About to Catholics with Love

About to Catholics with Love

I became a Christian at nineteen. This was after going to a non Catholic church of and own while growing up and going to a Catholic school during my high school years. It was a radical change in my life and I experience our Fathers love in a way that changed me for ever.

I have spent most of my life working to draw people into an intimate relationship with our Father in heaven. As an evangelist it has been my goal to lead people into a saving, born again relationship with our Father through Jesus. As a Christian who is madly in love with Jesus and our Father, I have always strove to lead believers into a deeper intimacy with Jesus and our Father.

Whether working with Catholics or non Catholics there are always things that stand in the way of growing close to the Father. One is that it is hard for most people to believe that the creator of the universe really does love you individually and that he really does want to have a relationship with you. Another is the idea that I have to do good works to earn the right for Him to love me. One of the biggest hindrances is trusting in your church or pastor/priest to get you to heaven.

One of the big problems in both Catholic and non Catholic churches is when certain teachings of the church hinder your relationship with the Father. This is a little harder to identify in non Catholic churches because each congregation and denomination can have minor differences in doctrine. While this is true in the Catholic Church as well, there is a core doctrinal system that is consistent in most Catholic churches.

The biggest teaching or belief that both groups have is the idea that you can only be saved in your church or denomination. Your salvation and relationship with the Father is his to determine and his alone. Your church plays no role in salvation nor do you need it to develop intimacy with Jesus and the Father. Your church and Christian friends should encourage you in your relationship with Jesus a Father but not try to be in between you and the father.

As a non Catholic pastor and evangelist most of my work has been done among non Catholics. I have always had a heart for my Catholic friends and family and want to see them develop a close relationship with Jesus and the father just as I do with non Catholics. I have worked with many Catholics over the years and love every one of them. Many have come to know Jesus personally for the first time.

While working with my Catholic friends, I have noticed several teachings that hinder a person’s ability to draw near to the Father. I want the major focus of the blog to be on how to develop and grow with your intimacy with Jesus and the Father. I will also be have posts about the teachings of the Catholic Church that I feel hinder you in your relationship with Jesus and the Father. These posts are not meant to be an attack on your or the Catholic Church. Some of these posts will be challenging too many Catholics because they deal with long held beliefs. I will compare these teachings to the Bible (the teachings of the apostles) and the teachings of the early church (the Christian writers of the first three centuries of the Church). The most I can ask of you is to pray about these things and take a close look at what the apostles said about them.

It is my prayer and hope for your whether you are a Catholic or not is that you will fall deeply in love with Jesus and the Father and that that love will constantly grow.