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Why do I, an evangelical who has successfully sued the Catholic church, vigorously defend the biblical basis for their distinctives? Well, there is an old Indian saying, "Walk a mile in another man's moccasins and you'll agree with him." There is a grain of truth in this hyperbolic saying...

Taken, let me ask you 2 pointed questions: (1) Can you give the date of the closure of the New Testament canon? Nope! (2) Can you identify even one list of precisely the 66 books of the Protestant Bible prior to the Reformation? Nope! So I guess we just have to trust the role of the Spirit...

Exactly what is the benefit of authentically speaking in tongues to the blessed seeker? In 1 Corinthians 14 Paul says, "He who speaks in tongues edifies himself" and then adds, "I want you all to speak in tongues (14:4-5)." Yes, he qualifies this with his preference for prophesying because of...

Enoch111 "No. "hamartia" was falsely inserted into the text to support the false teaching of the Catholic church. The correct word is "paraptoma" = faults." LOL, obviously you neither know Greek nor own a standard Greek dictionary. If you did, you'd learn that, though "paratoma" can mean...

Cassandra: "I believe that quote is "Confess your faults to one another", not your sins." No, the Greek word is "hamaria," the standard Greek word for "sin." Cassandra: "Now, if i am attracted to so and so, and I tell another church member about it, even though I did not act upon it, it will...

Grace, if you want to criticize Catholicism criticize them for having too large a tent. Not only do Catholics believe that believers outside the Catholic church can be saved; they even believe in the possibility of being an "anonymous Christian," that is a redeemed righteous pagan who doesn't...

marks: "My understanding is that CC requires confession to a priest or you are not saved. Isn't that so?" Nope, Catholics are content to let God be the Judge. Catholicism even has a concept of "anonymous Christians" according to which righteous pagans might be saved apart from the absence...

The point that EG continually ducks is that, just as "born of water" (John 3:5) is presented as a condition for entering the kingdom of heaven, so baptism and faith are presented as conditions for salvation in Mark 16:16). The latter verse clarifies the former. Being born of out amniotic...

Numbers 23:19 New Living Translation God is not a man, so he does not lie. He is not human, so he does not change his mind. Has he ever spoken and failed to act? Has he ever promised and not carried it through? — First, Num 23:19 says God is not man. But Jesus Christ is both man and God. Why...

Christ4Me: "I know that believers say there is no perfect church but yet we are to correct one another in Christ's love and if the individual believer refuses to listen and even to repent before the whole congregation, then he is to be excommunicated from the assembly." But how do we know when...

marks: "Required to be saved? That's been my understanding of CC teaching. Is that correct? This is considered sacramental, and as such, is a required act? I find justification in the cross, not the confessional. That's Biblical" Hope! Regular confession is not optional if one wants God's...

In the evangelical church of my youth no less than 3 pastors got on trouble for inappropriate sexual behavior! Fundamentalist sexual misconduct is appallingly common, but irrelevant to the merits or lack of same of their theology. You are committing 2 standard fallacies of apologists untrained...

Enoch: "You may imagine that this is so, but you really have no solid grounds for your Catholic priesthood," "Your Catholic priesthood?" LOL, I'm not even Catholic; I'm evangelical--and I have even successfully sued the Catholic church. I'm just pointing out their superior understanding of...

(2) PRIESTLY ABSOLUTION Most evangelicals view forgiveness solely as a direct transaction between the confessing believer and God with no human mediation. So they freeze like Bambi in the headlights when confronted by Jesus' teaching that church leaders must play an active role in mediating...

Much of the fundamentalist screed directed against Catholics here consists of mindless unbiblical generalizations. These fundamentalists lack the integrity to actually study the biblical basis for Catholic doctrinal distinctives and practices. Informed Catholics might justifiably issue this...

In my life miracles rivaling any in the Gospels tend to happen in an unexpected series over a short period of time (e. g. Leonard's late son Jeff retuning from the dead to drive his Dad towards Rochester, NY, to reassure him that he, his wife, and 2 children were together and OK after dying in a...

Since in Mark 16:16 Jesus identifies baptism as a condition for salvation, He righty takes for granted that His hearers would understand "born of water" the same way. I repeat: much to your chagrin you cannot find a single example for the use of "born of water" in any other sense. What is...

Sigh! Both Christ4Me and Pinseeker are victims of the eternal security heresy, which can easily be refuted by a blizzard of texts. I'm reminded of my youth during which a mega-church Baptist preacher's approach to his altar call in which he bellowed, "If you come forward and accept Christ as...

Taken: "Natural birth IS one being born out of a water sac. Jesus simplified it saying; BORN OF WATER." You ducked my challenge to find a single reference to the ancient use of the phrase "born of water" in that sense. Jesus said more than simply: BORN OF WATER, Jesus expressly revealed that a...