If you're reading this, it's probably because you were invited to check it out since I don't promote this to just anyone. Or you may simply stumbled across this on your own. Either way, WELCOME!

                                         

Imagine it's 48 A.D. and the apostle Paul is delivering his speech at the Areopagus in Greece to Athenians. (Acts 17:22-34) Centuries later Shakespeare's wrote, "Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears", or, in modern vernacular terms, "Hey, guys, listen up!"

                                  

What's the purpose of this site? Not to sell anything; "You received free, give free". (Matthew 10:8)

For over 70 years I grew up as a Christian "of sorts", since I had no guidance in a dysfunctionally divided home, parents divorced at 8 yrs old causing me to feel like an orphan. We moved around due to my father's businesses, and at 17 I left home and finished high school living with friends in the 60's. Religion never came up in conversations, but I somehow longed for a spiritual connection. One of my friends helped me enter college after graduating somehow. It was in college I began reading the Bible and questioning faith and philosophy, even though I majored in chemistry, after reading about Louis Pasteur and Isaac Asimov in high school while listening to classical music and playing chess with my friend. Though I wasn't really introduced to any particular denomination, I leaned toward Protestantism because of my associations, who all encouraged me to stay clear of Catholics. After college I met a Protestant girl, got married and had three sons. The more I questioned Protestant beliefs, the further I moved away from Protestantism, and the more my marriage fell apart. During those years of tears, my family scattered, like sheep without a shepherd. I feel lost and betrayed by my ex-wife, even God, so I drifted alone in the desert for years with no plan or direction. Then out of the blue God saw fit to wake me from my stuper. He introduced me to a devout Catholic lady who opened my eyes and my heart again. I have no idea to this day what this beautiful devout Christian lady saw in this old tumble weed man, but apparently God had a plan. For the first time in years I began asking questions again and this time I was determined to find the real answers straight from the source. That lead me on a spiritual pilgrimage that took years. The rest, as they say, is history. Here I am.

                              

So, what can this old tumble-weed convert to Catholicism bring to your table who lacks the conventional  PhD or ThD behind my name to be taken seriously? I suppose some might think it's like the blind leading, well..., finish the thought yourself.  

Not to be presumptuous, but I'm not the only one who recognizes his limitations. (Acts 4:13) "...ignorant and unlettered" as were other man who made many mistakes in life.

I managed to pick up a couple of nuggets of wisdom along the way that made the difference.

1.) Which version of the Bible to rely on, the one Jesus and His apostles referred to.

2.) Even more importantly, I learned the true meaning of (John 14:12)

     a. Jesus send forth some as apostles, prophets, and "doctors". (Ephesians 4:11)

     b. He established "a" Church with a leader, Peter and the other apostles, to function               non-stop, until the time of the end. (Matthew 28:20)

                          

What four main groups am I focusing on. 

1.)  Materialistic atheists: who claim there's no intelligent design behind the universe.

2.)  Agnostics: those who claim neither belief nor disbelief in God, no questions, answers, or purpose.

3.) Churchgoers; i.e., Protestants, non-Catholics, and sadly, lukewarm Catholics (Revelation 3:16) who, as St Alphonsus Liguori, doctor of the Church on moral theology characterized this state of mind, "lacks of enthusiasm, passion, half-hearted or apathy, due to human weakness and/or deliberate willful "unapologetic" sins. These infrequent churchgoers seldom read the Bible and don't even know which version of the Bible the Catholic Church has relied on for centuries, nor do these lukewarm churchgoers have a clue what Christ and His Church teaches are on matters of faith and morals. And,

4.) Catholics, i.e., who believes in the Trinity, Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, and the authority of the Pope and bishops in the Catholic Church. These are the ones todsay who acknowledge and admit the corruption that has infiltrated modern Rome and replaced "the Catholic Church of all time" with a new "Novus Ordo" (new order), the post Vatican II conciliar religion that's nothing more than a new innovation of Satanic Freemasonic Protestantism since Vatican II. 

                                 

This small remnant group of "traditional" Catholics also acknowledge the many signs Jesus, His apostles, and the prophets spoke of. [Matthew 24:3, Luke 21:10-12, and John wrote the book of  Apocalypse (Revelation), St Paul's letters to 2 Timothy 3, 1 Thessalonians 4, 2 Thessalonians 2.] Then there are ancient writings of the prophets Isaiah, Daniel, Ezekiel, Joel, and Zechariah, to name just the most prominent prophets. There are many more. How many signs and warnings do we need?

                                    

Compare all these writings of the ones sited above to what we've seen occur since the beginning of the last century with WWI and WWII, millions dying from wars, famines, pestilences, earthquakes, lawlessness, and then the worst of all, what's happened in "modern" Rome since Vatican II in the mid-1960's, and what is the only conclusion we can arrive at? Let the reader decide.                 

                                    

Jesus told us to "Seek" and He would answer, in a way unbelievers would not accept. (Matthew 7:7)

                          

Sometimes the answers can be disturbing, unpleasant, even shocking. Remember what He said, 

"Do not think that I came to send peace upon earth but the sword... a man's enemies shall be members of his own household." (Matthew 10:34-36)

                                 

Jesus said, "For many are called, but few are chosen." (Matthew 22:14)

Just as Jesus reached out to the Jews then, only a few accepted Him, and only one apostle followed Jesus to the cross. Today the gospel has been preached to all nations, but few are chosen. Why? Few obey ALL His commands and the teachings of His Apostolic Catholic Church.

                                          

If you're looking for watered down pleasantries to make you feel good, you won't find that herein. 

Christ's followers are referred to as "Church~Militants", warriors, fighters, "against principalities and powers, against the rulers of the world of this darkness, against the spirits of wickedness in the high places". (Ephesians 6:12) These soldiers need to wear the suit of armor. (Ephesians 6:11) The  "Churchgoers" mentioned above have little to no clue who the ruler of this world is to fight against. How do you defend against an enemy when blinded by the enemy, Satan? (2 Corinthians 4:4)

                   

In the meantime, His Church Militant soldiers are charged to slay dragons by sounding out strong warnings to repent and come onboard the ark of salvation, His Holy Catholic Church. We need to be clear who the enemies are.  There's an entire page entitled "Enemies" herein. Jesus also warned us that "A man's enemies will be members of his own household." (Matthew 10:36) 

                       

The teachings of Jesus could fill libraries, as the apostle John said, (John 21:25), we can't possibly cover it all herein. This is merely a "Reader's Digest" version of the topics explored. At times, it might seem like a journey off the beaten path, like in the movies of Indiana Jones, when professor Jones (played by Harrison Ford) says, "In this class we consider facts. If it's "truth" you're after, that class is down the hall." Consider this is the room down the hall.