The Berean Call Podcast

<p>The message of this treasured epistle is just as clear and convicting today as it was to the early churches of Galatia: We are justified by grace through faith alone - not by works of the law.</p><p><br></p><p>Join T. A. McMahon and radio guests (Greg Durel, Mike Gendron, and Jim McCarthy) as they discuss this powerful Pauline epistle and its relevance to your daily walk.</p><p><br></p><p>View the full series: https://<a href="http://www.thebereancall.org/galatians" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.thebereancall.org/galatians</a></p><p>More about the Bible: https://<a href="http://www.thebereancall.org/topic/bible" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.thebereancall.org/topic/bible</a></p><p>Our website: https://<a href="http://www.reachingcatholics.org" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.reachingcatholics.org</a></p><p>Our main website: <a href="http://www.thebereancall.org" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.thebereancall.org</a></p><p>Store: store.<a href="http://thebereancall.org" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">thebereancall.org</a></p><p>Download our app: <a href="http://www.thebereancall.org/app" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.thebereancall.org/app</a></p><p>Sign up for our email updates: https://<a href="http://www.thebereancall.org/subscribe" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.thebereancall.org/subscribe</a></p>

<p>Our topic for today and next week is the age of the earth and the days of creation. Is the earth billions of years old, or only thousands of years old? Did God create the earth and its creatures in six days—meaning days as we think of our 24-hour days—or days as understood as great lengths of time? Now here to discuss the subject with me is Jay Seegert, the cofounder of Creation Education Center and its principal lecturer. His degrees are in physics and engineering, yet as you’ll hear, his heart and mind are first and foremost in the Bible. Jay is the author of Let There Be Light, and has produced an excellent DVD titled Creation in Six Days: A Biblical and Scientific Analysis.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Bitchute: https://<a href="http://www.bitchute.com/thebereancall" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.bitchute.com/thebereancall/</a></p><p>Brighteon: https://<a href="http://www.brighteon.com/channels/thebereancall" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.brighteon.com/channels/thebereancall</a></p><p>Gab: <a href="https://gab.com/TheBereanCall" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://gab.com/TheBereanCall</a></p><p>Rumble: <a href="https://rumble.com/user/thebereancall" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rumble.com/user/thebereancall</a></p><p>Odysee: <a href="https://odysee.com/@TheBereanCall" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://odysee.com/@TheBereanCall</a></p><p>Vimeo: <a href="https://vimeo.com/thebereancall" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://vimeo.com/thebereancall</a></p><p>Youtube: https://<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/TheBereanCall/videos" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.youtube.com/user/TheBereanCall/videos</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Facebook: https://<a href="http://www.facebook.com/thebereancall" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/thebereancall/</a></p><p>Freetalk45: <a href="https://freetalk.app/thebereancall" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://freetalk.app/thebereancall</a></p><p>Gab: <a href="https://gab.com/TheBereanCall" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://gab.com/TheBereanCall</a></p><p>Gettr: <a href="https://gettr.com/user/thebereancall" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://gettr.com/user/thebereancall</a></p><p>Instagram: https://<a href="http://www.instagram.com/thebereancall" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.instagram.com/thebereancall/</a></p><p>Mewe: <a href="https://mewe.com/i/thebereancall" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://mewe.com/i/thebereancall</a></p><p>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/thebereancall" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/thebereancall</a></p>

<p>Join Dave and Tom as they engage in an in-depth, verse-by-verse examination of the Gospel of John. We hope you will be challenged and convicted as you listen to these insightful, exegetical discussions compiled from nearly four years of Search the Scriptures Daily radio programs. Open your Bible and get ready for an edifying pilgrimage into God's Word.</p>

