So as I read Exodus 1-3 prior to Moses' burning bush experience, a few things stuck out as interesting:"But the midwives feared God...And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families." 1: 17, 21 - I never realized till I looked in the notes of my "Scholarly" study bible and saw that the Midwives weren't Hebrews, they were Gentiles/Egyptians and they feared God and he … [Read more...]
Monergism and Romans 3:23-28
I was reading my Grandpa's Bible that was given to him in 1946 when he married my Grandma. It's an old King James with all his written notes. I was also listening to Tony Evans tonight who I love, what a great Protestant Preacher. And I've been at the point where I constantly think 'i'm going to hell' so I opened up at Romans. I read this passage:"For all have sinned, and … [Read more...]
The Church Against the Nazis
I've always been taught that Hitler was a Catholic and that the Catholic Church practically smiled upon the Holocaust or at least mindlessly acted as a puppet signing agreements with the Reich government. But I was reading today Pope Pius XI's Mit Brennender Sorge - "With Burning Concern" and it's very interesting to realize that it was the last message of the Pope read in all … [Read more...]
Enjoying the Day
I'm just sitting here enjoying the day and celebrating my liberty. I have another 10 hours or so in the day and I'm doing well. I'm reading all about Hitler and the Third Reich and the history of Germany etc because I've never read about it alot and never found it super interesting, but it really is. Then I think I'll put on some pajamas when everyone leaves and read some … [Read more...]
This Last Year
"We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope. " - Martin Luther KingI have had a bad year. I'm much more depressed, 40 pounds heavier, and more confused about the future. Things have been hard this year.But on the positive side, things haven't been all bad. I've found a good Church, I'm becoming Catholic which makes me happy, I've learned more … [Read more...]