Hey there guys. Been awhile, and it appears that only J.P., Mike, and occasionally myself are the only ones using this blop space. What is up? I know we are all busy, but lets make some chatter.
I applaud the Catholic Church. Why you ask? I applaud them much in the same way that Mikey gave some Kudos to Rick Warren. The Catholic Church made a bold statement the other day, and it made its way into the news. The said that they will never condone homosexuality (or admit gay priests into thier churches) and that they oppose women ministers and abortion on all levels. This astounds me that in the wake of so much controversy surrounding the Catholic Church (i.e. molesting priests) that they continue to focus on their long standing positions of scripturally sound doctrine (in those areas that I have just listed). Now I am not saying "All hail Catholics" or anything like that. What I am saying is here is a church the in spite of all that is going against it, it still holds to their convictions. It doesnt let the outside world dictitate to it what is considered "acceptable and right". Even though the Catholics miss the boat on a lot of doctrine, you have to commend them for thier perserverance and not doing the popular thing. Too many times I read in the paper about another Baptist, Methodist, Episcopal, Assembly of God, Presbyterina, Lutheran, etc church that has allowed another womer pastor into its flock, or married another gay couple, or profess to be gay and everybody is OK with it. When are we going to start taking stands on these issues? It will be a sad day when the protestant faiths all but falter to the ways of man just for the sake of what society tells it what to believe. Any thoughts or comments are welcome on this topic.
And for the record, I am not praising the Catholic Church in any way regarding thier faith, doctrince, or gospel of salvation. They truly are at odds with what scripture says on those issues. I.E. as Mikey said, "The purpose driven life is still a crap book" LOL.
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I was telling a congregant the other day that though the idea of a pope is not scriptural (so any choice of pope is ridiculous), conservative Christians are blessed that Pope Benedict XVI was the choice a little while back. Even in the Catholic Church, the winds of change still like to blow (especially after Vatican II), so getting a pope that is conservative on social issues is good. Several geographic areas where the Catholic faith is strong, namely Africa and South America, would have liked to see a pope from their area. Unfortunately, that would have meant a pope that would have probably been a liberation theologian and liberal on social issues, particularly homosexuality and abortion. Like nate said, we still think that justification by faith alone is the most important thing, but having one less group to fight on homosexuality and abortion, etc., is a good thing.
Unfortunately, there are a lot of catholics that don't pay attention to the pope and believe counter to him. Ultimately, it is still a fight for the hearts and minds of individuals, on justification in Christ and the life of the unborn.
I leave for two weeks, and we resort to applauding the pope???
Well if that is what it takes to get DRock to post here, then;
I was reading the Apacrypha the other day...
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