Aé- The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, November 12, 2003 Check your scriptures, please Dear Sir: The Alpha program is a popular witnessing tool CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE TERRACE STANDARD amongst both Evangeli- cals and Catholics. Seeing as this is so I decided to do some re- search. I, as a-funda- mentalist Christian, was looking al a Catholicwebsitc and found some things that concerned me, : Such as this statement: “Alpha is compatible with Catholic teaching, but does not present wholly Catholic issues. It assumes that follow up teachings will be offered to Catholics and those wishing to become Catholic.” Another troubling statement I found was: “The Alpha program is ... ecumenical in that it covers the basic Christian truths shared by all traditions,” If the Alpha program is compatible with Catholic teaching and covers basie truths shared by all traditions ic. Catholics, Protestants, etc. then does it deal with es- sential leachings to salvation such as salvation by grace through faith alone which, by the way, is in direct con- tradiction to the teachings of the Catholic church? Here is another statement I found in the Catholic site: “Church membership is growing, attendance is in- creasing, and many attendees are joining RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults) and small faith communi- ties.” The Alpha program is winning converts to Catholi- cism. Such will be taught that they are saved by grace and the sacraments ie. the Eucharist, penance, baptism etc. They will be taught to pray to Mary and the saints and to say prayers for the dead and so on, These teach- ings are contrary lo God’s word and must be opposed. [ found more interesting things on this site: “When Catholics hear about Alpha, they often ask, “Why doesn’t someone just create a Catholic version of Alpha?” England’s Rt Reverend Ambrose Griffiths offers this response: “If we look at the teaching of Vatican II, we are clearly told that we should seek whatever is good and true wherever we find it. I think we should have the . humility to learn from our fellow Christians and realize that they have a great deal to teach us, and we have riches to share with them,” This Ambrose Griffiths wants Evangelicals to be in- fluenced by Catholics. Yet the true believer is not to as- sociale with false teachers. The apostle John in his second letter wrote: “O Whosoever transgreseth, and abideth not in the It was Roy C., not Roy E. Dear Sir: The Mall Bag doctrine of Christ, hath not god. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the son. 10 If there come any unto your, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house neither bid him Godspeed: 11 For. he that biddeth him Godspeed is: partaker of his evil deeds.” And 2 John 1;9-11. “I urge my fellow believers not to be (oo hasty to jump into anything but to approach eve- rything with caution. God's word, | Peter 5:8, says: “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh abut, seeking whom he may devour.” There is much talk of unity these days, but it is not a biblical unity. Nowhere is scripture are we told to set aside biblical doctrine for the sake of unity. But rather we are to be committed to il. Paul said to Timothy: “Till [ come give attendance to reading to exhortalion to doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself and them that hear thee.” Real unity is that which has its foundation firmly reoted in the unchanging truths of God’s work and doesn’t make compromises. I would like to urge believ- ers lo carefully search out the scriptures to make sure that what they are doing is of God. Do not assume something is good simply because your pastor or someone you respect says it is. Andrew Westerhof, Terrace B.C. “air transat-~ HOULDAY'S, Aquamarina Beach Hote! ALLINCLUSIVE, Superior ocoanvier room i wook 2 weuks Decembar 7 $1 359 St 849 December 19 $1 884 supe December 26 $2014 $2449 December 28 $2184 enor “MANZANILLO Karmina Palace ALL INCLUSIVE, dunior syile 1 weex , 2 woah * November 22 $1 299 $21 99 November 25 $1 299 $21 99 December 6, 13 $1379 $2179 Decembar 27 $2009 $2719 VARADERO. 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