<p>Question: How much power do Satan, his minions, and the Antichrist have? Can they heal?</p><p><br></p><p>Response:That Satan has great power is unarguable, as Job chapters 1 and 2 demonstrate. He is, however, restricted in this power: “And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power [within a specific limit]; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD” (Job 1:12). Regarding an “ability” to heal, however, we must recognize that Satan is not the Creator and can’t bring life and healing. As Paul clearly told the pagan philosophers on Mars Hill, “For in him [the Lord] we live, and move, and have our being...” (Acts 17:28). In Exodus 15:26, the Lord declared, “...for I am the LORD that healeth thee.”</p><p><br></p><p>In contrast, Satan can only afflict. Job 2:7 tells us, “So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.” Although Satan can afflict, he can also withdraw the affliction, thus giving the appearance of a healing: “And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light” (2 Corinthians 11:14).</p><p><br></p><p>During His earthly sojourn, Jesus encountered a woman who for 18 years had been crippled by a spirit (Luke 13:11). Jesus identifies her infirmity as being from Satan: “[T]here was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and...could in no wise lift up herself.... And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?” (Luke 13:11,16). Satan’s power is real but easily overcome by our Lord. Jesus’ miracle of healing clearly showed His authority over Satan.</p><p><br></p><p>The hallmark of Satan’s end-times deception is found in 2 Thessalonians 2:8-10: “And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.” He is the master of deception, and if “healing” will attract those being deceived, he will produce a counterfeit healing.</p><p><br></p>

<p>This is number 229 in our series of “Get Biblical Understanding.” In this session we’re reading many but certainly not all of the biblical verses that have to do with The Heart.</p><p><br></p><p>The heart addressed in this series is not the physical organ within our body but rather the non-physical aspects that pervade humanity, which is at the center of our spiritual and mental life. Only God knows our heart and from Him alone comes our only true insights.</p><p><br></p><p>ACTS 7:39 To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt, </p><p><br></p><p>ACTS 8:13 Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done.</p><p><br></p><p>ACTS 8:18-21 And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money, Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost. But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money. Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God. </p>

<p>The message of this treasured epistle is just as clear and convicting today as it was to the early churches of Galatia: We are justified by grace through faith alone - not by works of the law.</p><p><br></p><p>Join T. A. McMahon and radio guests (Greg Durel, Mike Gendron, and Jim McCarthy) as they discuss this powerful Pauline epistle and its relevance to your daily walk.</p><p><br></p><p>View the full series: https://<a href="http://www.thebereancall.org/galatians" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.thebereancall.org/galatians</a></p><p>More about the Bible: https://<a href="http://www.thebereancall.org/topic/bible" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.thebereancall.org/topic/bible</a></p><p>Our website: https://<a href="http://www.reachingcatholics.org" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.reachingcatholics.org</a></p><p>Our main website: <a href="http://www.thebereancall.org" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.thebereancall.org</a></p><p>Store: store.<a href="http://thebereancall.org" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">thebereancall.org</a></p><p>Download our app: <a href="http://www.thebereancall.org/app" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.thebereancall.org/app</a></p><p>Sign up for our email updates: https://<a href="http://www.thebereancall.org/subscribe" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.thebereancall.org/subscribe</a></p>

<p><br></p><p>Today we’re going to address the phenomenal influence of the Roman Catholic Church - the influence they’re having upon those who are not Catholics but call themselves evangelicals: non-Catholics who profess to be evangelicals. And my guest for that topic is Greg Durel. He is pastor of Heritage Bible Church of Gretna, Louisiana. Greg has a weekday radio ministry, which is devoted to educating Catholics as to the differences in what their church teaches and what the Bible teaches. He’s one of the founding directors of Reaching Catholics for Christ and a speaker at RCFC’s national conferences. Reaching Catholics for Christ has as its objective informing evangelicals as to what the Roman Catholic Church teaches and how to effectively witness to Catholics.</p>

<p>Join Dave and Tom as they engage in an in-depth, verse-by-verse examination of the Gospel of John. We hope you will be challenged and convicted as you listen to these insightful, exegetical discussions compiled from nearly four years of Search the Scriptures Daily radio programs. Open your Bible and get ready for an edifying pilgrimage into God's Word.</p>

