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I had a theology professor who told me that Adam and Eve were just myths, and that the rest of Genesis was all just legends...is that what the Church teaches?

Absolutely not! The Church has always taught that Adam and Eve were real people and were the first human beings from whom all other human beings are descended. In 1950, Pope Pius XII, in Paragraph 37 of an encyclical entitled Humani Generis, states, "...the faithful cannot embrace that opinion which maintains either that after Adam there existed on this earth true men who did not take their origin through natural generation from [Adam] as from the first parent of all, or that Adam represents a certain number of first parents." In other words, the Church teaches that all humanity descended from Adam and Eve. They had to be real for that to happen.

Paragraph #38, states: "This [encyclical], in fact, clearly points out that the first eleven chapters of Genesis...do nevertheless pertain to history in a true sense..." Again, Adam and Eve are not myths, and the rest of Genesis is not legend. They are history in a "true sense."

Paragraph #39: "Therefore, whatever of the popular narrations have been inserted into the Sacred Scriptures must in no way be considered on a par with myths or other such things..." Can it be stated any clearer than that?

And listen to what the Catechism says, Paragraph #375, "The Church...teaches that our first parents, Adam and Eve..." No mention of a myth here.

Paragraph #404: "By yielding to the tempter, Adam and Eve committed a personal sin. Someone please tell me, how do myths commit personal sins?
Adam and Eve are not myths. Genesis does not contain myth or legend. That is Church teaching. Challenge anyone, who teaches differently, to produce their sources from a magisterial document. They cannot do it. They can, however, produce countless books and articles by "theologians". Not good enough.

(Source: Bible Christian Society / John Martignoni. http://www.biblechristiansociety.com/apologetics/two_minute#1. Used with permission)

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GENESIS - IN THE BEGINNING - OUR FOUNDATION

The Bible is made up of what we call 66 books, of which 39 are in the O.T. and 27 making up the N.T.

The Bible is written by 40 authors. Some were doctors, lawyers, prophets, kings, fishermen and just ordinary every day men.

Many of the authors lived in different time periods extending about 6,000 years.

Each book is based on one theme.

Each author tells a different aspect of the history of the world, about God, about the coming Messiah and much more.

And though the history of the Bible extends some 6,000 years and written by some 40 authors, the Bible is one whole, meaning that there is harmony throughout as if written by one man.

For example, if several blind men were asked to describe what an elephant is simply by touching it, you would get many different stories.

One man who touches the elephant’s leg would describe it as tall, solid and thick.

Another touching only its tusk would say that it is hard, smooth and pointed.

Another touching only its ear would say that it is large thin and flexible.

Yet another touching only its tail would say that it is short, thin and wiry.

Each blind man tells a different aspect of what the felt, yet even though their stories all are different, they are not wrong.

They simply told a different aspect of the same story.

But when you put together their different views of what an elephant is like, you get a complete picture.

This describes what the Bible is like. It is 66 books, all telling about the same thing, the same theme, but from different perspectives.

What is the first book of the Bible called? It is called Genesis.

The word Genesis means “Beginning” or “origins.”

The Book of Genesis is a book which tells how all things began.

If we were to go to a concert and were asked by our friends; “what was the concert like, tell me everything, starting from the beginning,” you might say something like this.

I went to a Pink Floyd concert in 1975 in Hamilton and just as the band was about to begin playing, a large model airplane flew over our heads and smashed onto the stage exploding just as the band began to play “Dark Side of the Moon.“ It was an awesome concert. True story.

The Book of Genesis is the beginning of all that we know about nearly all aspects of life.

It is the beginning of everything, of every aspect of the how’s, the why’s, the when’s of how life began on planet earth and the creation of all the galaxies and everything in them.


It tells the beginning

• of how man came to be.
• of how marriage came to be.
• of how sin came to be.
• of how the many nations and language’s came to be.
• of the reasons and the whys of war.
• of how the different religions came to be.
• of how God made Himself known to man.

It tells of why He created man, where we are going.
It tells of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and how much He loves us.
It points us to the end of time as we know it and the result of His love for man and of His hate of sin.

There is nothing that you can think of that does not have its origins in one aspect or another in the Book of Genesis.

When you build a house, it is like anything else that has ever been built, it had to have had a beginning, a starting point.

The beginning of most buildings built with bricks has what is called the corner stone.

A corner stone unites, joins two walls of the building together.

A building of importance for example will often have an important dignitary who will lay down the first brick, marking the beginning of the construction of the building.

It is considered to be the beginning, the foundation on what the rest of the building will be built upon.


