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Michael038
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Is it ok to listen to an evangelical preachers tapes?
I agree. Generally, if they are televangelists and have their own network, I don’t watch. Their is an organization in Orange County (I’m in Los Angeles) that has a big network and begs for $ contantly. They preach that if you send them $ then God will bless you with more $!!! The Los Angeles Times did a big story on them with photos of their mansions, private jets, etc. I know there are lose organizations of people who watch the channel and, when they see a big plug for donations, they take turns calling in the the 800 number to keep it busy so fools won’t be parted from their money so easily.I think listening to someone like Billy Graham would be harmless enough, but unless a person is strong in their faith and understand the Bible pretty well, I’d stay away from any with an anti-Catholic bias or are targeted to proselytize Catholics. These sorts generally twist Scripture, torture history, and outright lie about Catholic teaching in order to lure Catholics away from the faith.
I have so many Catholic tapes to listen to that I can’t imagine wanting to listen to non-Catholic preachers.Perhaps I am just too biased from the cultic influence of my youth in within a very conservative Baptist church to see any value when there are men like Fr. John Corapi or even Fr. Stan Fortuna (francescoproductions.com) where he has distilled messages from his hero, the Late, Great, JPII and our current Holy Father. He also distills the Theology of the Body into six minutes of rap called “Say YES to Sex” an unlikely title coming from a CFR, but he really does a great job with humor added in, no less.