J. Fulco, Father* John [...]
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May 14, 2007
As many of you may know, TBN has for some time now been airing Roman Catholic programming on their network. One such program is Life Is Worth Living — Bishop Fulton Sheen.
Here is a rendering of the programming page for Life Is Worth Living on TBN.
Bishop Fulton J Sheen — Life Is Worth Living
Life [...]
Posted in Apostacy, Catholicism, Discernment No Comments »
May 14, 2007
From our friends at Christian Research Net and Slice of Laodicea find a very honest assesment of Beckwith’s return to apostacy.
Posted in Apostacy, Catholicism No Comments »
May 9, 2007
Please follow with us as we expose just a small sampling of the infiltration of Roman Catholicism into the ‘Evangelical’ world.
When leading Lutheran theologian Richard John Neuhaus converted to Catholicism in 1990 the move sent shock waves through Lutheran circles in the United States because of his prominence in that Church. Neuhaus was ordained a [...]
Posted in Catholicism, Chuck Colson, Discernment, Doctrine, Evangelism, God's Word, Missions 96 Comments »
April 30, 2007
In this article, Alan Keyes provides a thought provoking perspective on the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Gonzales v. Carhart. Things are not as they may seem according to Keyes. Read the article and come to your own conclusion.
Disclaimer: As I understand it, Keyes is a Roman Catholic. With that in mind, take what [...]
Posted in Abortion, Catholicism, Doctrine, News No Comments »
April 25, 2007
I found myself this past Sunday listening to my pastor, from the pulpit, saying that he had several ‘on fire’ Catholic ‘Christian’ friends. He went on to say that his friends felt called to the Catholic Church. Consider the following portion of scripture for a clear understanding of how we are to live:2 Corinthians 6:14-17 [...]
Posted in Catholicism, Discernment, Doctrine, Evangelism, God's Word 1 Comment »
April 25, 2007
Google Video Link Here
HT: Ben Davis, Symphony of Scripture
At Symphony of Scripture, Ben Davis has taken the time to provide some great notes to go along with this video. Enjoy.
Posted in Bible, Books, Catholicism, Church History, Cults, Discernment, Discipleship, Doctrine, Emergent, Evangelism, Preaching, Purpose Driven, Revival, Rick Warren, Theology No Comments »
April 24, 2007
John Hus (1369-1415)
Hus, the Czech reformer, came from peasant parents in southern Bohemia, a small town called Husinetz. Hus took to John Wyclif’s views of the church as an elect company with Christ, not the pope, its true head. Bethleham Chapel near the university gave Hus an unrivaled opportunity to circulate Wyclif’s teaching including his [...]
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April 16, 2007
I just wanted to share something that might help to show the arrogance that exists in the office of the pope.
In the Second Edition of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Pope John Paul II states:
IT IS A CAUSE FOR GREAT JOY THAT THE LATIN TYPICAL EDITION OF THE CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH [...]
Posted in Catholicism 1 Comment »
March 15, 2007
Tim Challies writes:
Mother Teresa (known also as Mother Teresa of Calcutta) was born in what is now called Yugoslavia/Bosnia in 1910. Born to Albanian parents she was at that time known as Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. The labor for which she became renowned began on January 6, 1929 when she arrived in Calcutta, India to work [...]
Posted in Catholicism, Doctrine, Mother Teresa 2 Comments »
