Monday, June 18, 2007

It's Just a Bible Study

The final question on Tiber's recent post is "So who is this Catholic Stealth Evangelist? I can't say, otherwise, I'd blow his cover!" This is in the context of a RC who sits in an "evangelical Bible study and "his goal is to always be able to "provide a answer for the hope that is within him." He doesn't advertise to the group that he is a Catholic believer but doesn't hide it either. Instead he just enjoys being able to give a more Catholic interpretation to Scripture in the hopes that others will see the beauty and truth of Catholic exegesis."

What is ironic is that now we have a RCs speaking about offering an interpretation of Scripture. Yet how many passages has Rome dogmatically defined? Since most of Scripture has not been infallibly interpreted, by definition he must read his particular understanding of Roman Catholicism into Scripture. Anyone who has discussed Transubstantiation and John 6 knows this all too well.

"So who is this Catholic Stealth Evangelist? I can't say, otherwise, I'd blow his cover!"

This sounds like the saying of Christ, "Wolves in sheep's clothing." In a day when most Evangelicals cannot define Sola Scriptura properly as we have seen Tiber do time and again, is it surprising that people who call themselves Christian, who use Christian terminology, who even use Protestant terminology while redefining terms, would be able to deceive so easily? Evangelicals are to the brink of thinking Mormonism is just another Christian denomination! Why are we surprised that the marked differences between RCism and Evangelicalism go unnoticed?

"In Haiti, when I was on a medical mission with folks from my previous church, a chat about the importance of works in our salvation based on James and Matt 25 was heartily accepted by 9/10 members on the team. Truth is Truth regardless of where it comes from, but seems easier to embrace when it's from a source that we are not knowingly opposed to."

This statement is a great example. Here are former Protestants actually trying to say that Protestants and Rome are saying the same thing. This is so shallow. Yet Protestants are shallow, therefore....

But hey it is just a simple Bible study...right? Where are the pastors!

2 comments:

TheFilmCritic said...

How 2 - "Where are the Pastors?"

Film - "South Dakota"

Anonymous said...

Nice try.