Likewise the Book of Genesis is the beginning, the foundation onto which not only all of the rest of the Bible is written upon, but it is also the beginning, the foundation upon which God has built and pointed us to show us how we ought to live our lives so that we can enjoy life now and eternally with Him.

Without the knowledge of how and where all things began, we would never know why God created us.
We would never know why man and woman marry, what we should eat and not eat, what and why things are good or bad for us, and much, more.

What happens when you knock out the foundation of a building?
The building will begin to collapse because the rest of the building no longer has anything to stand upon.
Therefore we can safely say that the foundation stone of a building is important to the life and endurance of the building.

If you begin to take away portions of the foundation, even a little bit at a time, the building will still stand for a time, but it will eventually begin to crumble and eventually fall because the rest of the building will have nothing to stand upon just like when you take away an important part of a dominoes tower.

At home you are taught to not lie, steal or cheat.

Today, government leaders, business bosses, sports figures etc. whom should be setting a good example for us to follow are themselves lying, stealing and cheating for their own greedy gain.

So, if we learn that to lie, steal and cheat is okay, it would follow that the Bible is wrong on that point, as far as they are concerned, and we might as well take out of the Bible the pages that speak against lying, steal and cheating.

For thousands of years now, mankind has decided that it is okay to bow down and worship things which are made by man’s hands, even though these objects cannot hear or speak.

So if that is okay, then we might as well also take out of the Bible passages that tell us that there is only one God and that we should not bow down and worship anything or any other.

Likewise today many tell us that it is okay to have sex with someone other than your husband or wife, or for homosexuality, abortion etc.
What is abortion after all, but the taking of one’s life. It is murder, and we all know that God calls murder a sin.
Well then, likewise if that is the case we might as well also strip out of the Bible all passages that speak against these things, because it is no more legitimate.

So now you begin to see what man is doing to God and His Word the Bible.
Man has steadily been tearing apart, breaking down the foundations of God’s Word.

If I were to continue ripping out portions of the Bible that man thinks is no longer relevant to him, then there would virtually be nothing left of the Bible.

Out goes love thy neighbor as thyself, because now there is not much of a punishment for assaulting one another.
Out goes all references to prayer, and to love, and to caring for one another etc.
Out goes basically the 10 commandments and all moral laws.

We are seeing the beginning of the total collapse of our world because the Foundation stones of God’s Word are gradually all being taken away.

Is it any wonder then that the depravity of man has gotten so bad that it is no longer unusual for a rapist to get a few months in prison if anything at all?

Is it not surprising that we read in our newspapers daily how this store or that store is getting robbed, of businesses getting ripped off by their own employees?

Is it no wonder that guys like Lance Armstrong are found to be cheating in bicycle marathons by taking steroids to improve their abilities over others? That’s called cheating!

Is it no wonder that countries are falling apart because their elected officials are embezzling, stealing thousands of dollars, ripping off us, the tax payers, and using tax payer dollars for totally unnecessary things.

Is it no wonder that God does not seem to be blessing the U.S., the once strongest country in the world, both militarily and economically.

Why is all this going on?

It is because man has decided he no longer needs God in their lives.
Mankind is gradually stripping, breaking away all aspects of God from their lives.
Man is breaking all the foundations built by God out of their lives.
So now, what is left?
Not much at all because this world’s foundations are breaking, crumbling into a pile.

That is why God told us to build our homes, our lives upon the solid foundation (rock) of Jesus Christ.
Jesus tells the story of a man who built his home on the sand, but it fell down because it was not built on a solid foundation.
But the man who built his home, his life upon the solid rock did not fall because it was built on a solid foundation.
 
If you think that you do not need God in your life, go ahead and try to live your life without Him.
Go ahead and take Him completely out of your life little by little and see what will happen to you.
But don’t be surprised that eventually you will see your life begin to crumble away after you have kicked Him out of your life.
Don’t be surprised if and when you are standing before Him to give an account of your life that He says;

“Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels“
(Matthew 25:41 King James Version)

You can think that God is a myth and that you do not need Him in your life all you want.
But your disbelief does not mean that God is not real and that His foundations, His Words are not true.

One day, whether you want to believe it or not 
“For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.”
(Romans 14:11 King James Version)

That is a truth, whether you believe it or not.

I would pray that every one of you would be as the wise man who built his home, his life upon the solid foundational Word of God whom is Jesus Christ.

I would pray that if you have not already done so, that you would take the next few moments and ask God to reveal Himself to you.

