⛪ Tradition-minded, #Bible -believing #Catholic - #Christian convert; #TLM ; Former member of #COG ("Church of God" -- a.k.a. Armstrongism); CONTACT ME through the SimpleX link provided.
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Last Notes npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic Father, I saw your blog posts on your home page. I will be subscribing to the RSS feed. I liked the one about homilies. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic When Jesus spoke from the Cross, "Behold, your mother," shoulld we believe it was an irresponsibly last-minute arrangement for Mary's fincial security? npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic It's the same grace to me that does the work of justification and sanctification. I can (could) resist both. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic Would you say grace also sanctifies us? npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic You don't have a disposition to resist God's grace? npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic It's for sure my main driver, on my desktop. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic Very frustrated with myself. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic *...run out of reasons NOT to become Catholic... npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic I see. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic That's one thing I don't like about group Bible studies amongst laypersons. I can't stand going around a circle and sharing "what this verse means to me" (and no one can ever be wrong). npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic Elaborate, please? npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic I've grown in my appreciation of him a lot over the last year. Still only halfway through his Confessions. Still reading it. So good. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic I met R. W. Schambach several years before he died. My employer at the time in East TX sold their property to Schambach who bought it to be his new world headquarters. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic ... said none of the apostles. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic 🙏🙏 npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic True, true. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic It's many times easier to believe one can randomly guess the seed phrase of Satoshi Nakamoto's Bitcoin address in one try than to believe the physical cosmos came into existence from non-existence -- without an Uncaused Cause, an Uncreated Creator, outside of the cosmos. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic I certainly do! npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic I guess I'm asking the purpose or meaning of those temporal things you just mentioned. All those things will soon (enough) come to an end. Will those things have served a purpose once they're all gone? npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic When all is said and done, when you and your wife and kids and friends are dead -- what will it all have meant? What do you see as life's meaning and purpose? npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic *If it's true that there is NOT a... npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic One hundred percent. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic Yes, with their contradictory views, at most there can be only one true religion. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic I did my best to keep it simple for anyone who thinks all religion is stupid. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic Singing songs of praise in a "worship service" is not the highest form of worship. It's not even necessarily worship in all cases. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic It's okay to make artwork out of clay or whittled from wood or fashioned of metal. We see it everywhere. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic False religion is stupid. True religion is...true. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic If the religious Jews of today oppose the kingship of Jesus Christ, then we should treat them just like infidels, heretics, and pagans. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic This morning I had a strong desire to pray the rosary well. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic You're right, except the verse does not demand that the bishop be married. Otherwise St. Paul himself would not qualify. Neither would Jesus -- the Bishop of our souls. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic Let us rejoice and be glad in it! npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic Best I can tell, Sage is a bot. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic National repentance is the only sane "solution." npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic Yet at first it's so hard. But worth the "pain." npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic 😆 npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic Poetry at least needs to rhyme, right? 😄 npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic You're just taking a random jab at the bishop of Rome rather than addressing what was said. Weird response. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic If the apostle Paul needs to tell Christians to "work out your own salvation with fear and trembling" (Philippians 2:12), then how much more serious is the situation for souls who are not Christian? npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic This is how we can participate on Team Jesus. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic Yes, and since Jesus is doing the work for our salvation, we have to give him our sins every day so he can forgive and sanctify us. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic During times of distress and war and violence and instability, we don't need to freak out. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic Before the 1960s and 70s, EVERY Catholic was a "Traditional Catholic," whether a good one or a bad one. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic An insightful prayer from my morning prayer book: npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic We don't try to rationalize with those who are irrational. But we reason with those who are reasonable. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic Who, me? Why? npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic Since an atheist doesn't accept the authority of Scripture, Bible condemnations are utterly unhelpful in his or her case. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic There are problems -- some greater, some smaller -- in fully siding with npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic IS ECUMENISM BAD? npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic Jesus did not build his church to become a glorified Book club with live on-stage bands and breakout sessions. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic Christ is King, and Mary is his Queen Mother. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic No! Only Jesus is our intercessor -- we don't need saints in heaven or on earth to pray for us! npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic Of course I need the Great Physician. That's why I'm Catholic. