
Holy Ground
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Chris Castaldo (PhD) was raised on Long Island, New York, as a Roman Catholic and worked full-time in the Catholic Church for several years. After eight years as pastor of outreach and church planting at College Church (Wheaton, Ill.), followed by three years as Director of the Ministry of Gospel Renewal at Wheaton College, Chris currently serves as Lead Pastor of New Covenant Church in Naperville, IL. He is the author of Holy Ground: Walking with Jesus as a Former Catholic and Talking with Catholics about the Gospel: A Guide for Evangelicals. Chris blogs at www.chriscastaldo.com
Content
- COVER PAGE
- TITLE PAGE
- COPYRIGHT PAGE
- DEDICATION
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- PROLOGUE IT'S ONLY LIFE AND DEATH
- PART 1 PERSPECTIVES ON ROMAN CATHOLICISM
- CHAPTER 1 UNDERSTANDING WHY CATHOLICS BECOME EVANGELICAL
- CONFRONTED BY DEATH
- WHAT DO CATHOLICS BELIEVE?
- THE FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCE
- CHAPTER 2 REASON ONE: FULL-TIME FAITH
- EXCURSUS: IMAGE OF GOD
- SEARCHING FOR PURPOSE
- THE CHURCH'S CALLING
- CHAPTER 3 A PORTRAIT OF EVANGELICAL FAITH: MARTIN LUTHER
- MARTIN LUTHER
- EXCURSUS: SOLA SCRIPTURA
- CHAPTER 4 REASON TWO: PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS
- THE JOURNEY BEGINS
- SANCTIONED STEAK
- RELATIONSHIP OVER RULES
- CHAPTER 5 REASON THREE: DIRECT ACCESS TO GOD
- THE PAPA
- SPEAKING FOR GOD
- DISAGREEMENT OVER THE PAPACY
- CHAPTER 6 A PORTRAIT OF CATHOLIC FAITH: LOYOLA AND CONTARINI
- CATHOLIC RENEWAL
- COLLOQUY OF REGENSBURG
- THREE TYPES OF CATHOLICS
- CHAPTER 7 REASON FOUR: CHRIST-CENTERED DEVOTION
- BEWARE OF NUDA SCRIPTURA
- THE BODY OF CHRIST
- THE GREAT SYMPHONY
- RELIGIOUS DISSONANCE
- CHAPTER 8 REASON FIVE: MOTIVATED BY GRACE INSTEAD OF GUILT
- EX-CATHOLICS TALK ABOUT SALVATION
- THE CENTRALITY OF GRACE
- "IT IS FINISHED!"
- PART 2 RELATING TO ROMAN CATHOLICS
- CHAPTER 9 HOW CATHOLICS VIEW EVANGELICALS
- SALVATION AS "FIRE INSURANCE"
- EXCURSUS: SOMETHING EVANGELICALS CAN LEARN FROM CATHOLICS
- "CHUMMY CHUMMY" WITH GOD
- ABSENCE OF UNITY
- SUPERFICIALITY
- CONCLUSION
- CHAPTER 10 TRADITIONAL, EVANGELICAL, AND CULTURAL CATHOLICS
- THE TRADITIONAL CATHOLIC
- THE EVANGELICAL CATHOLIC
- THE CULTURAL CATHOLIC
- CHAPTER 11 HOW TO RELATE TO CATHOLICS WITH GRACE AND TRUTH
- FAMILY FEUD
- HOW WE VIEW CATHOLICS
- COMMUNICATING WITH CATHOLICS ABOUT THE GOSPEL
- RED LIGHT
- DON'T BE A PIT BULL
- DON'T ATTEMPT TO DEBATE PEOPLE INTO THE KINGDOM
- DON'T PARTAKE OF THE MASS
- YELLOW LIGHT
- BE CAUTIOUS OF HOW YOU USE LANGUAGE
- RECOGNIZE YOUR FAMILIAL POSITION
- BE CAUTIOUS OF EMOTIONAL INTENSITY
- GREEN LIGHT
- ENGAGE IN GOSPEL DIALOG
- KEEP THE MAIN THING THE MAIN THING
- CHAPTER 12 GLORIFY GOD AND ENJOY HIM FOREVER
- THINKING ABOUT GOD
- THE TRANSFIGURATION
- JESUS COMES TO FULFILL THE ANCIENT PROMISES OF ISRAEL (MATT. 17:1 - 3)
- JESUS AND HIS WORD ARE SUPREME OVER CREATION (MATT. 17:4 - 5)
- PERSONAL ENCOUNTER WITH JESUS (MATT. 17:6 - 8)
- APPENDIX: HOW THE CATHOLIC CHURCH BECAME WHAT IT IS
- TRENT TO VATICAN II
- THE COUNCIL OF TRENT (1545 - 63)
- VATICAN I (1869 - 70)
- VATICAN II (1962 - 65)
- DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
- ABOUT THE [UBLISHER
- SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS
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