I would pray that you would begin to rebuild the foundations of your life by trusting the gospel message as Truth where it says:

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
(John 3:16 King James Version)

I would pray that you would believe fully in your heart that Jesus Christ came down to earth, whom as God, but also in the form of a man lived a perfect, holy, righteous life in complete obedience to God the Father.

I would pray that you would fully believe in your heart that He came to seek the lost, which is you and me.

I would pray that you would fully believe in your heart that He went to the cross willingly, to pay the penalty for your sins by dying on the cross, shedding His blood in your place, so that you would not have to die for your sins and spend eternity in Hell. Hell is an awful place, and eternity is a very, very, very long time.

For without the shedding of blood, there is no remission of sins. In other words, without His shedding of His blood, there is no way for you to be ever forgiven of your sins. And the penalty of sins is death.

“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
(Romans 6:23 King James Version)

I would pray that you would fully believe in your heart, that though He died, He also rose from the dead showing that He is indeed God, your creator and that He has the power over life and death.

Because of this he has the right to take control of your life if you will allow Him.

He will not force you to. That is a choice that only you can make.

This free gift is just that, a free gift and that all you have to do to receive it, is to take it. 

No money, nor anything you can do will ever get you into heaven.
It is only through Jesus Christ, His way that you can enter into heaven to live eternally with Him.

It is up to you, to build your life on the solid rock of Jesus Christ if you will let Him.

The choice is yours; none else can make it for you.

„Now is the day of salvation.”
(2 Corinthians 6:2 King James Version)

What will you do with Jesus Christ?

André

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I seem to know more than my teachers

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Ökumenische Initiative eine Welt: http://www.oeiew.de/oi-cms/

Wort und Wissen: Ein weiterer Artikel zum Thema „theistische Evolution“ von Reinhard Junker: „Evolution – passend für Evangelikale? Anmerkungen zur Internetseite 'www.schoepfung-durch-evolution.de'“
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Katholiken und Kreationismus

Katholiken stehen dem Kreationismus (also der wörtlichen Auslegung des Schöpfungsberichts im Gegensatz zur Evolutionstheorie) in der Regel ablehnend gegenüber - vor allem auf ofizieller Basis. Dies aber vor allem deshalb, weil sie vom Kreationismus nur das wissen, was ihnen andere erzählt oder was sie irgendwo gelesen haben. Sie selbst haben oft nur unklare Vorstellungen davon, wie sich wissenschaftliche Theorien mit dem Glauben an Gott vereinbaren lassen (bestenfalls wird davon ausgegangen, dass Gott alles ins Rollen gebracht hat und seitdem alles seinen wissenschaftlichen Lauf folgt - was aber wenig wissenschaftlich ist). Das Problem hierbei: Wenn man schon das Fundament der gesamten weiteren Bibel (auch Jesus nimmt darauf Bezug!) relativiert, darf man sich nicht wundern, wenn einem die jungen Menschen weglaufen, da sie auch den ganzen Rest relativieren!

Seek Me!

Jeremiah 29:13

King James Version (KJV)

"And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart."

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The Great Commandment

Matthew 22:36-40

King James Version (KJV)

36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law?

37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

38 This is the first and great commandment.

39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

Apologetik

Diese Seite hat sich der Apologetik verschrieben, also der Verteidigung und Begründung des Katholischen Glaubens. Es sollen zum einen Katholikinnen und Katholiken das nötige Handwerkszeug bekommen, um ihren Glauben kennen zu lernen (wir können ja letztlich nur lieben, was wir auch kennen), diesen sich selbst gegenüber begründen zu können (Glaube und Vernunft gehen Hand in Hand), aber auch um in der Lage zu sein, den katholischen Glauben gegen Angriffe verteidigen zu können. Andererseits aber möchten wir all denen, die meinen, sie lehnen die Katholische Kirche ab - aber tatsächlich nur das ablehnen, was sie dafür halten - in Liebe begegnen und ihnen unsere Glaubensgrundsätze vermitteln. Schließlich richtet sich diese Homepage respekt- und liebevoll an all die, die meinen, sie wären "bibeltreue Christinnen und Christen" und die Katholische Kirche hätte ihre biblische Grundlage schon lange aufgegeben - wenn sie diese denn überhaupt je hatte. Hier soll vermittelt werden, dass unser Glaube sich sehr wohl auf die Bibel stützt. Wir möchten ihnen in Demut und geschwisterlicher Liebe zeigen, warum wir glauben, was wir glauben.

Letztlich geht es bei diesem Projekt auch und vor allem darum, Jesus und die frohe Botschaft - das Königreich Gottes - zu verkünden und Menschen zu Jüngern Jesu zu machen. Hier soll also nicht auf Biegen und Brechen ein von Gott losgelöst betrachtetes Bollwerk verteidigt werden, sondern anhand unseres eigenen Beispiels anderen Menschen gezeigt werden, was es heisst, einander zu lieben und Jesus nachzufolgen.

