My sisters Erin and Emily. I am not sure why I post this but I was missing them today.
Friday, March 14, 2008
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Books
Someone asked me about some literature that would help explain my crazy decision. So...ok.
First I would say read the Bible. Read whole books, whole chapters and see the beauty of God's plan for man since the fall in the garden.
Second, read Unabridged Christianity by Fr. Mario Romero, it is a good read that explains many matter of the Catholic faith that have been misrepresented and misunderstood.
Third, a good read would be Biblical Defense of Catholicism, Dave Armstrong.
Fourth, and my fav. Born fundamentalist, Born again Catholic by David Currie. Many of the authors who are now great writers for the faith were once ministers in various protestant churches. All of our stories are very similar. From the stirring to the reaction. But I like his because he wrote it soon after his conversion and he explains things in a light that was easy for me to understand.
Fifth, I would say read the Catechism. It is a large read so just try reading parts of it at a time. Be warned about reading it though. When I read it I thought I would prove the Catholic church wrong. There is more scripture and theology in one paragraph than anything I have ever read.
May the love of our Lord and Savior be with you all as you walk in His light.
First I would say read the Bible. Read whole books, whole chapters and see the beauty of God's plan for man since the fall in the garden.
Second, read Unabridged Christianity by Fr. Mario Romero, it is a good read that explains many matter of the Catholic faith that have been misrepresented and misunderstood.
Third, a good read would be Biblical Defense of Catholicism, Dave Armstrong.
Fourth, and my fav. Born fundamentalist, Born again Catholic by David Currie. Many of the authors who are now great writers for the faith were once ministers in various protestant churches. All of our stories are very similar. From the stirring to the reaction. But I like his because he wrote it soon after his conversion and he explains things in a light that was easy for me to understand.
Fifth, I would say read the Catechism. It is a large read so just try reading parts of it at a time. Be warned about reading it though. When I read it I thought I would prove the Catholic church wrong. There is more scripture and theology in one paragraph than anything I have ever read.
May the love of our Lord and Savior be with you all as you walk in His light.
Sunday, March 9, 2008
New...Ark of the Covenant
I got a post today that revealed a few things. First, it is the best interest of all that we move on. Second, we are being lied about and mis-quoted. Third, good people usually speak the most honest words. I respond to this only because I admire the faith of the person who made these suggestions.
Different topic...
I was blessed with the opportunity to go to a Bible conference yesterday. It was a view of the Old Testament's fulfillment in the New. Really neat stuff. I was very encouraged. One topic that stuck out more than others was the idea of the Ark of the Covenant. God dwelt with His people through this Ark. It contained the Word, which God was in (John 1). It contained manna, God's food for His people. As well it contained the staff of Aaron, a representative of the priesthood. (Where the Ark was, so was God's blessing and victory, because it was His presence with Israel. Read 2Sam. 6-7) All three of these were fulfilled in Christ. He became flesh and lived among us. He is the high priest and we eat the new food, His body, which gives us life. What about the Ark of the Covenant. Why did the Old Testament go into such great detail to teach us about God's presence in that Ark? We know Jesus fulfilled the contents aspect but what about the Ark...
How did Jesus come into the world?
Who was His Mother?
Revelation 11-12 shows us the throne room of God. We are told that John could see the new Ark. This was Mary. She was the bearer of God. She sat crowned in Heaven. I promise it's in there read Revelation 11-12. I had always taught that the woman was the church or something other than Mary. The problem is Jesus only had one Mother. The priesthood, the manna, and the Word made flesh was all fulfilled in Jesus. The instrument God used to bring Christ into the world was the new Ark of the Covenant.
I will write more about this later. I wrote this pretty quickly.
Peace.
Different topic...
I was blessed with the opportunity to go to a Bible conference yesterday. It was a view of the Old Testament's fulfillment in the New. Really neat stuff. I was very encouraged. One topic that stuck out more than others was the idea of the Ark of the Covenant. God dwelt with His people through this Ark. It contained the Word, which God was in (John 1). It contained manna, God's food for His people. As well it contained the staff of Aaron, a representative of the priesthood. (Where the Ark was, so was God's blessing and victory, because it was His presence with Israel. Read 2Sam. 6-7) All three of these were fulfilled in Christ. He became flesh and lived among us. He is the high priest and we eat the new food, His body, which gives us life. What about the Ark of the Covenant. Why did the Old Testament go into such great detail to teach us about God's presence in that Ark? We know Jesus fulfilled the contents aspect but what about the Ark...
How did Jesus come into the world?
Who was His Mother?
Revelation 11-12 shows us the throne room of God. We are told that John could see the new Ark. This was Mary. She was the bearer of God. She sat crowned in Heaven. I promise it's in there read Revelation 11-12. I had always taught that the woman was the church or something other than Mary. The problem is Jesus only had one Mother. The priesthood, the manna, and the Word made flesh was all fulfilled in Jesus. The instrument God used to bring Christ into the world was the new Ark of the Covenant.
I will write more about this later. I wrote this pretty quickly.
Peace.
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