Iâve been wondering, a lot, if the reason for this is the absence of the Holy Spirit.
But then there are those who donât believe and yet arenât blind, so ⌠there is clearly something thatâs missing if itâs in the right direction.
Not sure what it could be, or if Iâm just wrong.
Good point. The absence of the Holy Spirit is definitely not helping.
My coworker comes from an Irish-Catholic family and even sent his son to parochial school. He got his ex-wife pregnant (she was just a young single office clerk at the time) with that boy while he was working on-site in Indonesia. I suspect she used him as a free ticket to America, and it all went down hill from there.
My good friend has been a man-whore for 30 years and only recently settled down with a nice lady. He grew up Catholic and occasionally goes to church, but he's never had any guilt over his dozens & dozens of past "conquests".
I donât think itâs the last step like a lot of Protestant churches seem to walk in (not as far as speaking generically, but in terms of specific action items), but it does seem like a good first-of-two steps.
No, I've only heard of it in the past couple years. Most Catholic masses are a few bible verses and then the Priest's interpretations as to how we can follow Jesus's words in today's world.
I wish my church had a more encompassing Bible Study group where we could bounce ideas off each other. I've learned A LOT from the BEMA Discipleship Podcast with Marty Solomon. Probably more than all my years in CCD and church.
Baptist and Methodist do the same thing. It was extremely frustrating growing up. âAm I here to hear Godâs commands or a manâs opinion?â
There are some really good resources out there, but Iâm reluctant to recommend a lot of them just yetâŚ. They require a different foundational mindset than we are accustomed to and I am still working out how to explain it. Frankly, I havenât really tried to do so very much yet.
Iâve had Christ in Prophecy, Wallbuilders, and Lance Wallnau recommended to me.
Iâve been wondering, a lot, if the reason for this is the absence of the Holy Spirit.
But then there are those who donât believe and yet arenât blind, so ⌠there is clearly something thatâs missing if itâs in the right direction.
Not sure what it could be, or if Iâm just wrong.
Good point. The absence of the Holy Spirit is definitely not helping.
My coworker comes from an Irish-Catholic family and even sent his son to parochial school. He got his ex-wife pregnant (she was just a young single office clerk at the time) with that boy while he was working on-site in Indonesia. I suspect she used him as a free ticket to America, and it all went down hill from there.
My good friend has been a man-whore for 30 years and only recently settled down with a nice lady. He grew up Catholic and occasionally goes to church, but he's never had any guilt over his dozens & dozens of past "conquests".
Does Catholic teach the Roman Road?
I donât think itâs the last step like a lot of Protestant churches seem to walk in (not as far as speaking generically, but in terms of specific action items), but it does seem like a good first-of-two steps.
No, I've only heard of it in the past couple years. Most Catholic masses are a few bible verses and then the Priest's interpretations as to how we can follow Jesus's words in today's world.
I wish my church had a more encompassing Bible Study group where we could bounce ideas off each other. I've learned A LOT from the BEMA Discipleship Podcast with Marty Solomon. Probably more than all my years in CCD and church.
Baptist and Methodist do the same thing. It was extremely frustrating growing up. âAm I here to hear Godâs commands or a manâs opinion?â
There are some really good resources out there, but Iâm reluctant to recommend a lot of them just yetâŚ. They require a different foundational mindset than we are accustomed to and I am still working out how to explain it. Frankly, I havenât really tried to do so very much yet.
Iâve had Christ in Prophecy, Wallbuilders, and Lance Wallnau recommended to me.