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Well, he's a Protestant/Muslim/Anti-Catholic. (Remember, his pastor for many years was the Protestant Rev. Jeremiah Wright, seen "spreading the good news" here:
Posted on 02/18/2015 3:24:56 PM PST by NYer
I do not observe one day any differently from any other. If one has a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, everyday is Christmas and everyday is Easter. If someone wants to observe days differently, let them be firmly convinced in their own minds, just do not insist that anyone else needs to do it too.
This should be viewed as a good sign that Our Lord is starting the process towards the unity of Christian believers.
Hey, at least its not as messy as Tatbir.
Congrats and God Bless!
Riiiiggggghhhhttt! And they don't broadcast what they are doing nor put those ashes center on their forehead either right? Nobody even notices that Catholics do that nor hear from them about it right? You all do it in secret right?
Matthew 6:16 "When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 17 But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, 18 so that it will not be obvious to others that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
Do as you wish. I just let people know what God thinks of it.
Thus you are saying that God does NOT want his word and the salvation of our souls given to us by His Son spread throughout the world?
Or are folks confusing the idea of Jesus’ message and the warning from God are separate and that God’s warning does not apply to those who follow him?
Half Protestants? Really? Did they all pile off a Prot bus or did you ask each of them.
They were probably the A&P Catholics. The ones who show up for ashes and palms.
Hey, what are you doing spreading that freedom in Christ stuff?
Don’t you know that you’re supposed to be doing it their way?
Speaking of traditions...
Whatever happened to the Dove as the Christian Symbol of Peace?
LOL The wedding ring thing is what the apologists use pretty regularly ey? God said not to use their practices in how they served their gods in how they serve Him. Can you describe for me how your wedding ring is used in your service to God? Does the Catholic Church require it to be saved or to worship God?
That would be the approach Paul taught wouldn’t it.
I’ve heard of an attendance surge at Christmas and Easter but never for Ash Wednesday and Palm Sunday, LOL.
Why are you spreading it throughout the world if, according to the Catholic Church, those who have never heard are saved anyway?
The crows attacked em. They do balloons now.
The term fundamentalist came from a turn of the 19th to 20th century reaction to liberal churches and theological universities.
It is based on what are called the 5 fundamentals.
There are five fundamentals of the faith which are essential for Christianity, and upon which we agree:
1. The Deity of our Lord Jesus Christ (John 1:1; John 20:28; Hebrews 1:8-9).
2. The Virgin Birth (Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:23; Luke 1:27).
3. The Blood Atonement (Acts 20:28; Romans 3:25, 5:9; Ephesians 1:7; Hebrews 9:12-14).
4. The Bodily Resurrection (Luke 24:36-46; 1 Corinthians 15:1-4, 15:14-15).
5. The inerrancy of the scriptures themselves (Psalms 12:6-7; Romans 15:4; 2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:20).
Don’t know perhaps you agree with at least 4 of the above.
What makes you think these Protestants are using catholic ashes??
I suspect they are only using Real Protestant Ashes
Don’t you know that you’re supposed to be doing it their way?
LOL, roger that. I know there are some who cringe at Christian liberty, thinking we are getting away with something. As I say, if people want to observe days differently. That is fine. That is called Christian liberty. Just don't insist that I need to do the same. 😇
I noticed Ash Wednesday is a Western church practice. The Eastern Orthodox don’t do ashes to start Lent.
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