Entries Categorized as 'Roman Catholic'

Karl Keating’s E-Letter (BRAININESS: GOOD BUT NOT SUFFICIENT)

Date 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 [...]

Getting to Know the Church Fathers: An Evangelical Introduction

Date 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 [...]

Piper Explains the Classic View of Justification Versus N. T. Wright’s

Date November 6, 2007

Adrian Warnock on John Piper’s new book, The Future of Justification.
Today I will take you further into Piper’s argument where he explains the long-held position, which Wright denies, that God cannot simply ‘forgive’ the guilty, but instead an exchange between guilt and righteousness must take place:
An omniscient and just judge never “finds in favor” [...]

BreakPoint’s Commentary on "Mother Teresa’s Crisis of Faith"

Date 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? [...]

Rick Phillips on Mother Theresa’s Redemption

Date 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)

Denominations Meet for Christian Code on Religious Conversion

Date 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 [...]

James Dobson and Roman Catholics as Cobelligerants

Date 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 [...]

Chuck Colson and the modern Ecumenical Movement — Don’t Buy It !!

Date 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 [...]