Posted on 04/22/2015 2:34:02 PM PDT by RnMomof7
AMEN Old Yeller!
In any event, we would all do well to be more civil to one another across denominational lines. That is particularly true when we perceive ourselves to be provoked.
God bless you and yours.
THAT settles the debate then.
And those who believe are made perfect through Christ. No further suffering or pennance needed. Christ is sufficient.
It was once asked, if you could choose just one book of the Bible to have in your position, and none other were available, what would that book be?...I could only narrow it down to two, and that with difficulty...but for me it would be the Book of John or the Book of Revelations. I cannot yet choose between the two.
Showing someone where they are in error using Scripture is NOT “bashing” anyone.
Oh ..now that’s an interesting remark....do please enlarge on that. I’m interested. Care to “teach”?
That is a GREAT question! If I had to choose, it would be Ephesians. To me the most wonderful letter from God to us ever put down in writing.
So give us an example of using Scripture to correct both what you consider “bashing” and “not bashing”.
Because when someone says that the Catholic church is wrong because Scripture teaches thus and they are accused of “bashing” then there’s nothing left to do but not use Scripture and I’m pretty sure that’s just what the enemy would like.
I saw your post that you had some numbers on this? What are they and how did you arrive at them?
As you know, most of the posts right now that are critical of the Catholic Church are coming from RnMomof7. Prior to her posting so frequently, which began a few months ago, there were far more threads of the “here’s why Protestants are wrong,” and “I’m a former Protestant” type than threads critical of Catholicism.
One thing for sure, though, is that there are far more Catholics personally attacking Protestants for posting articles critical of Catholicism than the other way around. It’s exactly like the homosexual lobby. Anything critical of the Catholic Church can’t be tolerated. Something to be considered is that Protestants consider God - God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit - to be perfect. And we consider God’s Word to be perfect. We do not, though, consider a church or the church on earth to be perfect. But Catholics do, and that leads to all sorts of twisting, lying and lack of forthrightness, humility, and integrity in order to protect the Catholic Church - as if that somehow pleases God, when God says that He shows no partiality. Even though it’s only supposed to be some very narrow things about the Catholic Church that are infallible, nobody is quite sure what and just about everything and everyone associated with it gets defended, right or wrong, or something wrong gets dismissed as just individual conduct or old news or exaggeration or the messenger is blamed for reporting the bad news. There’s the attitude of the defense attorney and “of course my client is innocent.” But the things that serve the Lord are the unvarnished truth, justice, and humility - not reflexive contortions to defend people and institutions because they are in “His church.”
Hey, BG, are you going to now complain about “bashing” when your fellow Catholics compare other Christians to Lucifer and call them names?
Are you going to be an equal opportunity complainer?
Or does that only go for those who use Scripture?
Count me in on that.
I do hope he can do it without “bashing” though.......
I’d pick Ephsians from the NT and Isaiah from the OT.
Me too! I’m in!
YEP, you’re exactly right: Ephesians and Isaiah. GMTA, mm!
Thanks; my former Pastor and Bible School Teacher will be so happy.
Did it hit a nerve close to home?
But .. before the Wedding will be “The Final Harvest”.
“... the fields are white unto harvest”.
They say the flak is thickest when you’re over the target.
Christ died for our sins.
But we have to do our part too.
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