He's a "Bible Believing" pastor. When I come to him with a question about faith, his answer ALWAYS is... "Read Matthew, or look in the Psalms..." THEN he says what he thinks. He constantly turns me back to the Bible, again and again.
>> He's a "Bible Believing" pastor. When I come to him with a question about faith, his answer ALWAYS is... "Read Matthew, or look in the Psalms..." THEN he says what he thinks. He constantly turns me back to the Bible, again and again. <<
Sure. And if you ask him whether we are saved by faith or by works, I bet he will point you Romans. But will he point you to James?
"It is through Faith, not Works, by which he was saved."
-- St. Paul.
"Faith, without Works is dead"
-- St. James.
Many, many years ago, Catholics settled these debates among themselves. So they quit trading scripture verses, and instead cited the councils where they came to a consensus about such quabbles. That doesn't mean that Catholic beliefs are not based on scripture.