My family and I were just talking about the great whore called roman catholicism and how John marveled at such a thing (revelation 17). This is the hard part, I think, is pausing briefly time to time to reset, to recenter and become aware that we’re in the very presence of God, and that His spirit is active around us and through us, in essence. Your logic implies that anyone who grew up Catholic and then converted to Christianity would also be a terrible person. Psalm 71:22 He’s a country artist. So unless you are willing to listen rather than speak, to ask questions rather than make statements, to invest in my salvation rather than tell me I’m hellbound and leave it at that, we’re done here. Their main point of departure (i.e. David T – I’m not saying it’s about us looking within and trusting our own heart when I say it’s about the heart. It has not yet been done. These faulty theologies deny the sufficiency of Christ, relying on man to complete His FINISHED WORK. 2:8,9, ‘For by GRACE are ye saved’… No decision, no inviting Jesus into your heart, no method of simply choosing Jesus is found in God’s word. As a Catholic I believe strongly in predestination and in the Elect, but I am wondering if you are able to say with certainty that God desires to Save me? So what that David Crowder appreciates St. Francis of Assisi. The thing is, if you truly knew what the Roman Catholic system was like, you would find what David Crowder was doing an abomination. You cannot mix truth with error and end up with a modified truth.
Anyhow, I hope this has provided good insight to the issues at hand, and I look forward to any future posts! Maybe that is not your intention, but in our dialogue I have felt like you’ve attacked whether or not I am a Christian simply because my theological leanings don’t match up with yours. May they stand as a sustained example to the believers. David Crowder and Francesca Battistelli are Christian music artists trying their best to follow wherever God leads them to create, even if they end up somewhere unexpected. Personally I don’t think you can win someones heart by shouting at them that they are heretics. I myself turned away from God for 10 years as a teenager because of attitudes similar to many of those projected on this site. I am now 32 years old and I regret getting the tattoo. This doctrine by the way, makes no claims that Mary gave birth to the eternal nature of God the Father, but rather the God born of our time, Jeus, at the incarnation. whoever you are, you asked me a question and so i’ll answer it. SEPARATE from the world, not like it. There’s two places that I point to for myself when doubt’s a killer: I look backwards. “Come, Let Us Use the Grace Divine,” UMH 606
You’re just keeping the balls in the air and keeping your hands open to what the Lord may have. The point of my statement was to say that the Sacraments themselves are “of grace,” that they are a means of receiving that grace by which we are saved. So as long as God doesn’t tell me that is a sin to worship Him with the electric guitar, I will continue to do so. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will com in and eat with him and he with me.” Obviously we have to open the door, we have to ask for forgiveness, we have to accept that he is willing to do something in our life. How does my teacher’s Just For Men beard give God glory? I don’t even know the word, just overcome by the whole experience. The info is given for your consideration. the laws, policies, and common practices of the Church, like the language of the Mass and priestly celibacy) have changed throughout the centuries, but never doctrines (such as the doctrine of the Trinity, the resurrection of the body, the Immaculate Conception, etc.). David Crowder and Toni Crowder at the 4th Annual KLOVE Fan Awards at The Grand Ole Opry House on June 5, 2016 in Nashville, Tennessee. Telling someone how they are doing everything wrong, but not telling them about God’s way or his forgiveness and grace would be a disservice to that person. Dean B. McIntyre is the director of music resources for the General Board of Discipleship. I mean c’mon, no way you can say that everything St. Francis stood for was Catholic as opposed to Christian. Taya) 0:45. I want to share what God told me this morning on my way back from work. Yet, in Assisi’s time, there was no church but the Catholic Church; the Protestant Reformation (which I’m assuming Pilgrim agrees with) occurred after his time. After 10 years of having given up on hope and God it has been quite the interesting journey to turn around. Not one who understands concerning John 6:53, “”Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves.” I will use commentary from John Gill, ‘ He did not mean that this should be understood literally, for it was never done, and it is absurd to suppose that it was intended to be so understood. It was never a possibility. Crowder is a great Christian leader who had produced much fruit for Christ’s kingdom. Crowder says the recognition feels both welcoming and surprising at the same time. You see, I hoped for purgatory (where I would suffer for my sins) and then eventually heaven hoping the Masses on earth would “get me out.” Now, to address the positive contributions of CCM, I, like many others, have personal testimony to offer. Look under the new post “Instructions for the ignorant” and you will find the link I just posted, And JUST in case, anyone doubts where the Vatican stands on the heresy of Mary as the “mother of God”, I point you to their own words – The Heresy of the worship of Mary. “I don’t believe”… You need Milk first. And, I have another question as well. My parents both come from the Broadway musical theater world. When we sat down with Devon, he talked to us about his retirement from football, and the struggle he faced to reconcile who he was to himself and the people around him. Today David shares how his parents and growing up in church shaped his path, and how, through this latest album, he came to recognize the power of God’s spirit living inside each of us.
1. I’ve never once thought about how that’s a scary story to tell. I would also want nothing to do with that group. This is the hard part, I think, is pausing briefly time to time to reset, to recenter and become aware that we’re in the very presence of God, and that His spirit is active around us and through us, in essence. You’re put on a pedestal by people in society. You have also tainted yourself with the world. Paul’s point was that we cannot add to it. A fellow Christian and devout Catholic. From what I read, all of you who are upset that Crowder would draw inspiration from a Catholic are those people who believe that your denomination is the only one that is right, and all the other denominations lead to hell.
You defile your body and again I ask, what does it do to your testimony? Seriously, agree to disagree on this one. I can make an argument for either from a biblical stance, but I do contend that we must remain consistent. All Rights Reserved, Terms of Use | I have nothing, all has been taken from me and my wife. To me, what does that have to do with Christ? The book of Leviticus also speaks of the abomination of homosexuality, child sacrifice, etc. Nice, worldly blog you have there T Sheets…. As the Lord told the crowd of His day: “Enter by the narrow gate. My family will pray for you as you bring the Words of eternal life, calling men out of darkness and bringing them into the Light of Christ’s Gospel. 5) CCM should be sharing the WHOLE truth of Christ in all its offense–not man-pleasing. Yeah, no kidding! If a man is proud in declaring truth that needs to be repented of for sure. “so do you think it is a sin today to eat blood, blood sausage, or blood putting?”. That about says it. I encourage you to read this article to better understand John 6: http://calvinismisthegospel.com/?p=1268, Dude… there’s nothing wrong with this sentence from Crowder: And that’s my whole journey.