<p>Question: I’ve heard you say that after the Rapture everyone on earth will be united. To do what?</p><p>Response: They will be united, first of all, in a world religion and they will worship both Satan and the Antichrist. Scripture teaches that everyone (except those who believe the gospel and reject Antichrist and as a result are executed for their faith) will worship “the dragon...and...the beast…” (Rv 13:2-4).</p><p>Secondly, the world will be united in a world government under Antichrist. He is given power “over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations” (v. 7) so that “all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, [must] receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name” (Rv 13:16-17).</p><p>They will also be united in the “strong delusion” with which the Lord will afflict those who “believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness” (2 Thes 2:11-12). Clearly, mankind will unite under Antichrist to do his will, to pursue evil desires, and to oppose the true God.</p><p><br></p><p>Our main website: <a href="http://www.thebereancall.org" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.thebereancall.org</a></p>

<p>This is number 228 in our series of “Get Biblical Understanding.” In this session we’re reading many but certainly not all of the biblical verses that have to do with The Heart.</p><p><br></p><p>The heart addressed in this series is not the physical organ within our body but rather the non-physical aspects that pervade humanity, which is at the center of our spiritual and mental life. Only God knows our heart and from Him alone comes our only true insights.</p><p><br></p><p>JOHN 6:26 Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.</p><p><br></p><p>JOHN 12:39-40 Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again, He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.</p><p><br></p><p>JOHN 14:1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.</p><p><br></p><p>JOHN 14:27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.</p><p><br></p><p>ACTS 1:24-26 And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, show whether of these two thou hast chosen,</p><p> </p><p>ACTS 2:37 Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?</p><p><br></p><p>ACTS 5:3-4 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.</p>

<p>The message of this treasured epistle is just as clear and convicting today as it was to the early churches of Galatia: We are justified by grace through faith alone - not by works of the law.</p><p><br></p><p>Join T. A. McMahon and radio guests (Greg Durel, Mike Gendron, and Jim McCarthy) as they discuss this powerful Pauline epistle and its relevance to your daily walk.</p><p><br></p><p>View the full series: https://<a href="http://www.thebereancall.org/galatians" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.thebereancall.org/galatians</a></p><p>More about the Bible: https://<a href="http://www.thebereancall.org/topic/bible" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.thebereancall.org/topic/bible</a></p><p>Our website: https://<a href="http://www.reachingcatholics.org" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.reachingcatholics.org</a></p><p>Our main website: <a href="http://www.thebereancall.org" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.thebereancall.org</a></p><p>Store: store.<a href="http://thebereancall.org" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">thebereancall.org</a></p><p>Download our app: <a href="http://www.thebereancall.org/app" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.thebereancall.org/app</a></p><p>Sign up for our email updates: https://<a href="http://www.thebereancall.org/subscribe" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.thebereancall.org/subscribe</a></p>

<p><br></p><p>Today and next week, we’re going to address the phenomenal influence of the Roman Catholic Church - the influence they’re having upon those who are not Catholics but call themselves evangelicals: non-Catholics who profess to be evangelicals. And my guest for that topic is Greg Durel. He is pastor of Heritage Bible Church of Gretna, Louisiana. Greg has a weekday radio ministry, which is devoted to educating Catholics as to the differences in what their church teaches and what the Bible teaches. He’s one of the founding directors of Reaching Catholics for Christ and a speaker at RCFC’s national conferences. Reaching Catholics for Christ has as its objective informing evangelicals as to what the Roman Catholic Church teaches and how to effectively witness to Catholics.</p><p><br></p>

<p>Join Dave and Tom as they engage in an in-depth, verse-by-verse examination of the Gospel of John. We hope you will be challenged and convicted as you listen to these insightful, exegetical discussions compiled from nearly four years of Search the Scriptures Daily radio programs. Open your Bible and get ready for an edifying pilgrimage into God's Word.</p>

<p>Question: I’ve been pondering a question that only leads to more questions: “What should I expect from a relationship with Jesus?” Some would tell me that the sky is the limit when it comes to God. Not only does He want to take control of my life and guide my every thought and action, but He will heal me of my sicknesses, make me prosperous, and protect me from all harm. And yet, when tragedy strikes, a loved one dies, or the paychecks just barely cover the bills, these same individuals are left searching for explanations. At the other end of the spectrum are those who would say that a relationship with Jesus is all about matters of the heart. I should set my mind on things above, think in spiritual terms, and not be so concerned with physical needs and wishes. But, based on what I’ve read in the Bible, this hardly seems like the complete picture of a relationship with the Lord either. When it comes to believing in Jesus and His offer of salvation, I know that I cannot prove His existence, and I accept Him by faith. But when it comes to understanding a relationship with Jesus and His interaction and/or intervention in my daily life, I find it more difficult to just accept everything by faith. For instance, I’ve met Christians that like to “name it and claim it,” who are quick to say that “God did this” and “God did that” in answer to prayer. Maybe He did. Maybe He didn’t. How are we to know? And what should we expect?</p>

