The Catholic gospel is a complex system of sacramental faith and works in which God’s grace is doled out sacrament by sacrament. The central sacraments are baptism and the Mass. The Catechism clearly teaches that water baptism and the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Dear Dr. Shoemaker, Pastoral Staff, & Elders, We received your January 2008 church newsletter with interest that rapidly transitioned into shock and righteous indignation (Rom 12:9b). In your 2005 article entitled “One Evangelical's...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Don Shoemaker quotes a Catholic source in a positive light that says the following: "Saint Charles spent his life and fortune in the service of the people of his diocese. He directed and fervently enforced the decrees of the Council of Trent,...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Dear Pastors,You aren’t going to believe this. Grace Community Church of Seal Beach is still sending me their newsletter. But wait there’s more. In the Feb. newsletter Dr. Shoemaker doesn’t promote the pope as a Gospel preacher;...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Don Shoemaker's heresy turned into an unconscionable promotion of the the counter-Reformation and the counter-Reformer Saint (so-called) Charles of Borromeo... who burned Gospel preaching reformers at the stake in a zeal for the Roman Catholic...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The Role Of The Preacher & The Nature Of Preaching Charles H. SpurgeonPreach not calmly and quietly as though you were asleep, but preach with fire and pathos and passion.Our ministry must be emphatic, or it will never affect these thoughtless...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Mother's Day: An Admonishment From A Son I think it is great that our nation sets aside a day to remember of our Mothers. In it's present form it was started by Anne Marie Jarvis after the death of her mother. A service was held on May 12th, 1907...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
OSAMA BIN LADEN MARTYRED -a fallen Islamic hero Osama Bin Laden introduced the United States of America to the true nature of Islam on September 11th, 2001. I have not forgotten the horror of watching jet airliners fly into the Twin Towers turning...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Last night we had the joy delivering the Biblical Gospel of Jesus Christ while standing in the shadow of Portland's Mormon Temple. We arrived on the beautiful, well lit, tree lined campus around 7:30 to find a large number of cars parked in their...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Luis Palau (of Portland CityFest 08) and the Luis Palau Association have embraced a hybrid form of ecumenical evangelism that unites them actively with the Roman Catholic Church and liberal mainline gospel denying churches. The philosophy of...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
