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John Piper on “Correcting” the Apostles Creed

Apr 9th, 2012 | By | Category: Blog Posts

Sadly, leading Protestants such as John Piper and Wayne Grudem are ready to bring scissors to the Apostles Creed: On Good Friday, Jesus told the Good Thief crucified alongside him that “today you will be with me in paradise,” according to Luke’s Gospel. “That’s the only clue we have as to what Jesus was doing […]



How Will the Catholic Faith Change Your Marriage? (Part 6 on Becoming Catholic)

Jan 26th, 2012 | By | Category: Blog Posts

Most adult Protestants are married and value marriage. Nevertheless, Protestants are adamant that marriage is not a sacrament. Hence, Protestants and Catholics have a fundamental disagreement over the nature of marriage. So then, one of the most neglected considerations regarding a conversion to the Catholic Faith is how it will affect your marriage. How?



Going to Confession: How it Works (Part 5 of Becoming Catholic)

Jan 24th, 2012 | By | Category: Blog Posts

For Protestants, the most unknown aspect of Catholic devotional life is confession. Unless you’re Catholic, you cannot experience it. A Protestant can attend a Catholic baptism, confirmation, wedding, ordination, and Holy Mass; however, he cannot attend a confession or know what it’s like until he actually makes one for the first time.



Salvation Pinball & the Devotional Life of Catholics (Part 4 of Becoming Catholic)

Jan 22nd, 2012 | By | Category: Blog Posts

Yesterday we examined difficulties that Catholic converts experience in the context of family life. Today we look at how how your devotional might change when you become a Catholic. What would change?



What Would Your Family Say…If You Became Catholic? (Part 3 on Becoming Catholic)

Jan 21st, 2012 | By | Category: Blog Posts

For the last two daily posts, I’ve shared personal aspects of becoming Catholic. Today I move to one of the most difficult parts of that decision, the judgment of your family. For most people, this is the largest obstacle to becoming Catholic.



How Catholicism Made Me Socially Aware (Part 2 of Becoming Catholic)

Jan 20th, 2012 | By | Category: Blog Posts

Yesterday, in Part I, I shared how I became Catholic in my heart during a Holy Mass with Pope Benedict XVI. Today’s story is less exotic. It happened about a year before I visited Rome and it happened in Fort Worth, Texas.



Becoming Catholic in My Heart (Part 1 of Becoming Catholic)

Jan 19th, 2012 | By | Category: Blog Posts

This week is the week for Christian unity. I hope to daily write a brief post about key moments in my journey that pushed me over the edge. I’ll begin by admitting that becoming Catholic is very difficult. For some, it entails for losing their jobs. It can cause deep marital strain and stress. Grown […]



Does God Predestine Infant Baptisms?

Jan 9th, 2012 | By | Category: Blog Posts

When I was a Calvinist, I began to call myself a “Reformed Catholic.” I wanted to be Reformed, but I wanted to take the church and the sacraments seriously. Of course, if one follows the Westminster Confession, he cannot hold to an Anabaptistic understanding of sacraments. He is bound to hold that the sacraments have a sort of […]



Seven Sacraments and the Westminster Confession of Faith

Jun 10th, 2011 | By | Category: Blog Posts

In Chapter XXVII of the Westminster Confession, we read the following: IV. There are only two sacraments ordained by Christ our Lord in the Gospel; that is to say, Baptism, and the Supper of the Lord: neither of which may be dispensed by any, but by a minister of the Word lawfully ordained. This statement […]



Pope Pius XI Addresses the Federal Vision Controversy

May 19th, 2011 | By | Category: Blog Posts

Pope Pius XI Addresses the Federal Vision Controversy. Alright, not exactly, but His Holiness comes pretty close in his 1928 theological defense (in Mortalium Animos) of the one and only Church Christ founded. In paragraph six, he explains why the Church of Christ must be a visible and united communion and that it cannot be invisible or […]