Tag: Bible

  • From Darkness to Life: Roman Catholicism in My Family

    Both sides of my extended family have been Roman Catholic for at least hundreds of years. My parents were raised Roman Catholic. My Daddy was an altar boy in the Latin Mass (before Vatican 2). Through God’s mercy and sovereign grace, my parents are Elect. In college they repented of their sins, and believed the…

  • Roman Catholics Conflate Justification With Sanctification

    LET’S CLARIFY MERITIVE AND SALVING A response to Catholics who say they are saved by faith and that good works are not salvific and meritorious. Your denomination teaches that the practice of good works is necessary for salvation and that the Christian under the influence of grace deserves for himself and others the graces to…

  • The Lord’s Supper: The Real Presence of Christ

    I used to believe in the Real Presence of Christ in the Lord’s Supper (communion). I now believe the Lord is present, but not in a physical way, rather it is spiritual. Communion is spiritual food to nourish our souls. I held to the Roman Catholic view that during consecration the bread and wine become…

  • Divorce

    Sadly, I am a child of divorce. My parents divorced in 1989(my mother initiated the divorce) when I was 13 years old. They had been married for 16 years. The breakup of our nuclear family had a devastating effect on me. To be honest, I must admit that now even 35 years later, the sting…

  • A Tale of Authorities

    When defining doctrine, we Reformed affirm Sola Scriptura (Scripture Alone) as our highest authority. It restricts us from tainting our interpretation of Scripture by adding extraneous sources of doctrine. Roman Catholics affirm Sola Ecclesia (Church Alone) contains the dual authorities of tradition and the magisterium (teaching authority). Scripture, tradition, and the magisterium are all equal…

  • Eastern Orthodoxy and Scripture

    Unlike us Reformed Protestants, the Eastern Orthodox (EO) place their phronema (collective consensus over time), which is merely the fallible traditions of men, to a place of preeminence. This is an extremely dangerous position to be in. The EO do not have the corrective force of Sola Scriptura (Scripture Alone) to guide and safeguard their…

  • Salvation: One Way or Many?

    The prevailing and dominant position among most people is that there are numerous paths to God and salvation. It teaches that Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims, Jewish, and others will be saved by living a “good life”, and God will judge them on the basis of how many good vs evil works they did. The truth is…

  • My Testimony: From Darkness to Light

    I grew up in a loving Christian home. My parents were both cradle Catholics who got born again in the early 70s, during the Jesus Movement – which started in the late 60s. My parents were Christian hippies. They grew out of that when we kids were born and they became regular Protestants. At a…

  • The Roman Catholic Church Laid Bare by Quotations

    The following quotes demonstrate the Roman Catholic church is a false and apostate church!!!! It is full of arrogance and hubris. The power hungry, lascivious, and vain popes have acted atrociously over the centuries. Roman Catholics believe in the church alone (Sola Ecclesia) and not the Scriptures as they should. These quotes are just a…

  • The Critical Importance of Sola Scriptura

    God’s revelation to man is mediated through the Scriptures. Our faith is predicated on the living Word of God, namely Christ Himself. He is the divine Logos Whom created the universe. Christ reveals to us all that He wants us to know and do (faith and praxis) through the Scriptures. The Scriptures (God’s Word) are…