A Minute In the Church Volume II

Gus Lloyd

Description

Many people have questions about the Catholic faith, both non-Catholic and Catholic alike. In A Minute in the Church Volume II, Gus Lloyd answers common questions to and objections about the Catholic faith - and in just a minute!

If you or someone you know has questions or misunderstandings about the Church's teachings on annulment, euthanasia, capital punishment, receiving Communion, the clergy sex abuse scandal and many other things, this book is for you!

Sujets

• Religion
• Christianisme
• Philosophie et théologie
• Catholic
• Christianity

Informations

• Publié par: eBookIt.com
• Date de parution: 11 février 2014
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781456621247
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Copyright © 2013 by Gus Lloyd
Nihil Obstat: Rev. Msgr. David L. Toups, STD Censor Librorum
Imprimatur: Most Rev. Robert N. Lynch, DD
Bishop of St. Petersburg
17 October 2013
Scripture texts used in this work are taken from the New American Bible, copyright © 1991, 1986, and 1970 by the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Washington, DC 20017 and are used by permission of the copyright owner. All rights reserved. No part of the New American Bible may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the copyright owner.
Gus Lloyd P.O. Box 340983 Tampa, FL 33694-0983 www.GusLloyd.com
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A BOUT THE A UTHOR
Gus Lloyd is a “revert” to the Catholic faith. After being raised in the Church, he fell away from any faith in his late teens. After giving their lives to Christ in a small, nondenominational Bible church, Gus and his wife, Michelle, decided to check out the Catholic Church again. Their lives were never the same.
Gus is a popular radio host and Catholic evangelist. He regularly speaks at conferences, retreats and parish missions around the country. After a stint in secular radio in which he worked nearly every format, he began a career in Catholic radio in the early 1990’s. In 2006, after 13 years as the popular morning show host at Spirit FM, the Catholic radio station in Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL, Gus began hosting Seize the Day on Sirius XM Satellite Radio’s The Catholic Channel. You can listen to Gus every weekday morning all across North America. To invite Gus to speak at your conference, event or church, contact him through his web site, www.GusLloyd.com .

I would like to thank the many people who have made this
book possible, especially Msgr. David Toups.
Msgr. Toups worked with me to help make these teachings
correct and concise.
Table of Contents
eBook Cover
Title Page
Introduction
Abortion
Angels
Annulment I
Annulment II
Apostolic Succession
Assumption of Mary I
Assumption of Mary II
Capital Punishment
Catholic Posture
Clergy Sex Abuse Scandal I
Clergy Sex Abuse Scandal II
Cremation
Date of Easter
Electing a Pope I
Electing a Pope II
Electing a Pope III
Electing a Pope IV
Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Euthanasia
Fasting
Gambling
Homosexuality
Lent
Mary – Mother of God
Mary – Queen of Heaven
Mary – Sinless Life I
Mary – Sinless Life II
Mediums/Fortune Tellers
Mortal Sin
Necessity of Baptism
Pornography
Receiving Communion I
Receiving Communion II
Religious Liberty
Sacraments
Sola Scriptura
Suicide
The Trinity
Tithing
Who Can be Saved?
Introduction
Always be ready to give an explanation to anyone who asks for a reason for your hope.
1 Peter 3:15
Got a minute?
Anybody ever ask you that question? I’ve found that if they ask you that question, they usually want more than just a minute of your time - sometimes a lot more. And if the topic of religion or faith is in the offing, then you could be in for the long haul. That’s not the case with this book. In fact, one of the unique things about the book you are holding in your hand is that the introduction is longer than any of the chapters, because each chapter is only a minute long. Let me explain why.
I have been on the radio since 1979, and spent the last 20+ years in Catholic radio. One of the things you have to become good at in radio is being concise. When you write and produce commercials, you usually only have 30 or 60 seconds to get your message across. I know that sometimes when you’re listening to a radio commercial, 60 seconds can seem like an hour. But for the people who want to tell their story, it seems like an instant. And when you’re trying to impart the truths of a faith that has been around for millennia, it seems nearly impossible. But over the years I’ve managed to boil down teachings of the Catholic faith to a minute for airing on the radio. Thus was born A Minute in the Church .
All of the chapters in this book are scripts that air on the radio. In talking with a lot of people, I’ve found that this is exactly what people are looking for – quick, easy answers to common questions about the faith. It seems that fewer and fewer people today will bother to pick up and read a “full size” book. But a booklet with very short chapters is much more palatable. People will actually pick it up and read it. Isn’t that the goal?
In my first book, A Minute in the Church , I concentrated a lot on objections that many non-Catholics have about Catholic teaching. This book contains many chapters that tackle similar issues, but there’s also more this time. I’ve included chapters on common Catholic practices and things that many Catholics have questions about.
In my job as a talk radio host, I have the privilege of talking with people from all over North America every day. It is one of the joys of my life. I get a lot of questions, most of them from Catholics who never really learned about their faith and the reasons why we believe what we believe and do what we do. In Church circles, there’s a fancy word for that – undercatechised. I have to admit that I was the same way. Growing up Catholic, I never learned the underlying reasons for our beliefs and practices. Seems I was not alone. I would never point a finger at the priests and nuns and lay men and women who taught me when I was growing up. I’m sure they did the best they could. I probably wasn’t listening very well.
As I began to grow in my re-found Catholic faith, I wanted to learn how to answer questions and objections that people have against and about Catholicism. So I began researching and studying on my own to get answers. There are so many great resources available out there, and I encourage you to use them. I have found that when it comes to my faith, the more I know, the more I know I don’t know.
I always want to make it known that the short teachings in my A Minute in the Church books are simply a starting point. They are meant to give you quick, easy answers. My prayer is that, after reading about each topic, you’ll want to dive more deeply into the faith. I hope you’re as excited about the journey as I am!
Finally, I want to talk briefly about the difference between head knowledge and heart knowledge. Head knowledge is extremely important. We must be knowledgeable about our faith. That’s what books like this are for. But there is something far more important – heart knowledge.