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My King

Funny thing, if I remember correctly there once used to be a rabbi who did not have any business plan for church mega-growth. No publicity department. No homepage. No emails. No money. Even those He chose as followers were - theologically speaking - illiterates. A handful of dudes, and one even was a bum.

What was He thinking?

When He preached, He used words that drove people away from Him. He couldn't care less. He even asked the remaining rest if they wanted to leave, too. No political correctness here.

Again: What was He thinking?

He could have used other means. He could have been the kind of leader that people back then (and today?) were waiting for. The mighty warlord. The knight in shining armour. The one that kicks some .... and throws those Romans out.

Yes, He could have. He had all the power to do that - and more than that. And what did He do? He dealt with the lowest of the lowest and humbled Himself to their level. He loved people in a way unknown before. With a love that asked for nothing and gave everything. With a love that puts us to shame even today.

He did not fulfill people's expectations. He did not give them what they wanted. He gave them what they truly needed. And to do so, He gave His utmost: He sacrificed Himself and gave His life so we can live. He came down on earth to become man so men could become sons of God. Dying on the cross like a criminal, He even prayed for those who helped nailing Him up there.

And what's worst: He even asked everything of His disciples. They were told to give - no: to sacrifice! - everything they have. To sell all of their possessions, give their money to the poor and follow Him without even looking back. They were even told to give their own lives!

I guess He would still be sort of out of place in some of the churches today.

If I remember correctly, His name was Jesus.

Anybody by chance remember Him?

He is the ruler of my life. He is the one I love and follow.

He is my king.

My saviour.

Rob

The Great Commission

Matthew 28:16-20

King James Version (KJV)

16 Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them.

17 And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted.

18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

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Apologetics and the Great Commission

The purpose of this homepage is to help people understand and love the Christian faith, the Catholic Church - and most of all: Jesus Himself and like that become true disciples. This homepage is NOT about pushing "the Catholic cause" at all costs while forgetting that the Church is the body of Christ and that Jesus set the example of how sacrificial and unconditional love and humbleness should look like.

Remember the Great Commission is not about defending the Catholic Church whatever it costs (even though knowing, explaining, defending - and most of all: obeying and living! -  the Catholic faith sure is part of every Catholic's calling!), but about this:

Matthew 28:16-20

King James Version (KJV)

16Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them.

17And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted.

18And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

19Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

20Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

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Die Situation in vielen Pfarreien ist beinahe trostlos: Predigten, mit denen jeder leben kann und die doch nichts sagen und niemanden eine geistige Nahrung bieten, Pfarreien, die seit Jahrzehnten die Worte "Hölle"oder "Verdammnis" nicht mehr gehört haben, liturgische Missbräuche, ein beinahe völliges Fehlen der Glaubensvermittlung und Katechese, ein über Jahrzehnte andauerndes Ausbreiten eines unseligen liberalen Modernismus, eine völlige Unkenntnis der Gläubigen und Würdenträger über den Auftrag Jesu, hinauszugehen und Menschen zu Seinen Jüngern zu machen, eine ebensolche Unkenntnis über das, was Jüngerschaft ausmacht, ein Versagen der Kirche als Institution und Verwaltungseinheit in vielen Bereichen - die Liste ließe sich noch lange fortsetzen.

 

In genau dieser Situation ruft Gott nun all die, die an Ihn glauben, zur radikalen und kompromisslosen Nachfolge Jesu Christi auf. Jede und jeder von uns ist gerufen, tätig zu werden, wo andere versagen!

 

Betet, wie ihr noch nie gebetet habt - und lasst diesen Gebeten Taten folgen!

 

Geht hinaus, macht Menschen zu Jüngern Jesu Christi! Liebt die, die Liebe am meisten nötig haben, mit einer bedingungslosen Liebe, die nichts fordert und alles gibt, damit die Menschen Jesus Christus preisen! Gebt alles, was ihr habt her und folgt dem nach, der allein es wert ist, dass man Ihm nachfolgt:

 

Jesus Christus!

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Evangelikale Katholiken?

