Viewing protestant sermons and evanglisation content?

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Our Evangelical brethren can be quite foreful and much of what they have to say in the way of towing the line, etc. is fine, AFAIK. However, a steady diet of it might tend to make us overlook the other side of the coin–things such as mercy, compassion, thinking better of others than of ourselves. Some of their rhetoric can be a little too one-sided, IMHO.

Also, you run the risk of soaking up flawed theology, which may not seem all that bad, but over time can work its way into your thinking and overshadow the truths of our Catholic faith. I recommend Fr. Barron instead. He’s plenty fiery, but he’s completely orthodox, as well.
 
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Our Evangelical brethren can be quite foreful and much of what they have to say in the way of towing the line, etc. is fine, AFAIK. However, a steady diet of it might tend to make us overlook the other side of the coin–things such as mercy, compassion, thinking better of others than of ourselves. Some of their rhetoric can be a little too one-sided, IMHO.

Also, you run the risk of soaking up flawed theology, which may not seem all that bad, but over time can work its way into your thinking and overshadow the truths of our Catholic faith. I recommend Fr. Barron instead. He’s plenty fiery, but he’s completely orthodox, as well.
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I would have liked to write a response, but Della said it all so well that I’m left (as near as I get to) speechless. 🙂

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I guess I have to take protestant evanglisation content with caution, I think aslong as I stay rooted in the church that I will less likely to get moved from the truth.
 
I figure as long as you’re well versed in your faith, and as long as you can see that Protestant sermon for what it is, it’s probably okay. Others more familiar with church teaching on this kind of thing are more than welcome to correct me here. 🙂

That said, be careful. Like Della said, you run the risk of taking in some it in and inadvertantly replacing Catholic teaching with it. To be fair, those preachers mean well. I don’t doubt it for a second. Unfortunately their theology is dicey in a lot of areas, and you don’t want to end up doubting yourself and everything you’ve been taught all your life as a result.
 
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Hello,
For a little bit now, I’ve been viewing tons of christians videos from inspiration videos to testimonies both catholic and protestant.

But is there any catholic teaching on viewing and listening to protestant content, Because I find some protestant videos very inspirational. This is one of the videos I find amazing youtube.com/watch?v=wAxr-zJA19k&feature=my_liked_videos&list=LLZFzIoxQAbDUqWxUflbuxDA

Anyones views on this?
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This message that you find so inspirational is nothing new; The Catholic Church has been teaching it since I believe around 33 AD.

Perhaps what you find so inspirational is the way it is being delivered with the bells and whistles sort of speak. And, to be honest with you, I listened to this man Steve Lawson for about a minute and half and I couldn’t stand his hyperness and yelling. That is not my personal style of preaching.

As far as it being ok for Catholics to listen to, I suppose ok so long as this person is not an anti-catholic and his intentions are not to lead people out of the Catholic Church. Because that would be deceitful and not preaching the truth of Jesus’ Gospel message. I am not familiar with who he is. I prefer the style of Father Robert Barron and Father Michael Sears who you can watch on youtube.

Peace2U
 
Della said:
Our Evangelical brethren can be quite foreful and much of what they have to say in the way of towing the line, etc. is fine, AFAIK. However, a steady diet of it might tend to make us overlook the other side of the coin–things such as mercy, compassion, thinking better of others than of ourselves. Some of their rhetoric can be a little too one-sided, IMHO.

Also, you run the risk of soaking up flawed theology, which may not seem all that bad, but over time can work its way into your thinking and overshadow the truths of our Catholic faith. I recommend Fr. Barron instead. He’s plenty fiery, but he’s completely orthodox, as well.
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Della, yes you said it quite eloquently. Unfortunately, if you are a mislead Catholic to begin with and you were taught nothing about who God is or about your Catholic faith either by your parents or religious ed classes and your parents never really brought you to Mass on Sunday, and years later go thru a conversion and its thru a protestant church well their excuse for leaving is that they never learned about who Jesus was in the Catholic church in the first place, so that is why they don’t worship Him there and why they won’t return. Rather sad really.
 
WMichael said:
Hello,
For a little bit now, I’ve been viewing tons of christians videos from inspiration videos to testimonies both catholic and protestant.

But is there any catholic teaching on viewing and listening to protestant content, Because I find some protestant videos very inspirational. This is one of the videos I find amazing youtube.com/watch?v=wAxr-zJA19k&feature=my_liked_videos&list=LLZFzIoxQAbDUqWxUflbuxDA

Anyones views on this?
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WMichael, check out this link with some amazing conversion stories into or back into the Catholic faith. Really inspirational.

whyimcatholic.com/index.php
 
WMichael said:
Hello,
For a little bit now, I’ve been viewing tons of christians videos from inspiration videos to testimonies both catholic and protestant.

But is there any catholic teaching on viewing and listening to protestant content, Because I find some protestant videos very inspirational. This is one of the videos I find amazing youtube.com/watch?v=wAxr-zJA19k&feature=my_liked_videos&list=LLZFzIoxQAbDUqWxUflbuxDA

Anyones views on this?
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I wouldn’t do it. Their style of preaching is that way because they have nothing else. They have to attract a congregation based on personal charisma and a forceful message. Their church is not universal as is ours. And as everyone has already said, you are absorbing messages directly contradictory to our faith, even if you don’t recognize them to be. It takes a lot of theology to know what to watch out for. If you spend your precious time listening to Protestant theology, you will end up turned in that direction, believe me. Better to read our apologists or the CCC, and leave all the charisma of stage performing Protestants for their own adherents.
 
peace2u2 said:
Della, yes you said it quite eloquently. Unfortunately, if you are a mislead Catholic to begin with and you were taught nothing about who God is or about your Catholic faith either by your parents or religious ed classes and your parents never really brought you to Mass on Sunday, and years later go thru a conversion and its thru a protestant church well their excuse for leaving is that they never learned about who Jesus was in the Catholic church in the first place, so that is why they don’t worship Him there and why they won’t return. Rather sad really.
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Yes, it’s unfortunate that many Catholics were’t properly catechized in the last generation, so when they have an encounter with God (due to this kind of preaching) they may very well think the Church let them down. Marcus Grodi talks about kids sleeping through/being inattentive in catechism class and then saying they were never taught anything–there’s that element too.

In general, it’s best to avoid this emotion rousing kind of preaching by Evangelicals because emtions are not faith. Also, people can embrace a rather shallow understanding of what it means to live in faith, besides thinking it’s all up to them to live a Christ-like life, when the faith is much deeper and we certainly can’t do it all on our own. It’s no wonder people become discouraged when they can’t maintain discipline or don’t see the answers to prayer they were expecting. I saw a lot of people fall away from any sort of faith when I was a Pentecostal because of such factors.
 
WMichael said:
Hello,
For a little bit now, I’ve been viewing tons of christians videos from inspiration videos to testimonies both catholic and protestant.

But is there any catholic teaching on viewing and listening to protestant content, Because I find some protestant videos very inspirational. This is one of the videos I find amazing youtube.com/watch?v=wAxr-zJA19k&feature=my_liked_videos&list=LLZFzIoxQAbDUqWxUflbuxDA

Anyones views on this?
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I do to! Having a MIL and a Grandmother in Law who were Baptist and Born Again we have had a lot of discussions/disagreements etc. on each others faith. But you know what? We all have learned things from each other. We all respect each other. I have found some of their views to be really inspirational and they have found the Catholic faith to be inspirational. **I am a better Catholic because of the blessings I have been given having them in my life. **. Break the stereotypes!! If something gives you inspiration then go for it! I think we all can learn from each other.
 
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