From Pastor to Parishioner: My Love for Christ Led Me Home (to the Catholic Church)

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[NYer]

He has appeared as a guest on EWTN’s The Journey Home.

[LiteKeeper]

Delusion ALERT! Emotionalism never makes up for solid Biblical teaching.

[Iscool]

In my early twenties, I discerned a call to enter into full-time ministry and became a Foursquare pastor.

This fella either flunked out on discernment or it wasn't God Who led him to the Catholic church...

But he already had the basics down...He knew he was counting on his own righteousness to get to heaven instead of Jesus'...

[Pyro7480]

Oh, you guys don’t even know. You’re attributing bad motives to another, and that’s inherently sinful.

[Petronski]

Some folks think Christian love means lying in wait to pounce with false witness. You can tell by the smell of hate when they are present.

[AnAmericanMother]

Foursquare was Aimee Semple McPherson’s church, wasn’t it?

[AnAmericanMother]

Good grief, you just can't wait to jump in and say bad things about a convert.

Why don't you read the article? Better yet, do what he did and read the Church Fathers and find out what the Church really teaches, not what you think it does.

[LiteKeeper]

Oh, you guys don’t even know. You’re attributing bad motives to another, and that’s inherently sinful.

Could you elaborate on your assertions, please?

[AlaskaErik]

I left Catholicism behind me almost 40 years ago and I’m never going back. Not ever.

[Pyro7480]

More fully, “Attributing bad motives to others when I could not certain of their motives” is a sin. People only do that out of envy and pride.

[LiteKeeper]

More fully, “Attributing bad motives to others when I could not certain of their motives” is a sin. People only do that out of envy and pride

Interesting, you have just done what you accuse me of doing. You, according to you, have just sinned...you have accused me of bad motives, including "envy and pride."

I was simply saying that there are many reasons for being a Protestant, and not a Roman Catholic. I find it very strange that a Pastor who is supposedly trained in the Bible and Protestant theology would make the kind of statements he made. That is my opinion as a pastor-teacher who has been teaching the bible for almost 30 years. To say that I have sinned, and that my motives can be attributed to envy and pride, is to make yourself guilty of what you accuse me of. I am evaluating his position and statements as a Bible teacher...what are you doing?

[vladimir998]

Uh, where EXACTLY did the author show any “emotionalism” as opposed to “solid Biblical teaching”?

[Pyro7480]

Interesting, you have just done what you accuse me of doing. You, according to you, have just sinned...you have accused me of bad motives, including "envy and pride."

Oh, give me a break. You asked for an explanation of my statement, and then you apply it to me? I was responding to your statement that his article was a "delusion," and my point was "how the heck do you know?"

[OpusatFR]

“I was simply saying that there are many reasons for being a Protestant, and not a Roman Catholic.”

Really... and I have flying pigs for sale, cheap.

You said “Delusional.”

You made a judgment about not only his mental status which is something I won’t do without having someone in front of me, you also implied his decision was based on emotion and not reason.

That’s a lot of presumption. Thank goodness you didn’t have the temerity and hubris to judge the state of his soul.

[livius]

A very unusual and interesting account!

[Dr. Eckleburg]

I left Catholicism behind me almost 40 years ago and I'm never going back. Not ever.

Post Tenebras Lux.

Congratulations. As God wills. 8~)

[Dr. Eckleburg]

Uh, where EXACTLY did the author show any "emotionalism" as opposed to "solid Biblical teaching"?

LOLOL. From the very first sentence...

"If you grew up Catholic, it may be difficult for you to relate to those who profess faith in Jesus but whose stomachs turn at the thought of being Catholic..."

Very "solid" and unemotional. LOL.

[OpusatFR]

LOL!

He’s stating a fact, not emotion.

Ask the Rev. Paisley in Northern Ireland.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

Rev. Paisley knows how to construct sentences and even whole paragraphs without resorting to bodily functions for emphasis.

For balance...

EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF PROTESTANT STUDIES