tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970772341265505777.post8610653030477685926..comments2023-11-05T01:28:27.551-07:00Comments on Theology of Andrew: Converts: Philosophy, Liberalism, and JustificationUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970772341265505777.post-33823905022467751612010-05-15T09:53:02.616-07:002010-05-15T09:53:02.616-07:00Evangelicals who never understood Confessional Pro...<i>Evangelicals who never understood Confessional Protestantism in the first place and likewise threw away their birth right like Esau, without knowledge of what they were doing end up here.</i><br /><br />Esau had knowledge, which is what made his selling his birthright so heinous. He demonstrated that he was ruled by his belly, so to speak, rather than by faith in the promise of God (Phil. 3:19).<br /><br />A nominal Protestant who converts to Rome without really understanding his Confessional heritage is a different thing.M. Jay Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14196144533530725736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970772341265505777.post-365914667438532352010-05-15T07:52:02.785-07:002010-05-15T07:52:02.785-07:00Interesting post. I've rarely read collections...Interesting post. I've rarely read collections of stories by converts. Pure speculation would be that these collections look to build on the return to culture among evangelicals (heralded by Francis Schaeffer) AND to promote a certain intellectualism among Catholics. Is there a theme that these new converts are 'renewing' the Catholic Church? My impression of RCIA (secondhand from my wife Karen) is that the reasons for coming into the Catholic Church are much broader than that. Intellectual reasons are not enough, and if the conversion remains only intellectual, then we may never see the new man, the new creation. <br /><br />I was also provoked by the charge that many Catholics don't care about justification. You're probably right, and I would imagine that many Protestants don't either. The threat of going to Hell when I die is less existential than it once was (many reasons: increase of leisure & distractions, longer lifespan, distancing from death in the industrial world). As for me, I care about redemption in a broader way — who will redeem my fruitless hours at work, my misspent time with my family, every idle moment? Who will free me now, wherever I am? What do I say to Christ if I don't die at this moment?Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01262662173303042998noreply@blogger.com