Just wanted to say...

[EyezOFire]

You guys rock ! :clap:

I wish more Catholics and Protestants could come together as brothers and sisters and just worship the Lord.

That would be pretty cool :thumbsup:

[CatholicFlame]

Yep that would be so awesome Eyez. I think that Peaceful Dove knows alot about this because they have shared praise and worship up where she lives in California.

Peaceful can you tell us more about what you guys do there?

[Peaceful Dove]

You guys rock ! :clap:

I wish more Catholics and Protestants could come together as brothers and sisters and just worship the Lord.

That would be pretty cool :thumbsup:

Who says we can't???

It is up to you and me. It is just that simple.
I have gone to Vineyard and worshiped with my brothers and sisters there and some of my brothers and sisters from Vineyard has come and worshiped with us.

The same has happened with the Assemblies of God.

We are children of God.

The thing is, we cannot let the enemy rob us. Can we?

When this thread first started, the biggest thing I prayed for was that it would be open to everybody and it would be NO DEBATE.

We need to learn how to dialogue, not argue and debate. We have been arguing and debating for a few hundred years. Nothing good has happened.
Dialogue in prayer, love and respect is what causes things to happen.

[SisterKatie]

:wave: EyezOFire..

You rock too.. don't you?

Where do you come from and how did you
come to know Jesus?

Yep the Holy Spirit is one of Unity :groupray:

[HisKid1973]

PD ..I had to debate you..I STRONGLY disagree with this statement > "We have been arguing and debating for a few hundred years. Nothing good has happened."


People have be arguing and debating MUCH longer than that....;)

[EyezOFire]

Yeah we are all standing on the same rock, and we are all connected.

[Peaceful Dove]

Yeah we are all standing on the same rock, and we are all connected.

I am really happy to see you here. Vineyard has awesome music. Bet you could find some great music videos!

[Catholic Christian]

Pax vobis from
the Catholic Crusader

I would like to share an mp3 link:
http://www.bringyou.to/ScottHahnBAM1990.mp3 (http://www.bringyou.to/ScottHahnBAM1990.mp3)

This is a protestant "Bible Answer Man" radio show (from 1990) and the guest is Dr. Scott Hahn, who is a Catholic, and also Professor of Scripture & Theology at Franciscan University of Steubenville.

It is a great example of a Catholic sharing his faith with non-Catholics in a charitable way. Of course, Dr. Hahn is a fantastic speaker, and I think everyone should take an hour to relax and listen to this. You will enjoy it.

(* although the sound quality is not the best, it sounds okay in my iPod.)

Peace Be With You

[CatholicFlame]

Thanks Teddy,

I will have to listen to this in a little while because this computer I am on does not have a working sound card. But I will listen to the program.

peace be with you

[angelsgirl]

I love seeing Catholics and Protestants getting along.
I hate the prejudice that each side has against one another...
My mother cried when I told her I was converting to Catholicism, said she would never be ok with it and that she thought i was doing th wrong thing. That was horrible to go through. All this cause she had some bad experiences with Catholics as a young person.
Slowly she is beginning to realise that catholics aren't the spawn of satan and there are actually some pretty committed and God loving ones out there.

So I am all for Catholics and Protestants getting on!!!

[HisKid1973]

[quote=angelsgirl
So I am all for Catholics and Protestants getting on!!![/quote]

I'ts all about knowing Christ and having a passion for Him..He transcends any name we add before "christian"..

[MoNiCa4316]

You guys rock ! :clap:

I wish more Catholics and Protestants could come together as brothers and sisters and just worship the Lord.

That would be pretty cool :thumbsup:

I agreeee!! :amen: I always feel so sad when Christians fight with each other; like at the General Theology forum. :(

[angelsgirl]

I agreeee!! :amen: I always feel so sad when Christians fight with each other; like at the General Theology forum. :(
That is a scary, scary place... I don't even go there anymore! :eek:

[CatholicFlame]

I try to walk in peace when talking theology. Otherwise I end up getting caught up in the bitterness of debate.

I would rather remain at peace and be a bringer of peace. God asks nothing less of us.

It is okay to discuss theology though, just only in the peace of Christ.

[EyezOFire]

Exactly... Probably one of the main reasons I dont post much in the spirit filled charismatic forum, too much debating.

[MoNiCa4316]

Exactly... Probably one of the main reasons I dont post much in the spirit filled charismatic forum, too much debating.