<p>This is number 227 in our series of “Get Biblical Understanding.” In this session we’re reading many but certainly not all of the biblical verses that have to do with The Heart.</p><p><br></p><p>The heart addressed in this series is not the physical organ within our body but rather the non-physical aspects that pervade humanity, which is at the center of our spiritual and mental life. Only God knows our heart and from Him alone comes our only true insights.</p><p><br></p><p>LUKE 8:15 But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.</p><p><br></p><p>LUKE 12:34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.</p><p><br></p><p>LUKE 16:14-15 And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him. And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.</p><p> </p><p>JOHN 14:1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.</p><p><br></p><p>JOHN 2:24 But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men, And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.</p><p><br></p><p>JOHN 3:19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.</p><p><br></p><p>JOHN 6:14-15 Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world. When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.</p><p><br></p>

<p>The message of this treasured epistle is just as clear and convicting today as it was to the early churches of Galatia: We are justified by grace through faith alone - not by works of the law.</p><p><br></p><p>Join T. A. McMahon and radio guests (Greg Durel, Mike Gendron, and Jim McCarthy) as they discuss this powerful Pauline epistle and its relevance to your daily walk.</p><p><br></p>

<p>My guest—second week with Carl Kerby, Jr. Carl’s expertise, really—and I’m telling you, it is expertise—has to do with video games, and he’s the co-author of a book titled It’s Not Just a Game: How Parents and Gamers Can Apply God’s Word to Video Games. It’s by Carl Kerby, and with Drew Thorwall. And he also has a DVD: Game Over: It’s Not Just a Game, which I’ve been through both of these, and, folks, I can’t recommend them highly enough, especially [to] those with children who are playing video games, those who are grandparents, and they want to have some input in the lives of their children and grandchildren. I think this is an absolute necessity.</p>

<p>Join Dave and Tom as they engage in an in-depth, verse-by-verse examination of the Gospel of John. We hope you will be challenged and convicted as you listen to these insightful, exegetical discussions compiled from nearly four years of Search the Scriptures Daily radio programs. Open your Bible and get ready for an edifying pilgrimage into God's Word.</p>

<p>Question: Why does world opinion (UN, EU, Russia, media, etc.) generally go against Israel, and why is it often so viciously backed by false accusations? Is this of any significance for today, or is it merely what God foreordained?</p><p><br></p><p>Response: God did not foreordain anti-Semitism and the hatred of Israel rampant in the world—and He will severely punish those persons and nations guilty of it. He foretold this hatred, but He does not cause it. As Jesus declared, evil comes from the human heart: "For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: These are the things which defile a man..." (Mt 15:19-20).</p><p><br></p><p>Of course, Satan does all he can to stir up anti-Semitism and hatred of Israel. As we explain inJudgment Day, Satan's only hope to escape his final doom is to destroy Israel. He has made the destruction of Israel and the extermination of all Jews one of the foundations of Islam; he has persuaded Europe and most of the rest of the world to believe the lies of the Arabs who claim to be descended from the original "Palestinians" (a people who never existed); and he is persuading not just the D. James Kennedys, Hank Hanegraaffs, and R. C. Sprouls, but increasing numbers of Christians that the church has replaced Israel...</p>

<p>This is number 226 in our series of “Get Biblical Understanding.” In this session we’re reading many but certainly not all of the biblical verses that have to do with The Heart.</p><p><br></p><p>The heart addressed in this series is not the physical organ within our body but rather the non-physical aspects that pervade humanity, which is at the center of our spiritual and mental life. Only God knows our heart and from Him alone comes our only true insights.</p><p><br></p><p>MARK 10:3-5 And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you? And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away. And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept. But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.</p><p> </p><p>MARK 12:30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.</p><p> </p><p>LUKE 1:51 He hath showed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.</p><p> </p><p>LUKE 2:35 (Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.</p><p> </p><p>LUKE 5:21-22 And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone? But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said unto them, What reason ye in your hearts?</p><p> </p><p>LUKE 6:45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.</p><p> </p><p>LUKE 8:11-12 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved. </p>

