things like this<\/a>? \u00a0I spent almost fifteen years in Protestant ministry. \u00a0I earned a Masters in Biblical studies and Church History. \u00a0I was accepted into a Doctoral program and remained there until I left (bad decision) to find my way into the Catholic Church. \u00a0On that journey, I read and read and read and read and read. \u00a0I listened, watched and read some more from Catholics about Catholic teaching, doctrine and living. \u00a0And in all that time, I have never read such a wonderful take on what it is to properly understand Hell, Grace and what it means to say the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. \u00a0Why can\u2019t Mark spend his time on such things? \u00a0In the old days, he did. \u00a0Pieces like this were par for the course. Which is why his writings were instrumental to my journey into Catholicism. More please. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Why? \u00a0Why can\u2019t you spend more time writing things like this? \u00a0I spent almost fifteen years in Protestant ministry. \u00a0I earned a Masters in Biblical studies and Church History. \u00a0I was accepted into a Doctoral program and remained there until I left (bad decision) to find my way into the Catholic Church. \u00a0On that journey, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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