Nat Crawford - Executive Coach, Speaker, Leader

Last week we started looking at the areas of doctrinal agreement between Roman Catholics and Evangelicals. To read it, click here. We saw there is much agreement about revelation of Scripture, God, and human beings. We also observed a good amount of agreement on mankind. This week we'll look at our agreement about Christ, Salvation, the Church, ethics and last things. Christ - Both Catholics and evangelicals share a creedal sources, Athanasian and Chalcedonian, for the doctrine of Christ. Central to theology of Christ is He was Son of God, who became man to redeem humans to God. This redemption was through is death and resurrection.Christ is found in the Old Testament through prophecy and would be through three offices: Prophet, Priest, and King. It is by the Old Testament that Christ and His work is understood, thus central to the New Testament. To understand Christ, one must understand both the deity of Christ and the humanity of Christ. Jesus was wholly God as well as the So...

This past Summer I was able to attend a lecture from a former Catholic about the important areas of agreement and differences between Roman Catholicism and Evangelicalism. In addition to this lecture I read a lengthy, but thorough book by Norman Geisler called  Roman Catholics and Evangelicals: Agreements and Differences. I had the distinct "pleasure" reducing the book down to a 3,000 words. I have received many requests for a copy of this summary. So over the next few weeks I will be adding them on the website. Enjoy. Areas of Doctrinal Agreement Revelation Catholics and Protestants disagree the apocrypha belongs in the Old Testament, but do agree that the current sixty-six books are Divinely inspired. This revelation can be known by everyone. [1]   The Old Testament laid the foundation for Salvation. The New Testament is the completion of God's plan for salvation. [2]   There is both general revelation, which is seen by everyone, so mankind would be without...

A common objection from skeptics and atheists is the denial to believe in a God in which you can't see. At face value, it is a fair question, but does it hold up to other beliefs in things unseen? I think it's first important to establish that just because something cannot be seen, does not mean it does not exist. We believe in electrons, wind, black holes, and gravity yet we cannot see them. If tomorrow I decided that gravity didn't exist and therefore I walked off the top of a building, my disbelief in gravity would prove me wrong. Remember the words of the apostle Paul in Romans 1:20, "God's invisible qualities-His eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly understood fro what has ben made, so that men are without excuse." I just last night watched the birth of my son, Gracen Zacharias. One minute he was in my wife's womb, swimming in liquid and being fed from a chord from within her. The next minute he breathes his first breath of air. He then...