<p>Originally published May 1, 1993</p><p><br></p><p>Go ye therefore, and [make disciples of] all nations.... Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world — Matthew 28:19-20</p><p><br></p><p>Last month we saw from God's Word that lost sinners are offered forgiveness of all sins (past, present, and future), and eternal life as a free gift of God's grace by virtue of Christ's fully accomplished redemptive work upon the cross and bodily resurrection. To receive this priceless gift one need only believe the gospel: that one is a sinner deserving God's judgment and unable by self-effort, religious ritual or any other means, to earn or merit salvation even in part; and that Christ paid the full debt which God's justice demands for man's sin. Of course, one must believe the gospel not merely as a historic fact, but to the extent of placing one's faith completely in the Lord Jesus Christ as personal Savior for eternity.</p><p><br></p><p>We noted also that Christ directed His disciples to preach this good news of the gospel to everyone everywhere. This command by Christ to His original followers has become known as the "Great Commission." It is stated in two ways: "Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel" (Mark 16:15); and "make disciples" (Matthew 28:19). Those who preach the gospel are to disciple those who believe it. Born again by God's Spirit into His family (John 3:3-5; 1 John 3:2), converts begin a new life as Christ's followers, eager to learn of Him and to obey the One whom they now love for having saved them.</p>

<p>The message of this treasured epistle is just as clear and convicting today as it was to the early churches of Galatia: We are justified by grace through faith alone - not by works of the law.</p><p><br></p><p>Join T. A. McMahon and radio guests (Greg Durel, Mike Gendron, and Jim McCarthy) as they discuss this powerful Pauline epistle and its relevance to your daily walk.</p><p><br></p>

<p><br></p><p>My guest for this program and next week, should our Lord tarry, is Carl Kerby, Jr. (not to be mistaken for his dad, who I recently interviewed). Carl Jr.’s area of expertise and research involves issues that we here at TBC consider to be of prime importance, especially regarding the upcoming generation: it’s the entertainment media, and specifically video games. Carl is the co-author with Drew Thorwall of It’s Not Just a Game: How Parents and Gamers Can Apply God’s Word to Video Games. Carl also has a DVD called Game Over: It’s Not Just a Game, and when this program airs, we will definitely have information on how you can order the DVD and the book.</p>

<p>Join Dave and Tom as they engage in an in-depth, verse-by-verse examination of the Gospel of John. We hope you will be challenged and convicted as you listen to these insightful, exegetical discussions compiled from nearly four years of Search the Scriptures Daily radio programs. Open your Bible and get ready for an edifying pilgrimage into God's Word.</p>

<p><br></p><p>Question: I am reading Chuck Colson’s book The Body, and am greatly disappointed in Chuck for including the Roman Catholic Church as a part of the body of Christ that we are to embrace in his call for unity…. I appreciate Chuck Colson, but I’m a bit confused about his term “evangelical Catholics.” What also greatly disappoints me are the endorsements by a host of religious leaders on the jacket. Would you comment on this book in The Berean Call?</p><p><br></p><p>Response: I respect Chuck as a Christian who loves the Lord and has sacrificed a great deal to bring the gospel into prisons. Therefore it grieves me to say that his book is a sad mixture of warnings against error and at the same time embracing that which is false and even covering up or ignoring that which, if admitted, would undermine his thesis of unity with Rome. He finds fault (often correctly) with various segments of the evangelical church, but not with the Catholic Church. And the praise he gives Rome is often so blind as to be embarrassing, such as his statement that “the Catholic Church, to its great credit, does call heretics to account” (p 132). Indeed she does, having burned more than a million at the stake! And to this day both Trent and Vatican II condemn evangelicals as heretics for holding beliefs to which Colson subscribes. Surely he must know this!</p>