Why Catholic?

I don’t know if any of the guys are Old Life will respond to this, but I can imagine what they will think if they think anything about this short post. 

Maybe they won’t say or think anything!  After all, it’s not all about me. 

I have saved a number of my comments from that blog because it helps me think through some of the issues raised.

You know, there is a lot of tension on the blog, but as I have said a couple of times. At least we are talking and not shooting one another. That is a huge step forward.  

We better get all our disagreeing done down here, because there won’t be any need for it in Heaven. It really will be all about Jesus then. 

The Little Mermaid

Posted January 12, 2016 at 12:39 am | Permalink

Okay, I will address this to everyone if anyone cares to read it. Brother Hart wonders why I joined the Catholic Church. 

It’s pretty simple. I couldn’t defend Protestant ecclesiology anymore. John 17 and Ephesians 4 and 5 contradict the harem “thing” that Protestantism has going on. That is, Christ has one Bride, not many. 

I couldn’t ignore the “onsies” of Ephesians 4 anymore or Jesus ‘ High Priestly prayer, either. Then there were all those little leftover Bible passages that no Protestant interpreter I ever heard knew what to do with – like “upon this rock I will build my Church.” 

So, it was Scripture. Believe it or don’t. 

There is more to it, but that is what it boils down to. There are more Scriptures than that as well, but those are the ones that I could no longer ignore or explain away. 

I have said many times how much I appreciate all the Protestant Bible teachers and preachers I have sat under. I have nothing but gratitude in my heart for those who shared Christ with me. 

I just had to go home.