A few days ago my brother, the former catholic who became a Christian and the man who led me to Christ, suffered a massive heart attack. He has been hospitalized in ICU ever since. The first few days of his battle were spent trying to overcome the terrible physical effects of this devastating and traumatic health catastrophe. Physically he is improving day by day and that is a very, very good thing. Neurologically, however, much improvement is necessary.

Despite being raised a catholic, my brother found the incredible courage necessary to put aside what he was taught his entire life and to cast away his trust in the man-made roman catholic church. He placed his full Trust in Christ Alone for his Eternal Life, and because of the Father’s promise and Christ’s sacrifice, he now belongs to Jesus. My brother, a catholic turned Christian, has helped many people with the Holy Scripture, and despite being currently confined to a hospital bed, he continues today to battle and fight to stay here with us.

Because my family and I know that he is Saved, because we know that he has Eternal Life, we take great comfort in the blessed assurance that no matter what happens to my brother’s life here on Earth he will live for all eternity in God’s Glory in Heaven. Life in this world is short, life eternal is everlasting.

The doctors tell me that my brother’s heart is several times larger than a normal heart. I know that it is even larger than they realize, in a spiritual sense, because he truly has the heart of a soldier: a soldier for God. Despite it taking years for me to come to Christ, he never gave up on me when I was on the wrong path, when I continued to be a practicing catholic. My brother helped me to finally understand the Truth in God’s Word. He showed me how the false church, the catholic church, the church of Rome, has manipulated the Word of God to support their own ends.

My brother helped to lead me out of the darkness into God’s wonderful Light.

I am forever grateful to my brother, a man whom I love so very much, for leading me to Christ and for helping me to find the fullness of the Gospel of our Father in Heaven.

I want my brother to live, to remain here with me, because together the two of us have much more to give in our service to our Lord. I know, however, that God has His own plan for him, and I pray that whatever lies ahead for my brother is according to God’s Will. I have complete Faith in my Father’s Will.

“And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up”.
- James 5:15

I ask all of you who Trust in Christ Alone, all of you true Christians who read this site, to please pray for my brother Chris in this his valiant struggle for life.

I love you, my brother.

According to reports published around the globe, the catholic church has affirmed an apparition, referring to it as “Mary” and stating that the appearance of this unknown entity is “worthy of belief”. Here’s a link to one article:

Church affirms Virgin Mary apparition in Wisconsin

David Laurin Ricken, bishop of the Diocese of Green Bay, said last week, the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help is “worthy of belief.” John Doefler is the shrine’s rector and the vicar general and chancellor of the diocese.

According to information published in the report, just outside the small town of Champion, Wisconsin, Adele Brise was visited three times in October 1859 by the vision of a woman in white. In the third vision, as Brise carried grain to a mill, the woman identified herself…

According to accounts, the vision stated: “I am the queen of heaven”.

Affirmation of this apparition by the false church, the church of Rome, is clear evidence that they are doing work that is not of our Father in Heaven, and that is not of Christ. Clearly the church is attempting to leverage the legend of some unknown entity, a vision of something or someone who is not Mary the mother of the Body of Christ, and to use this vision and legend to continue to mislead and fool its followers.

No one knows who this apparition is, if it even ever existed at all, and we certainly know that the apparition is NOT Mary, the mother of the body of Jesus. We know this, as do the catholic church leaders, those in power in the church of Rome, yet they ignore this plain fact in order to continue to obscure God’s Truth.

In fact, according to reports, the apparition reportedly identified itself as the “queen of heaven”. Unfortunately, many who aspire to believe in Christ are misled into believing that the “queen of heaven” is Mary, the earthly mother of Jesus. The Word of God tells us that the queen of heaven is NOT, in fact, Mary the mother of Jesus, but rather some “other god” that was inappropriately the object of worship.

No “church” which believes in the Word of God would under any circumstances identify the mother of the man Jesus as a pagan god whose worship led people to be punished severely by God!

We look to Jeremiah 44 for the truth:

“Then all the men which knew that their wives had burned incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying, As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee. But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem”

The Scripture says that people rejected the Word of God in favor of their own god whom they worshipped, a god called the queen of heaven.

“Moreover Jeremiah said unto all the people, and to all the women, Hear the word of the LORD, all Judah that are in the land of Egypt: Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying; Ye and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled with your hand, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her: ye will surely accomplish your vows, and surely perform your vows. Therefore hear ye the word of the LORD, all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith the LORD, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, The Lord GOD liveth. Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them. Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose words shall stand, mine, or theirs. And this shall be a sign unto you, saith the LORD, that I will punish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil”

God punished them for worshipping a god known as the queen of heaven! Surely the church of Rome is aware of this, yet it “affirms” this unknown apparition, opening the door to allow the “queen of heaven” to be worshipped by the modern day members of the so-called “catholic church”.

Those of you who Trust in Christ and those who read my words and aspire to Trust in Him, I implore you NOT to be misled by the wolf in lamb’s clothing, by the false church, by the church of Rome, the so-called “catholic church” for this “church” is intent on leading you away from Him — and this latest affirmation confirms it!

I’ve moved “Catholic to Christian” from one of my servers to another, and migrated the posts and pages from my own ColdFusion code to the Wordpress platform. That will make it a LOT easier for me to maintain this site. While I’ve moved everything successfully, I’ve still got a lot of clean up to do… so please be patient!

I drove by a church that had a sign out in front that said only this: “Keep Christ in Christmas”. Well, any devout Christian would know that Christ was NEVER in christmas, and we shouldn’t try and put him there. Jesus wasn’t born anywhere near December 25th, and it is silly to try and force that date on Him. The day of His birth isn’t nearly as significant to us as the day of His death, because His sacrifice on the cross is what paid our sin debt in full.

Instead of keeping Christ in christmas, we should all keep Christ “in” every day. Every single day.

I learned today that Dr. Hank Lindstrom was called home to be with the Lord yesterday, Monday, October 13th. While I was sad to hear that Dr. Hank had led his last soul to Christ, I am comforted to know that Hank has eternal salvation and he will enjoy his reward in Heaven. Dr. Hank will truly be missed here on Earth, he was a leader and an inspiration.

While I have placed my Trust in Christ Alone for my Eternal Salvation, some of Dr. Hank Lindstrom’s discussions on Holy Scripture, and in particular his CD entitled “How Permanent is Your Salvation” were significant in leading me to read the Holy Scripture with a more open mind. Dr. Hank Lindstrom helped point me in the right direction, and I really appreciate his efforts to help others find the Truth of God’s Word.