Summary: <p>Church teaching is an important part of our Catholic Faith. Today, Mike and Dave are going to show you how to incorporate the church into the kerygma.</p> <p>They explain how fellowship is not socializing and why the Church comes before the individual in the plan of God.</p> <p>“Our love for Jesus and for our neighbor impels us to speak to others about our faith. Each believer is thus a link in the great chain of believers. I cannot believe without being carried by the faith of others, and by my faith I help support others in the faith.” (CCC 166)</p> <p><strong>Snippet from the Show:</strong></p> <p>You have not given yourself faith as you have not given yourself life. The believer has received faith from others and should hand it on to others. (CCC 166)</p> <p><strong>5 Practical Tips</strong><br> 1) Meet someone at your parish that you have never met before. It can be as simple as introducing yourself.<br> 2) Read 2Timothy 2.<br> 3) Read CCC 176-184.<br> 4) Pray for the staff of your parish all week long.<br> 5) Look at the four steps of the kerygma below and compare them to your personal testimony. (You can also go to the shownotes on at ascensionpress.com/everykneeshallbow.) Pencil in what parts of your testimony line up with the kerygma. This will help you make the kerygma center stage of your testimony and not your personal story. </p> <p><strong>4 Steps of the Kerygma:</strong><br> 1) God has a plan for your life.<br> 2) Sin interrupts that plan and separates you from God.<br> 3) Jesus Christ died and rose so that you could be forgiven of these sins and be united to God in heaven.<br> 4) Through faith and his Church, you can be united to God forever.</p> <p><strong>Recommendations</strong><br> 1) Fr. Spitzer’s book New Proofs for the Existence of God: Contributions of Contemporary Physics and Philosophy<br> 2) Rev. Timothy Keller’s book The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism<br> 3) C.S. Lewis’ book Mere Christianity<br> 4) Dr. Peter Kreeft’s book Fundamentals of the Faith: Essays in Christian Apologetics<br> CCC #166</p>