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic Excellent! You must be Catholic? 😉 npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic I like George. Always courteous and helpful. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic Did you reply to the wrong post? You didn't say anything about my comment. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic To summarize, isn't it fair to say that images are not evil in themselves, since God has commanded their use even in religious settings? npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic Exodus 25:18-19 (KJV): npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic I probably should not have commented. Sorry. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic A coworker said, npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic Is it wrong to have images of ourselves, family, or loved ones? npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic Excellent follow-up is straight from Bishop Fellay: npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic An excellent explanation of the current and broader crisis in the Church: npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic "[T]he love of riches is an insatiable hunger which so tortures the soul by the ardor of desire that it does not find solace even when it obtains what it covets. The acquisition of wealth causes great fatigue; the possession of it brings great fear; its loss occasions great sorrow." npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic I think of what it be like for me 50,000 years from now. Even just 50 years from now. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic A non-denominational preacher, whose biggest disagreement with Catholics centers around our "legalistic" view of #salvation, tells me an interesting view of his own. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic It's one hour for me to a diocesan TLM, and almost 45 min. to a very small SSPX. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic What I've seen is very much like a Protestant service -- to the eyes. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic It's always weird going to a Novus Ordo Catholic parish (like I did today due to weather) while accustomed to the Traditional Latin Mass: npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic Why do some say that when Christians go to heaven, they are no longer concerned about earthly affairs and therefore don't pray for us? npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic Through careful theologizing and precise explanations, Catholics and Protestants can find a way to agree that we are "saved by faith alone." npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic God is not old. He just always is. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic "Therefore, you correct little by little those who trespass, and remind and warn them of the things wherein they sin, that they may be freed from wickedness and put their trust in you, O Lord." npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic I shared that with a few friends. That's really good. Thanks. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic I tried to explain Christmas was pagan to my first grade teacher. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic Baptism does not take the place of grace. It IS grace -- and a channel OF grace. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic How can the Christian be assured of eternal life? npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic If we as Christians have eternal security (i.e., are "once saved always saved"), then why should we ask for God's forgiveness when we commit a new sin? npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic I still reflect on how shallow my former religion was: npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic Beautiful. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic If the Church started as an acorn and over time grew to be a beautiful oak tree, it doesn't seem right 2000 years later to chop off limbs in a supposed effort to look more like an acorn or anything else. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic It might help us to see Christmas for what it is and to think of it accordingly if we stop using the word "Christmas" for a while - - and instead use a longer, more descriptive name, such as: npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic This is the first I've heard of Ventoy. I had to look it up -- it looks great! Thanks for mentioning it. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic If the Apostle Paul was #Protestant, he would have started his own church. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic Jesus did not die as our Substitute; he died as our Representative. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic Beautiful. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic There is no Christmas without Jesus being born of his human mother, who of her own free will said, "Let it be done to me according to your word." npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic It's encouraging to hear that the OCIA class at the Cathedral in Toledo, OH, is the largest its been in decades. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic I'm 51 years old, prospering and in good health. I have an awesome wife, and we have NO children. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic Use your imagination and consider what it will be like the moment after your death, even when your body is still warm. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic I will pray for his soul and for your consolation right now. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic It goes very well with the bestselling "Ignatius Catholic Study Bible," which is a favorite amongst Bible-believing Catholics everywhere. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic Funny, because I've been through many Catholic Bible studies. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic The Catholic Church has no problem with translating Scripture into different languages as long as they aren't heretical translations. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic I was a "King James Only" guy until I read the Protestant writer James R. White's book entitled "The King James Only Controversy" in the mid-1990s. It changed my whole view in one weekend. Really good. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic That's good. I've never experienced too many good Bible studies with Protestants and nondenominationals, because many traditional Catholic interpretations tend to be rejected by nondenominationals. I hope that hasn't been your experience. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic In doing good works, Catholics do not suffer from an irrational fear of possibly daring to earn their salvation. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic Jesus will not be referring to our employer's HR policy handbook when we face our personal judgment. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic To me it's odd when I hear Protestant Christians say they love nothing more than talking with each other about the Bible. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic Stay humble and stack #indulgences. npub1f3e4cqqewe3wx5q3h72mlmh3k28yzyvpxz753pl98ul9w0a5u0vss98zls The COG Catholic I do not 💯% disagree with that.
