Teresa, I've read your book (it's OK not...). I'm Catholic I, convert from evangelical seminary in 1999. I also homesvhooled my 3 kids. They are grown. I'm married to an sda (several generations, both sides). He converted to catholic before marriage 6 years ago. He hadn't been sda for 20 years before that. However, (I think partly because of his Catholic Baptism) he became more on fire for Jesus and returned to what he was raised about 5nyears ago. We attend both churches together. And we have had far too many discussions, which have had a benefit of helping us both become even more Bible knowledgeable. I am hoping for help from your ministry. I am having anger issues with sda, primarily from sda lack of accurate presentation of Catholic beliefs from pulpit, literature at church, online evangelists, and the horrible Unfactual and mean book (great controversy). Also, various times I've discovered that being kind and non-confrontational is perceived as being close to conversion. Not true... I love my husband. He loves me. I like the people at thr sda church. Yet, I also feel angry at the misrepresentation and the misunderstanding of me as a person. I love the catholic faith. I love the truth. It is peaceful. I strongly want my husband to walk his own journey of faith. And I want to attend together. I'm struggling with following Christ. I've started evangelizing more lately, like I used to do. I want to follow Christ. I have been blessed by continued study of theology. And it has helped some with feelings of anger. And we need to consider tithing in this split world (we finished a joint catholic tithing commitment recently). I talked to my priest. He helped, yet, I find my feelings are pretty deep. I just want to follow Jesus. My feelings can be overcome. Jesus is the key. I thought I'd reach out to yall. I assume we will return to sda together soon. We have been to catholic mass already. I really liked the CHN piece yall wrote. It came out in 2011. I must have read it. But I didn't know any sda then, so it didn't stick, like this reading tonight. My husband is mad at yalls book and says that isn't his experience as an sda. But, this CHN piece and your book sounds like his explanation of his upbringing as an sda. I guess it doesn't matter. I understand anger. We have ties to the northwest and could possibly come see you, or invite you here to NW Arkansas. Or both. Anyway, I'm reaching out. I hope you can reply to my actual email, somehow, as I don't see this email, and I hope I didn't make my email public. I can give you more of my contact info if I can do it privately. And no hurry... We are far too busy to be in a hurry! Blessings on you both. And we are praying for your family. I get that. I am the only catholic in my extended family (except kids and their spouses) I miss my smaller church close catholic homeschool friends. Moved and kids now grown. Reaching out. Hmm... Can you ask CHN how to each me perhaps? They have asked for my testimony and I've worked on it, but not finished. I have contacted them. I hope I would see this but not sure. You could contact me via snail mail at po in Rogers ark. It's 4. 5. 9. It gets a lot of mail for various things, but I'll get it. I hope this is clear enough. Thanks and blessings!
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Hello Arthur and Teresa,
http://www.sundaylaw.net/books/other/edwardson/facts/fof15.htm
How do you respond to these claims since you are more knowledgeable on this I assume.
God bless
Teresa, I've read your book (it's OK not...). I'm Catholic I, convert from evangelical seminary in 1999.
I also homesvhooled my 3 kids. They are grown. I'm married to an sda (several generations, both sides). He converted to catholic before marriage 6 years ago. He hadn't been sda for 20 years before that. However, (I think partly because of his Catholic Baptism) he became more on fire for Jesus and returned to what he was raised about 5nyears ago. We attend both churches together. And we have had far too many discussions, which have had a benefit of helping us both become even more Bible knowledgeable. I am hoping for help from your ministry. I am having anger issues with sda, primarily from sda lack of accurate presentation of Catholic beliefs from pulpit, literature at church, online evangelists, and the horrible Unfactual and mean book (great controversy). Also, various times I've discovered that being kind and non-confrontational is perceived as being close to conversion. Not true... I love my husband. He loves me. I like the people at thr sda church. Yet, I also feel angry at the misrepresentation and the misunderstanding of me as a person. I love the catholic faith. I love the truth. It is peaceful. I strongly want my husband to walk his own journey of faith. And I want to attend together. I'm struggling with following Christ. I've started evangelizing more lately, like I used to do. I want to follow Christ. I have been blessed by continued study of theology. And it has helped some with feelings of anger. And we need to consider tithing in this split world (we finished a joint catholic tithing commitment recently). I talked to my priest. He helped, yet, I find my feelings are pretty deep. I just want to follow Jesus. My feelings can be overcome. Jesus is the key. I thought I'd reach out to yall. I assume we will return to sda together soon. We have been to catholic mass already. I really liked the CHN piece yall wrote. It came out in 2011. I must have read it. But I didn't know any sda then, so it didn't stick, like this reading tonight. My husband is mad at yalls book and says that isn't his experience as an sda. But, this CHN piece and your book sounds like his explanation of his upbringing as an sda. I guess it doesn't matter. I understand anger. We have ties to the northwest and could possibly come see you, or invite you here to NW Arkansas. Or both. Anyway, I'm reaching out. I hope you can reply to my actual email, somehow, as I don't see this email, and I hope I didn't make my email public. I can give you more of my contact info if I can do it privately. And no hurry... We are far too busy to be in a hurry! Blessings on you both. And we are praying for your family. I get that. I am the only catholic in my extended family (except kids and their spouses) I miss my smaller church close catholic homeschool friends. Moved and kids now grown. Reaching out. Hmm... Can you ask CHN how to each me perhaps? They have asked for my testimony and I've worked on it, but not finished. I have contacted them. I hope I would see this but not sure. You could contact me via snail mail at po in Rogers ark. It's 4. 5. 9. It gets a lot of mail for various things, but I'll get it. I hope this is clear enough. Thanks and blessings!
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