Posted on 03/24/2014 10:59:55 AM PDT by JSDude1
Just curious, but I (as a non-Catholic Christian) just want to ask any Catholic friends on here, if you at times personally (or even in a Mass/Church setting) ever use ANY Protestant made media that glorify Jesus (and by extension his apostles and the Old Testament saints)?
Do you ever listen to "Christian" music that was created by evangelical Christians, and played on such radio networks suck as K-LOVE, or ever read/watch any sermons by evangelists/pastors such as Bill Graham (and family), John Piper, etc..
Do you ever use Protestant produced Bible-studies?
I know that for myself, I HAVE Obviously watched such classic Christian movies such as Jesus of Nazareth, and The Passion (which were obviously Catholic produced films), and have caught your ETWN network from time to time (though I don't agree with the theology sometimes).
Just curious..
J.S.
The Methodist church of my childhood used some Catholic modeled rites like conducting communion as Catholics do.
The Pastor at that time had been a Catholic priest.
I get on my knees to pray every night.
Of course.
I, as a baptized Catholic who now attends an Episcopal church, get the feeling from your post that you are questioning whether Catholics are “catholic”? I get the notion that you think Catholics, in order to really get the idea of Jesus, should be reading and experiencing evangelical “productions”, if you will, to truly get the message. Am I right?
Yes, all the time. We listen to TBN and Daystar. We have been to the Glory of Christmas and the Glory of Easter presentations at the Crystal Cathedral. We have seen Joel Osteen, Joyce Meyer, and others in person and watch their programs. My personal favorites are John Hagee and Hal Lindsay.
We attend Mass usually twice a week. But we do get tired of hearing stuff about “social justice” and allowing illegals citizenship. We see nothing wrong with being successful and certainly nothing wrong with limited government and free market capitalism.
PFL
C.S. Lewis' Abolition of Man is a commonly recommended, and read, text.
Pusey's translation of St. Augustine's Confessions remains popular.
And I'm sure many Catholic children watch Veggie-Tales.
This Catholic draws from many sources. I have many well-read books in my library from Dr. Charles Stanley (First Baptist Church in Atlanta) and try to catch his radio program. I admit to regularly watching Joel Osteen’s late father (John Osteen) on television long ago, and got quite a bit from his preaching during some very dark times. I have many CDs of what I guess is called ‘contemporary Christian’ music from folks like Michael W. Smith (one of my favorite musicians period). And I try to catch radio replays of Mother Angelica from time to time...I always found her wise and inspiring.
Personally, Yes.
Do you ever listen to "Christian" music that was created by evangelical Christians, and played on such radio networks suck as K-LOVE, or ever read/watch any sermons by evangelists/pastors such as Bill Graham (and family), John Piper, etc..
Again, yes. While not used in a Mass setting, we often use music from Third Day, Casting Crowns, Mercy Me, Matthew West, David Crowder Band, etc. at our youth and Praise and Worship events. On a personal note, I don’t go very long without listening to something from the Gaither Vocal Band while in the car.
Do you ever use Protestant produced Bible-studies?
I have in the past. I was in a Bible study group that used “Theology You can Count On”. Unfortunately, I don’t remember the authors name.
I know that for myself, I HAVE Obviously watched such classic Christian movies such as Jesus of Nazareth, and The Passion (which were obviously Catholic produced films), and have caught your ETWN network from time to time (though I don't agree with the theology sometimes).
Our movie collection contains, Joshua, Fireproof, Facing the Giants, Flywheel, The Bible Mini-series, as well as The Passion, The 10 Commandments, and a few others.
Just curious..
Hope this helps…we (Christians) really do have more in common than what we are first led to believe; the most important of these being our Love of Christ and an acceptance of Him as our Lord and savior.
It’s a simple question my friend (in theory) and in what Jesus and the apostles have said we SHOULD be one Church (those who are actually “born of the spirt” John Chapter 3), I am just curious.. that’s all!?
I VERY frequently use the KJV Bible to demonstrate that many/most Catholic teachings exist even in their edit versions.
When my bride and I got married, we sang “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God” by Martin Luther, right out of the Catholic missal.
The priest just about had a fit he was laughing so hard. There were a few words changed, but most of my relatives bellowed out in true Mo Lu style.
Folk mass in the 70s was all Protestant songs...
When it comes to family, work colleagues, neighbors and friends, mature Christians can and should treat each other with respect and not try to win our points with anger or self-righteousness over Christians of other denominations; rather, softly espouse our own view once, and then change the subject to how we can all best focus on The Great Commission of converting the uncoverted.
As it says in 1 Corinthians, "for now we see through a glass darkly..." Even great theologians disagree on small points: but the main and overwhelming point is our miraculous salvation in Christ through the Cross, and the forgiveness, mercy and peace that comes from accepting Him.
Answer to your question is No. None at all.
Amen to that! Same here!
Bible Study OTOH isn’t how Catholics roll.
There is an official curriculum: CCD (Catholic Christian Doctrine) which pretty much drives all theology studies.
What/who is an “old Testament saint”?
Don’t you know that Catholics are unsaved religious zealots who worship statues as idols and also believe that Mary is a god?
They are plotting to have the Pope made President.
They have already taken over the Supreme Court with 6 of the 9 justices being Catholic. Along with the other 3 Jews they plan to suppress all the Constitutional rights of the Protestants and Muslims.
They also don’t believe in the Bible and have secret rituals in foreign languages.
And they double park and squeeze toothpaste tubes in the middle.
We have to fight and defeat them.
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