Yeah, it's been around, but, man, it just makes me hope I never make a mistake like that one...

Catholicism

Last week on visitation I witnessed to several Catholics. At the end of our 2 hour visitation I ended up debating a Catholic guy for just over an hour, thus making visitation 3 hours that day (oh, no!). The conversation began with me asking if the guy (who's a youth director at a Catholic church) if he knew for sure if he was going to heaven. He said no and that no one could know. I asked him if I could show him a verse and he said sure. I took him to 1st John 5:13 and emphasized the "know" (just like how you know your name) and "have" (present tense). The guy seemed kind of awestruck for a second. Then, as most debates.. er... uh... conversations do, he changed the subject a few times, but we always made it back to salvation and the surity of it. I asked him how long forever, eternal, and everlasting were and he agreed they were forever, eternal and everlasting. Then I asked him, if 1st John 5:13 says saved people HAVE eternal life, how can you stop something that's eternal? Anyway.... the teen that was with me said that the conversation sounded like a Kent Hovind debate (www.drdino.com). I stumped the guy numerous times by continually going to the Bible (which, he said was God's inspired Word, but doesn't give us everything we need for living), but I couldn't convince him (not that you can when first talking to someone).
My question is this: What are the best verses or best way to convince a Catholic that their belief in salvation is wrong? Do you break their trust in the church first? Do you just give them continual verses on the subjects discussed like I did (which he admitted later caused him to doubt some)? What are your experiences?

Sometimes, the world gets it better than the christians get it...

Thanks be to the Lord Above!

The angels are having a party tonight. I had the privelege of leading my son to the Lord while my wife led my daughter. My son got saved first at 9:03 and then my daughter at 9:08. Thank God we aren't super strict with their bed times!

Performance Pleasing

How do we please God? Have you ever thought about that question? I mean I have heard all kinds of sermons on and read a lot of thoughts on it, but really it is a question that should echol in the heads of every christian, shouldn't it?

I have a lot more thoughts on it, but I will mull them over a bit before I post them.

I can't blog

Well... Here goes. I've never blogged before. I might have once when I set up my first Myspace account (have I mentioned how much I hate Myspace now?). Now, I've pondered and pondered what to blog about. I could go anywhere from parents wondering how their teens got so worldly (and it's because the parents are a worldly influence) to a trustee in the church talking bad about you to literally everyone in the church. But... MAN... you guys sound so intelligent when you talk about things. You are my heroes. I'll blog another blog in a while. I think the parent and trustee statement I previously made is starting to turn some wheels. :)