From Presbyterian to Catholic: Spencer's Conversion Story (Christian Testimony)

[@QuigleyArbuthnot]

Love these videos. I love seeing the Catholic faith thru the eyes of converts. So enlightening.

[@FiledUnderFaith]

I love convert stories too! That might have been obvious though, haha. Another interview is happening this evening!

[@danielpane5192]

God bless you, glad to see more conversion to Christ and His Church.

[@johngermain3076]

EVERY Conversion is an act of God.

[@johnbrowne3950]

Especially those from Catholic to Christian.

[@corpuschristichanel5536]

Great story...greeting from Indonesia.

[@phil4v8]

Have you heard testimony by Keith Nestor. No one forced him to become catholic. He brought his wife back to the catholic church.👏

[@johnyang1420]

Beautiful testimony!!! Welcome home!!!!

[@phrimusphrimus766]

God bless you welcome home

[@marcusulpiustraianus6096]

Welcome home, man!!!!

[@denisewells2992]

I agree, the analogies are fantastic. Very illustrating describing the feast offered by the Catholic faith.

[@maestrovichozo6586]

AMEN

[@Lola-kv6fx]

God bless you both!

[@kasiaseubert]

Great story and great video 😊

[@frey-kj5i]

From East Timor 🇹🇱🇹🇱🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@paulsmallwood1484]

An interesting way to put it because it literally took an act of God for him to become a Christian to begin with.

[@silveriorebelo2920]

and another act of God for becoming Catholic

[@specialteams28]

The establishment of the Catholic Church IS an act of God

[@FiledUnderFaith]

Amen!

[@phil4v8]

👏👏🙏🙏🙏

[@shlamallama6433]

Two seconds in and I realize that this guy has a Presbyterian beard.

[@FiledUnderFaith]

I am not sure what a Presbyterian beard is, but this comment sure made me laugh!

[@normarosales1768]

"Whoever Is Not Against Us Is for Us..."Mark 9:40 Instead of staying with a group which is in agreement with "Us", why not belong to the "Us" group which Jesus Himself leads?

[@FiledUnderFaith]

Yes, what a privilege to be in the Church that Jesus founded, the Church that he promised would never be forsaken.

[@justindutcher2444]

Go Sox!

[@FiledUnderFaith]

Haha! I have been waiting for this comment.

[@justindutcher2444]

@@FiledUnderFaith great time to be a fan for sure. My childhood days were rough other than 05-08 lol glad to have you as a fellow Catholic and Sox fan! God bless!

[@adamnowak926]

👍

[@capecodder04]

I didn't know they let White Sox fans back into the Catholic Church!?! I thought they were all excommunicated 😃 🐐

[@FiledUnderFaith]

Haha it's the universal Church!

[@capecodder04]

@@FiledUnderFaith Touche’ I enjoyed hearing his conversion testimony.

[@rolandovelasquez135]

Yup. I had the opposite experience about 50 years ago. Became Protestant. What a wonderful change. In my humble opinion Roman Catholicism has become a cult to Mary. I recommend John Macarthur's studies on Roman Catholicism. They are very well done and real eye openers. God bless you in the Name above all names.

[@williamgullett5911]

I'm glad you did that. Question...did it happen when reading the Bible? I've heard of some ex catholics who were told to not read the Bible because "we(priests) tell you whats in the Bible because you cant understand it".....and then when they started reading it a few of the ex catholics got angry that they felt mistaught for so many years

[@camilled.8852]

Nope, not a cult to Mary. You were not taught well.

[@williamgullett5911]

@@camilled.8852 Its a cult to something

[@kinyuaaazz]

​@@williamgullett5911 You might be confused, really pray about and do your research. God bless you.

[@williamgullett5911]

@@kinyuaaazz Everytime someone tells me to do my research or something like that they never are specific. And you weren't specific either. Tell me SPECIFICALLY what I need to do research on. Adding exact verses in Scripture will help

[@paulsmallwood1484]

But it didn’t take an act of God for this guy to become a Christian to begin with? Come on now. That is almost sacrilegious. It sounds like you are saying that his becoming a Christian initially was not as much of a God thing as when he became Roman Catholic. Become a Christian, not a big deal. Attended a Presbyterian church, God probably yawned. Where do you find this nonsense in the Bible?

[@mrj7066]

I'm trying to understand why God would bring someone to Catholicism, having read the Bible myself. Is Catholicism Christian? If so, how?

[@FiledUnderFaith]

When my evangelical mom first met my (now) husband who was raised Catholic, she asked him, "When was the last time you went to a regular church?" By "regular church", she meant a protestant church, but that's kind of a funny way to put it, since the Catholic church was THE Christian church until the great schism with the east around 955 AD, and then of course things became far more splintered during the reformation. "Is Catholicism Christian?" strikes me as being a similar question. I think you have a lot of assumptions wrapped around that question, specifically the assumption that Protestant Christianity is the default. The thing is, Catholicism is the oldest form and the original form of Christianity. I never would have thought that until I studied Church History (particularly the writings from the Early Church Fathers). Reading the writings from the early church blew my mind and showed me just how Catholic the Christian Church has always been.... focus on the Eucharist, submission to the bishop, baptism as regeneration, etc. etc.. it's all there, and always has been. I'd highly encourage you to check out writings such as the Martyrdom of Polycarp, Letters of Ignatius, Justin Martyr, etc. etc. God bless!

[@mrj7066]

@@FiledUnderFaith am I evangelical? Did the church start in Rome or in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost. I'm just gonna stick to the scriptures on this one buddy. But thanks for checking in. God bless

[@Spiritof76Catholic]

Mr. J. Jesus is the reason there is a Catholic Church. Do you honestly believe your immortal soul benefits by coming to a peaceful Catholic podcast just to insult Catholic Christians? By insulting us you insult Christ who established the “one” Biblical, authoritative and apostolic Church which became commonly known as Catholic by at least 107AD. Jesus even told us that He would send the Holy Spirit to guide the Apostles (and their successors) to all truth and that he would be with them until the end of the age. Just to be clear by my read of the Bible Jesus never gave the fallible man who established evangelicalism His authority to do it or make any promises to him either. Mr. J I will pray you find peace and happiness in your life tonight and at mass tomorrow. God bless you.

[@tryingnottobeasmartass757]

​@@mrj7066, I'm going to stick with Sacred Scripture, too, and also everything *else* God has given us: His Church, His sacraments, His liturgy, etc. The Scriptures are a great place to start, and I encourage you to study them deeply, especially in light of what the Early Church Fathers have to say about them.

[@mrj7066]

@@Spiritof76Catholic have I been un peaceful? No please. Start with the scriptures and... stay in them. Jesus is God.