[Jim Noble]

>>Whatever happened to the Reformation? Was Martin Luther wrong, after all? Or does it really matter?<<

I was raised in a "mainline" reformed church. The Reformation project does not seem to be going well lately to me.

I have seriously considered (to the point of going through RCIA) and rejected, for now, Roman Catholicism (my wife and daughters are RC, and I wish I could join them).

But it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that the fruits of the Reformation, as manifested by the tide of apostasy and heresy in American and European Protestant churches, are sour and getting rapidly worse.

Unlike you, I am not at all sure what to do.

[RickyJ]

I have seriously considered (to the point of going through RCIA) and rejected, for now, Roman Catholicism (my wife and daughters are RC, and I wish I could join them).

Why would you want to join a faith that believes you can be saved by having water sprinkled on your head when you are a baby? Are you crazy!?

I would never even consider marrying a woman that doesn't believe what the bible really says.
Catholics claim to follow the bible, but in reality follow a man made version of the bible.

[RnMomof7]

I have seriously considered (to the point of going through RCIA) and rejected, for now, Roman Catholicism (my wife and daughters are RC, and I wish I could join them).
But it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that the fruits of the Reformation, as manifested by the tide of apostasy and heresy in American and European Protestant churches, are sour and getting rapidly worse.
Unlike you, I am not at all sure what to do.

Jim I came out of the RC church,instead of joining your family you need to be praying them OUT of there.They are in serious error and at risk of eternal damnation.

5 of my 7 children have left the church and taken their once Catholic spouses with them (kids too of course)3 Baptist families,2 Wesleyan families.My other daughter is close,and my husband now comes to services with me as well as his own church.

The problem with the churches of the reformation are mainly found in the mainstream churches..look for a community church or a Baptist church that will appeal to your wife..go and invite them to join you (if you are faithful in time they will)....pray for them and then let God be God!

I will add your family to my prayer list!

[rwfromkansas]

That is why you go to TRUE Protestant churches. Charles Finney is perhaps the most evil man in the history of the church, as he has corrupted almost the entire Protestant sector of the faith. I thank God I have not followed the ways of that satanic man.

[Doc On The Bay]

Well, perhaps the "Cleansing Fire" of our current conflict with Radical Islam will force BOTH branches of Christianity to "Get it Right!"

After all, not only our culture, but our very Religious Beliefs are under attack.

Be a little patient, my FRiend, I believe our religious values & beliefs are in the process of being validated. When our current crisis "Shakes out," our "Moral Compass" may WELL be "RE-CALIBRATED!"

Doc