An old friend of mine (Baptist turned Presbyterian) and I went on a FOOTSTEPS OF GOD Pilgrimage with Steve and Janet Ray to the Holy Land in 2011.
Steve Ray was an evangelical Baptist minister who was convinced that all of us Catholics were going to hell. Being a good man he wanted to save us. So he and his wife spend a year reading about the Catholic Church. He knew that they first had to learn what all these Catholics were about. Logical.
Steve said that one night, a year after their reading began, he and his wife were on the living room floor, surrounded by all these books. He started weeping and said: "Oh no! We're Catholics!"
They both converted and they now run tours to the Holy Land. It was a WONderful tour. Steve knew his Bible backwards and forwards and was able to ALWAYS give us chapter and verse for things, throughout the entire trip.
His website: http://www.footprintsofgodpilgrimages.com
Funny, i had the same conversion, in Reverse.
Was Catholic now Reformed Baptist.
Rome believes in “faith” and Works salvation.
Catholics must appropriate “grace” via the Mass, etc.. that enables them to perform the works necessary for salvation where the soul is righteous enough to please God and worthy of Heaven.
I just heard Steve Ray on Catholic Answers radio the other day. He’s quite a character! I’ll bet a trip to the Holy Land with him would be quite an adventure.