Stepping Out in Faith Paperback – 15 Mar. 2013

This is a short, very readable collection of testimonies from eleven people who left Roman Catholicism and accepted Jesus Christ as their Savior.There’s not a lot of heavy-duty theology here. Most of the folks tell a similar, short tale of growing up within legalistic, cultural Catholicism, being invited to a Bible study and noticing the differences between God’s Word and their religion, and responding to the Gospel.All of the contributors noted that Catholicism teaches salvation by sacramental grace and perfect obedience to the Ten Commandments and church law, which left them exasperated. Through God’s Word and the work of the Holy Spirit they came to understand the GOOD NEWS! of salvation by God’s grace through faith in Christ alone and accepted Jesus as their Savior.Gilbert and the ten other writers are Australians so there’s an interesting “down under” twist to the stories. Also, most of the writers heard the Gospel for the first time in Bible studies sponsored by the Anglican church in Australia. Gilbert is an Anglican minister. I had assumed the Anglican/Episcopal church was largely dead but evidently there are pockets where the Gospel is still given out and received. Surprise! These eleven Anglicans are more zealous in their defense of the Gospel of grace than some Baptists I know.Below are a couple of other books from Matthias Media dealing with Roman Catholicism:* The Road Once Travelled: Fresh Thoughts on Catholicism (2010) by Mark Gilbert* Nothing In My Hand I Bring: Understanding the differences between Roman Catholic and Protestant beliefs (2007) by Ray Gallea

I actually purchased it for two friends who are Catholic. Thanks for the quick service. The book is in good shape.

I'm sorry the people that wrote the chapters had the bad experiences with the Catholic Church that they relate in the book. I can understand if you went to a "dead" Catholic parish how you would look for something better. The CC needs to do a better job of catechizing Her members, and "community" in the CC can vary wildly between parishes.But in the end of the day we must ask if what we believe is coherent, biblical, and historical. Protestantism fails in each of these areas.Compare the stories in this book to the principled conversions to Catholicism of Newman, Chesterton, Edith Stein, Malcom Muggeridge, Fulton Sheen, etc.I was a Protestant for 44 years. I wish I could believe it. I just can't. I'm sort of a Luther in reverse.