You mean the WoF vs non WoF? LOL.

[MoNiCa4316]

That is a scary, scary place... I don't even go there anymore! :eek:

yea it's really sad down there :( sometimes I'm tempted to go and debate :doh: but it's not good for me LOL.

[MoNiCa4316]

I try to walk in peace when talking theology. Otherwise I end up getting caught up in the bitterness of debate.

I would rather remain at peace and be a bringer of peace. God asks nothing less of us.

It is okay to discuss theology though, just only in the peace of Christ.

:thumbsup:

[EyezOFire]

:wave: EyezOFire..

You rock too.. don't you?

Where do you come from and how did you
come to know Jesus?

Yep the Holy Spirit is one of Unity :groupray:
Well it's sort of a long story, but when I truely gave my life to God it was in January of 2004- I was smoking weed with opium near a creek bank and I heard the soft still voice of God tell me to "Throw it away" so I threw the weed in the water, then I heard him say "Go home take all your drugs and throw them away." So I did, then I started to cry because I thought I was going crazy, because I was hearing voices. Well I went to this cemetary near my home and pointed my finger to the sky in anger. and I said God if your real prove to me you are real, then this wind blew out of nowhere. I thought maybe that's a coincidence so I said it again, God if you are calling me prove to me you are real, as soon as the words came out again the wind came and started shaking this tree I was looking at. So I said okay God if your calling me, I will follow you 100 percent. Well I called a friend of mine who was a Christian and told them what I had happened to me and they invivted me to go to a Bible study with them that night, so I went and when they started to pray. I just started to pray and they laid hands on me and I got filled with the Holy Spirit. At that moment I had a burning sensation on my lips, I was crying, and for the first time in my like I had peace in my heart and I felt loved. The next day at my job I started telling everyone about Jesus and what had happened, and I would cry right there when I told them. A man who is a pastor that worked where I worked, heard I got saved and he said, every time I would pass by him God would tell him to pray for me. That he was about to do something in my life, then he said how God had showed him what was going on in my life and started naming things. I just cried.. Because I never spoke to this man not once, only God could've told him those things. So ever since then- I have walked with Lord, but he later reveled how he was walking with me. I got saved at 12 because I was afraid to go to hell. I realized at that age I was a sinner and I needed Jesus.I fell away in my teen years and got into the Gothic subculture. I was involved in drugs and I dabbled in witchcraft a little bit. But since that day in the cemetary I have been completely set free from drugs, drinking, smoking, cussing, and pornography. All of which I was addicted to. Jesus literally ripped the desire out, and I tured and seperated myself from the old crowd I used to run with. My idol was music- I had around 150-200 Cd's. I was listening to Marilyn Manson at first then got involved in more of the blatantley Satanic underground death/black metal bands from Europe. I took most of my cd's broke them, or threw them in the river, and I burned them in a 50 gallon barrel. - That's most of my testimony at least the major points

[CatholicFlame]

Hey Eyez, you aren't alone. I used to sing in a death metal band. I sang songs about there being no God and alot of other horrible things.

But you know, the Lord changed my life and showed me that I was so wrong about Him and about life. I got rid of all of my cd's as well. But I sold them and gave the money to a poor guy sitting outside of the music store. Boy that was some day. Many things have taken time to change, and I really believe that my whole life God was leading me step by step to Him. He still is.

[Peaceful Dove]

What a beautiful testimony.

You know, God loves us most when we are lost. That is our Good Shepherd.
He must love parties because the Bible says there is a huge huge party in Heaven for just one sinner who comes home. We should be having parties in the Church here on earth too, don't you think.

You deserve a Prodigal Son medal.

[Peaceful Dove]

YOU TOO CF!!!!
I didn't know that about you.

[CatholicFlame]

Ug, yeah.

It is so weird though, it is like now I am making up for all of those bad words that came out from my mouth in a way by preaching for the Lord.

I once say a vision of myself a loong time ago near the early years of my turning from that life. I saw myself preaching on the bus! I know that God has planned me for ministry yet I used my gifts for evil. Now, thanks be to God, I have been given a new life with Him.

[Peaceful Dove]

Someday you will write a book called "Death Metal to Priest". (Sort of like, "Playboy to Priest") and it will be a runaway best seller in all Christian Book Stores.

I will write the Introduction for you.