The Perfection of Jesus (break out your Bible!)

[mark_a]

rschermer2:

My friends lovingly asked me questions about some of the Church’s teachings and I couldn’t answer them from scripture, I never memorized scripture you see, while scripture is read every Sunday and I know all about scripture to quote verses is not mine (nor is it I suspect any Catholics strenght unless they have converted to Catholicism.

Dig city. I am unable to memorize scripture. I can remember the meaning or lesson, though.

rschermer2:

…he said to me ‘never let anyone tell you that the Catholic Church is not biblical, if anything it may be too biblical’

Sure would like to know what that means!!

rschermer2:

Anyway, he recommended a book by Peter Kreeft called Fundamentals of the Faith. Peter is a convert to Catholicism and his book was very enlightening to me. Well from that point on I have been very interested in apologetics and have read as much as I can about church teaching. I’m by no means perfect but I’m learning all the time.

Anyway, I don’t know why I’ve told you that but I guess I just wanted you to know why and how I have come to this place.

God Bless,
rschermer

Your post is very encouraging to us “novices”.

 

[ahimsaman72]

rschermer2:

Well, I couldn’t agree more with what you say about knowing ones beliefs. If I may give you a little story.

I was born and raised Catholic, my parents never missed Sunday Mass with all four of us kids. I went to Catholic school from Kindergarten to Grade 13 (In Ontario we had Grade 13 at the time).

I continued to go to Mass every week not missing (well, missing the odd one but very very rare, even when I was on vacation and my friends wondered what I was doing looking in the phone book for the nearest Catholic church) anyway, the whole time much of it was out of habit.

I moved from Ontario out West and stayed with some very loving and kind protestant friends of mine. I would attend worship with them once in a while but it never took the place of my Sunday obligation to go to Mass.

My friends lovingly asked me questions about some of the Church’s teachings and I couldn’t answer them from scripture, I never memorized scripture you see, while scripture is read every Sunday and I know all about scripture to quote verses is not mine (nor is it I suspect any Catholics strenght unless they have converted to Catholicism).

I was giving in on some of the teachings as to me my 25 years of Catholic learning and participation didn’t seem to help me.

One day at work I was chatting with another protestant friend of mine who happened to be studying theology at a bible school. I said something (and I think it was about Mary) but then followed it with ‘ahh well that’s not really biblical I guess’. Well to my surprise he said to me ‘never let anyone tell you that the Catholic Church is not biblical, if anything it may be too biblical’. I’m sure he said that last part for effect. Obviously this friend was a very ‘liberal’ protestant.

Anyway, he recommended a book by Peter Kreeft called Fundamentals of the Faith. Peter is a convert to Catholicism and his book was very enlightening to me. Well from that point on I have been very interested in apologetics and have read as much as I can about church teaching. I’m by no means perfect but I’m learning all the time.

Anyway, I don’t know why I’ve told you that but I guess I just wanted you to know why and how I have come to this place.

God Bless,
rschermer

God bless you rschermer. I welcome you as my fellow Christian and pray you will be uplifted here and grow in your faith. Although we may have chosen different paths in a sense we have chosen the same Saviour - and that’s worth doing a dance for!:dancing:

Let’s learn together and praise God for the similarities we have instead of the differences. As PBS says, “It’s all in how you look at it!”.

 

[JesusFreak16]

martino:

Be careful stumbler; her Bible may not even contain the book of Exodus! Why would it?

Where do I even begin to respond to this? Many of you are trying to convert with without even listening to me or giving me respect. As a fellow Christian who has given you respect, could you please treat me as a fellow member of Christ’s family?
Short and seemingly innocent statements such as these only divide us and cause us to fight and become pridelful. Please reconsider your focus (hopefully your focus is Christ-centered) before you write like this again.

God’s Peace~
Lisa

 

[JesusFreak16]

rschermer2:

Lisa,

You know it isn’t very Christianly to lie. Given what you say about these ‘3 Catholic friends’ of yours I’m starting to think you either made them up or maybe they aren’t Catholic at all. You are being ridiculous, if you can give me one single legitimate Catholic writer who ever said Jesus sinned and Mary was perfect I would like you to, otherwise don’t believe your ‘3 Catholic friends’ because they are either lying or stupid.

rschermer

I have not lied. One of my friends used the passage when Jesus was angry and turned the tables over that were selling sacrifices to make a profit. Maybe they aren’t really truly Catholic, as they claim to be. I am willing to admit mistakes on my or their behalf, although all of the accusatory posts like this are making me feel hurt. Certainly it is also not “very Christianly” to say that I am rdiculous, of that my friends, however misinformed, are lying and stupid.

GOD’S PEACE
Lisa

 

[bemmel]

That’s completely right. Please don’t divide these boards into some anti-“insert religion here” group.

 

[JesusFreak16]

Anyone who wants to talk to me or wants me to reply to them, go to my last thread. I want to sort everything out because some people have hostile feelings towards me, and I want to resolve some issues.

God’s Peace~
Lisa