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We've seen countless examples for years that some Roman Catholic apologists believe all preaching of the Gospel is tantamount to "belittling others."

Thank God for the rules of the FR Religion Forum. Or there would only be one "religion" and one practice preached and all else would be seen as "belittling others."

There is one God and His one Catholic Church, but many religions, of which the OPC is one. I'd say that those who follow all these arcane practices of men which have multiplied since the Reformation are not belittling, but rather, belittled themselves. There are many on here who claim to preach the Gospel, but on closer observation, they preach not the Gospel, but snippets of, say, Paul and Isaiah. Jesus Created His Church and preached His Gospel to the fledgling Church and to the masses. We preach the Gospel of Jesus, which gives many Reformed and others here apoplexy. The Gospel of Christ is that preached by Christ, not by any Tom, Dick or Calvin. Repent from the ruins of the Reformation and the rubble of the Restoration.

Yes, mercifully Christ instituted church and shepherds His flock. Members of that flock are found in a variety of denominations where they follow the word of God which tells them to pray to the Triune God alone; to worship Christ in gratitude for His finished work on the cross; and to look to the Scriptures as their only rule of faith and practice.

Sadly, some have a real problem with that. Instead they pray to statues of dead people and call their pastors "another Christ" and believe in a superstitious alchemy regarding the Lord's Supper and even go so far as to confer the title of "co-redeemer" on a simple Jewish girl.

Christianity is so much easier than the papacy tries to make it. Thank God we have been given ears to hear only Him and not Rome.

"Be not afraid; only believe." -- Mark 5:36