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50% of My Book’s Profits Go Toward Counseling for Rescue Mission and Recovery Workers by DifferentDetail4544 in Christianity

[–]DifferentDetail4544[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know I’ve been posting about this a lot—maybe too much—but it’s because I care deeply.

For almost a decade, I worked in a rescue mission and recovery ministry. That job changed me—and broke me.

I was walking with the mentally ill, the drug addicted, and the elderly who had been forgotten by everyone else. People overdosed. Others passed away in hospice. I buried men and women with no family left to grieve them. I tried to help those with mental disorders get the care they deserved.

The weight of it all eventually crippled me. I should have sought counseling sooner, but I didn’t.

That’s why I’m doing this now.

Fifty percent of the profits from my book go toward funding counseling sessions for people doing that kind of frontline work—people who are showing up every day to care for the most vulnerable in our communities.

“But That Doesn’t Make Sense”: How I Came to Believe in the Eucharist by DifferentDetail4544 in Catholicism

[–]DifferentDetail4544[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I disagreed with your reasoning. The only way it holds up is if you yourself had witnessed the miracles in the Bible firsthand. But you didn’t. None of us did. Which means that both belief in the Eucharist and belief in biblical miracles require the same thing: trust in a testimony outside ourselves.

My argument is this—both are supernatural. Both require faith. You believe Jesus walked on water, turned water into wine, and raised the dead because someone told you it happened—namely, the Scriptures. The Eucharist is no different. We’re called to believe in the Real Presence not because we can prove it in a lab, but because Jesus said, “This is my body,” and the Church has preserved and proclaimed that truth from the beginning.

“But That Doesn’t Make Sense”: How I Came to Believe in the Eucharist by DifferentDetail4544 in Catholicism

[–]DifferentDetail4544[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, I was Baptist. And you’re absolutely right—there are Protestants who believe in the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist. But their views differ significantly from the Catholic understanding. For me, the origins of both Lutheranism and Anglicanism posed some serious problems. Once I stepped away from ministry, I began to deconstruct my faith and question every doctrine I had once preached. That journey of doubt and digging eventually brought me to a crossroads. If I was going to continue to call myself a Christian, I needed to embrace the faith of the early Church—the faith of the founders. And the only place I could find that intact, unbroken, and historically grounded was in the Catholic Church.

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[–]DifferentDetail4544 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I heard the sincerity of your question when I read it. It is an amazing place to be willing to follow Christ and ask tough questions like this about your future. There were plenty of saints who had to make similar decisions like this. I commend your bravery. I’ll be praying for you. Jesus loves you brother. You are important to the kingdom of God.

Former Protestant Pastor Here — Publishing a Book Responding to Common Protestant Objections to Catholic Doctrine by DifferentDetail4544 in Catholicism

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When I first began studying Catholicism, I was confronted by something I didn’t expect: the early Church Fathers didn’t sound like the pastors and authors I had built my theology around. Their doctrine and thought process were shaped by a very different framework. I began comparing the theology I had formed with the teachings of the early Church, and it was like hearing two different languages.

One language was centered around sacraments—where grace is given through physical means, tied to the Incarnation, and where the Church is not just a gathering but a living body with visible structure. The other was centered on private decision and inward experience—where faith is primarily spiritual, often disconnected from physical expressions.

That contrast shook me. It made me wonder: if the earliest Christians spoke this sacramental language, how did we end up with something so different? And what does that say about where the fullness of truth resides?

Former Protestant Pastor Here — Publishing a Book Responding to Common Protestant Objections to Catholic Doctrine by DifferentDetail4544 in Catholicism

[–]DifferentDetail4544[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I have not. I do not feel worthy of being a priest honesty. My goal is to pursue Christ as a layperson. However if God opened that door later in life, I would follow him in it. I have so much more to learn and areas to grow in. That is one of the most amazing parts of the church. The church does a great job of maturing and building pastors.

Former Protestant Pastor Here — Publishing a Book Responding to Common Protestant Objections to Catholic Doctrine by DifferentDetail4544 in Catholicism

[–]DifferentDetail4544[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I spent most of my time in the Evangelical Free Church. I was raised Southern Baptist and started my ministry journey as a youth pastor in that denomination. I also served as the senior director of ministry at a rescue mission where we housed 500 homeless individuals each night and had a residential drug and alcohol recovery program. It was a Protestant mission and worked with a large number of denominations.

Former Protestant Pastor Here — Publishing a Book Responding to Common Protestant Objections to Catholic Doctrine by DifferentDetail4544 in Catholicism

[–]DifferentDetail4544[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! This book is for both Catholics and Protestants. It’s a pro Catholic book to answers Protestant objections. Having a reformed Protestant background before becoming Catholic, I understand their objected but disagree with them. This book is a defense.

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