[Mad Dawg]

I am really sick and tired of trying to "build a bridge" between Pentacostals and Catholics.

Just as the counter-dependent child shows his dependence by continual contrariness, so SOME (not all) Protestants see their primary task not obedience to the great commission but forever making clear that they are not Catholics.

Yes it is tiring. Satan does not like for us to have energy. So, we must turn again and again to Jesus, who is our life, and then, consoled and comforted, turn back to the task He gave us.

[betty boop]

Yes it is tiring. Satan does not like for us to have energy. So, we must turn again and again to Jesus, who is our life, and then, consoled and comforted, turn back to the task He gave us.

Indeed, Mad Dawg — that is the best thing we can possibly do.

Contention only distracts us from what we ought to be doing.

Thank you ever so much for writing!

[Dr. Eckleburg]

Just as the counter-dependent child shows his dependence by continual contrariness, so SOME (not all) Protestants see their primary task not obedience to the great commission but forever making clear that they are not Catholics.

It's always a joyous surprise when any Roman Catholic references the The Great Commission.

"...All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen." -- Matthew 28:18-20

So we are commissioned to preach and teach the truth. And in knowing the truth we thus discard and deny the errors.

Wherever and whenever they may sprout.