Growing up fundamentalist Baptist, I can remember many a sermon, in which the fundamentalist Baptist preacher referred to the Roman Catholic Church as the "Great Whore" mentioned in the Book of Revelation. I was taught that the Roman Catholic Church is evil incarnate. It is not a Christian Church. The people in the Roman Catholic Church are not Christians. They are of the devil!
How times have changed!
The Roman Catholic Church is now the strongest ally and "friend" of evangelicals and fundamentalists. The RCC is at the forefront in the battle to defend traditional Christian morals and values. Several years ago a prominent fundamentalist/evangelical, Pastor Jerry Falwell, hailed the then pope, John Paul, as a great man for his defense of Christian values. You never would have heard a fundamentalist praising a pope when I was a child. That would have been blasphemy and treason against the true Christian Church.
Let all Christians pray for the Catholic Cardinals as they select the next pope. For whomever they elect as pope will be the next "Face" of Christianity, the next de facto Spokesman for the world-wide Christian Church, the next Defender of the Unborn, the next Defender of Christian Morality.
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The Roman Catholic Church has a new pope!
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Let all Christians pray for the new Bishop of Rome, that God will use him for His divine purpose to further the Gospel and to defend the Christian faith against an often atagonistic secular world.
Though not a Catholic, I also consider the RCC an ally of evangelicals in the defense of Christian values. It is a privilege to pray for Francis I and the Church which he is now set to lead.
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