Catholics and Justification

I found another great source of theological discussion online. The White Horse Inn. The website is here: http://www.whitehorseinn.org/.

I just listened to a fascinating discussion about the Catholic understanding of justification entitled, Roman Catholics and Justification.

http://www.oneplace.com/ministries/The_White_Horse_Inn/archives.asp

This topic of Catholic and Prodestant views of justification in one which I know little about. It made headlines recently when Frank Beckwith, former president of the Evangelical Theological Society, reverted back to Catholicism. The reason he sited was the doctrine of justification. He believed the Catholic explanation to be more Biblical than the Prodestant view. I did not know much about the Catholic view other than the straw men and charactertures that Evangelicals can create when talking about such topics.

I would have told you that Catholics believe that we must work to be saved and our merits are what save us before God. However, after listening a bit to this interview, I think that is a vast oversimplification of their ideas. I would love to do more exploring on this topic.

Guilianni

How could an intelligent man actually say these words.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRwAzoIQEyU

Wow! I am speechless. Guilanni will never get my vote.

Ron Paul's Economics

I am fascinated by Ron Paul's attitude toward the Federal Reserve and monetary policy fascinating. Check out these links. Tell me what you think.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8pLpI5rzKI&NR=1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVCStbbIvDg

Over affirmed

I think I have been over affirmed for my life to this point. I have always had people telling me what a great person I am or what a good job I am doing. It has made me too reliant of compliments of people to my overall sense of worth.

I had the epiphany when my boss gave me a compliment that I did a good job and it made me feel really good. In fact, it had way to much of an impact on me.

My affirmation should come from Christ. He alone is where I need to get my worth. My worth is because of the great God that I serve and the fact that I am his child. His greatness elevates me and gives me value.

Just a thought.

Random Media Intake

So I love to interact with different kinds of media. From TV to movies to radio podcasts to random articles on the Internet to sermons. It is pretty random sometimes. I figure I will start posting what I am listening to and some brief thoughts about the media.

Last night, I watched Scrubs on NBC. The show's main theme was that JD needed to grow up and start acting like an adult. He said something like 'I used to always think that you grew up by just getting older, but know I realize that it is a conscious decision and takes work.' I have often thought this exact thought and agree with this comment. So what does it mean to 'grow up?' I still don't know the answer to that question, but a big part of it seems to be not complaining about your life all the time and just doing what has to be done. There are countless things that must be done in life that aren't fun and exiting, but just have to be done. A child will refuse to do these things and instead go do some things which is fun. An adult just does what needs to happen without complaining. Just some thoughts.