Credit goes to Insight Scoop where I saw this link from Return To Rome blog. (The blog of Francis Beckwith, former evangelical returned to the Catholic faith)
This story is almost a year old, but I first heard about it on Catholic radio last week, on the Catholic Channel on Sirius, Across the Nation with Bob Dunning.
I don’t wish to mock those Christians who are dispensationalist, even though there is no warrant, either in Tradition or Scripture for their fanciful end times theories, but I have to admit I had a belly laugh at this one.
http://www.mainstreet.com/article/lifestyle/all-dogs-dont-go-heaven-post-rapture-pet-care
John Martignoni’s latest newsletter, taking on the vitriolic anti-Catholic Mike Gendron reminded me of something that struck me the last time I read his newsletter on the same topic.
A core element of the doctrine of purgatory and also of merit and indulgences is the distinction between punishment due to the guilt of sin, and the temporal punishment that may quite likely be a result of that sin.
Here’s an article regarding the Kenyan constitutional vote upcoming;
http://www.cisanewsafrica.org/news.php?id=4605
It seems the Catholic(?) Vice-President of the U.S. would like to bribe the Kenyans into a constitution that would support abortion. The man will have a lot to answer for one day.
Here are some of our Catholic Kenyan brothers and sisters. I like this one;
They love to praise God. Let us pray for them, that they can resist the abomination of abortion in their constitution.
Here’s a fascinating look from a very articulate and plain-spoken man who converted from Calvinism to the Catholic Church. He brings something unique to the discussion, in my opinion, which I have not seen brought into focus, and which caught my eye and ear. First the discussion with Fr. Mitch Pacwa and Dr. David Anders.
I think back and realize that in the course of my life, for the sake of brevity and short-hand shall we say, somewhere along the way I fixed a time point of my own conversion experience, my own “born-again” experience in my youth, growing up in an Evangelical Protestant home. There is a time Continue Reading »
I have wondered why it is that I like this piece so much. Listening to it once more I begin to wonder if it is the fact that the voices are balanced, unlike many chorale pieces.
I had thought it was simply because of the basso profondo but it is more than that. The deep bass voices are there and prominent but I think the beauty is in the way they are balanced with the tenors, altos and sopranos. So much of chorale music stresses the high tenors and sopranos.
I suppose to me this gives a more rounded feel of the human voice and there is nothing as beautiful as the human voice in music. That is why the a cappella chorale is the best.
Here’s another that I love because it features an alto soloist who I find amazing.
The reason I am returning to this issue of Sola Fide is because I recently received John Martignoni’s latest newsletter, and it contains a link to the following video.
But what I found interesting is the novel way that he approaches the Scripture passage James 2:26. (We’ll include the verse of contention #24)
[24] You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone.
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[26] For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so faith apart from works is dead.-RSVCE
Here’s a comment from Steve to our post “Why Was The Cross Necessary?”. I wish to highlight it because he hits upon something that has bothered me in the past, having come to the Catholic Faith from being raised in a Baptist home and having had the Evangelical experience and all that entails. First, here is the comment; Continue Reading »