Geht denn das überhaupt - evangelikal und katholisch? Nun ja, abgesehen vom Prinzip "Sola Scriptura" (also der Bibel als einzige Autorität) geht das durchaus. Mehr noch: es wäre vielleicht die Zukunft der Katholischen Kirche. Es scheint revolutionär, aber wäre es denn so abwegig, wenn es von kirchlicher Seite her möglich wäre, neben den bestehenden Strukturen evangelikale Strukturen zuzulassen - mit ähnlichem Gemeindeaufbau, Glaubensverständnis, Glaubenspraxis, Jüngerschaftsprizip, Evangelisation usw. Warum denn nicht?

I Have Decided to Follow Jesus

"I have decided to follow Jesus. Though no one joins me, still I will follow."

 

Assam, north-east India, who held on to Jesus when being told to recounce his faith by the village chief. His wife was killed and Assam as well - while he was singing these words: "The cross before me, the world behind me." His strong faith kept on shining: The village chief and others in the village converted afterwards. (see: Wikipedia)

The Year of Faith

Bishop Ricken Offers ‘10 Ways Catholics Can Live The Year Of Faith’: http://www.usccb.org/news/2012/12-150.cfm

Lumen Gentium 14

"Den katholischen Gläubigen wendet die Heilige Synode besonders ihre Aufmerksamkeit zu. Gestützt auf die Heilige Schrift und die Tradition, lehrt sie, daß diese pilgernde Kirche zum Heile notwendig sei. Christus allein ist Mittler und Weg zum Heil, der in seinem Leib, der Kirche, uns gegenwärtig wird; indem er aber selbst mit ausdrücklichen Worten die Notwendigkeit des Glaubens und der Taufe betont hat (vgl. Mk 16,16; Joh 3,5), hat er zugleich die Notwendigkeit der Kirche, in die die Menschen durch die Taufe wie durch eine Türe eintreten, bekräftigt. Darum könnten jene Menschen nicht gerettet werden, die um die katholische Kirche und ihre von Gott durch Christus gestiftete Heilsnotwendigkeit wissen, in sie aber nicht eintreten oder in ihr nicht ausharren wollten. Jene werden der Gemeinschaft der Kirche voll eingegliedert, die, im Besitze des Geistes Christi, ihre ganze Ordnung und alle in ihr eingerichteten Heilsmittel annehmen und in ihrem sichtbaren Verband mit Christus, der sie durch den Papst und die Bischöfe leitet, verbunden sind, und dies durch die Bande des Glaubensbekenntnisses, der Sakramente und der kirchlichen Leitung und Gemeinschaft. Nicht gerettet wird aber, wer, obwohl der Kirche eingegliedert, in der Liebe nicht verharrt und im Schoße der Kirche zwar "dem Leibe", aber nicht "dem Herzen" nach verbleibt (26). Alle Söhne der Kirche sollen aber dessen eingedenk sein, daß ihre ausgezeichnete Stellung nicht den eigenen Verdiensten, sondern der besonderen Gnade Christi zuzuschreiben ist; wenn sie ihr im Denken, Reden und Handeln nicht entsprechen, wird ihnen statt Heil strengeres Gericht zuteil."

http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19641121_lumen-gentium_ge.html

Differences Between Catholic and Protestant Approaches to the Bible

by Steve Ray on March 10, 2013

“Bible Christians” (a misnomer, since Catholics are the real and original Bible Christians), based on their recently devised “Reformation” principle of sola Scriptura, study the Bible with the following premises:

1. There is no binding authority but the Bible alone;

2. There is no official binding interpretation or interpreter; each person ultimately is their own pope;

3. The Bible is perspicuous (i.e., easy to understand) and it can be interpreted and understood by anyone.

4. An individual can/should read the Bible and interpret the Bible for themselves.


Catholics have a different set of premises that direct their study of the Bible.

1. The authority of the Apostles and the Church preceded the Bible and the Sacred Tradition of the Church is an equally infallible authority (2 Thes 2:15; CCC 80 83). The Bible is part of the Apostolic Tradition.

2. The authoritative interpretation of the Bible is the prerogative of the Catholic Church (1 Tim 3:15; Mt 18:17; CCC 85?88).

3. The Bible is not always easy to understand (2 Pet 3:15?16) and needs to understood within its historical and contextual framework and interpreted within the community to which it belongs.

4. Individuals can/should read the Bible and interpret the Bible for themselves—but within the framework of the Church’s authoritative teaching and not based on their own “private interpretation” (2 Pet 1:20?21).

(Source: Steve Ray: http://www.catholic-convert.com/2013/03/10/differences-between-catholic-and-protestant-approaches-to-the-bible/comment-page-1/#comment-316636. Used with permission)

The Bible Alone?

2 Thessalonians 2:15 New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition (NRSVACE)

 

So then, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold fast to the traditions that you were taught by us, either by word of mouth or by our letter.