Talking with Catholics about the Gospel: A Guide for Evangelicals, by Christopher A. Castaldo
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In Talking with Catholics about the Gospel, author Chris Castaldo provides an easy-to-follow introduction to basic Catholic belief and practice, equipping evangelical Protestants for more fruitful spiritual conversations.
Written in accessible, non-technical language, this short book offers readers:
- A more informed awareness of Catholicism
- Encouragement to move from a combative posture to a gracious one
- Clarification of erroneous caricatures of Catholics in favor of a more constructive understanding
Based in part on Castaldo's experience as a Catholic and time spent working professionally in the Catholic Church, Talking with Catholics about the Gospel gives readers a framework for recognizing where lines of similarity and difference fall between Catholics and evangelical Protestants, along with handy tips for engaging in spiritual discussions.
Readers will gain encouragement and practical insights for gracious and worthwhile discussions of faith with Catholic believers.
Talking with Catholics about the Gospel: A Guide for Evangelicals, by Christopher A. Castaldo - Amazon Sales Rank: #456537 in Books
- Brand: Castaldo, Chris
- Published on: 2015-03-31
- Released on: 2015-03-31
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 7.99" h x .47" w x 5.24" l, .84 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 192 pages
Talking with Catholics about the Gospel: A Guide for Evangelicals, by Christopher A. Castaldo Review This book is a gift to those of us with dearly loved family and friends who are Catholic. I do not know of any other evangelical resource on Catholicism so careful to avoid caricature, and so deeply committed to winning souls, not arguments, amid all the complexities. The issues are not simple. Chris Castaldo knows firsthand the difficulties and possibilities, and he is a trustworthy guide as we dream and pray and seek to speak with gentleness and patience and clarity. -- David Mathis, , executive editor, desitingGod.org; elder, Cities Church, MinneapolisThis is an excellent guide for Evangelicals about how to relate to Roman Catholics and share the gospel with them. Chris Castaldo is well qualified for this task both by his own experience and by his studies. He manages to convey the key points with great clarity. Much to be recommended. -- Tony Lane, , Professor of Historical Theology, London School of TheologyChris Castaldo doesn’t just write about the need for grace and truth as we Protestants talk with Roman Catholics. I have seen him model grace and truth in personal evangelism, discipleship, and preaching. No matter what you know or don’t know about Catholicism, you can learn from his example and experience. -- Collin Hansen, , editorial director of The Gospel CoalitionChris Castaldo’s voice is a valuable one for evangelical Protestants. In this book he speaks as a man raised and nurtured in the Catholic Church, a careful student of ecclesial and theological history, and a Protestant pastor with a heart to shepherd people in the way of Christ and his Word. These various strands of his life coalesce here in a truly helpful “guide for Evangelicals” that points us toward more accurate understanding, more careful words, and more loving lives of witness among our Catholic friends and loved ones. -- Kathleen Nielson, , PhD, Director of Women’s Initiatives, The Gospel CoalitionIn Talking with Catholics about the Gospel, Chris displays his keen understanding of church history and systematic theology, helping Evangelicals to understand and relate constructively to Catholics. This work is highly recommended. -- Ralph E. Mackenzie, , coauthor of Roman Catholics and Evangelicals: Agreements and DifferencesWhat you hold in your hands is a rare gem of a book. The author, a former Catholic who is now an evangelical Protestant theologian, very humbly and faithfully addresses the central differences between Catholics and Evangelicals about grace and saving faith. Reading the first chapter alone will likely transform your own perspective if you will allow “grace and truth” to sink deeply into your heart! I wish every Evangelical former Catholic that I know would read this fair-minded book. I also hope my Catholic brothers and sisters will read this fine book and continue our important dialogue in good faith. Chris pulls no punches and writes with Christian love. -- John H. Armstrong, , President of ACT3 and author of Your Church Is Too SmallWriting with a clear mind and a warm heart, Chris Castaldo guides the reader through the complex and multifaceted world of Catholicism. If you have Catholic family or friends, are interested in sharing the gospel more effectively, or simply want to understand Catholicism better, you need this book. -- Colin Smith, , Senior Pastor, The OrchardTalking with Catholics is vintage Castaldo – deeply pastoral, generous to the other side, full of humor, and insightful about the issues that really matter. The author finds the perfect balance of truth and love. He doesn’t misrepresent the Catholic Church, yet he tests every claim by the Word of God. Castaldo has written a book that anyone who loves a Roman Catholic friend or relative should own. In a dialogue that is too often harsh and painful, Talking with Catholics shows us how to be truly Christian. -- Bryan M. Litfin, , Professor of Theology, Moody Bible Institute
About the Author
Chris Castaldo (PhD) was raised on Long Island, New York, as a Roman Catholic and worked full-time in the Catholic Church for several years. After eight years as pastor of outreach and church planting at College Church (Wheaton, Ill.), followed by three years as Director of the Ministry of Gospel Renewal at Wheaton College, Chris currently serves as Lead Pastor of New Covenant Church in Naperville, IL. He is the author of Holy Ground: Walking with Jesus as a Former Catholic and Talking with Catholics about the Gospel: A Guide for Evangelicals. Chris blogs at www.chriscastaldo.com
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Excellent guide By St. Augie Just about every book ever written with the words “Catholic” and “evangelical” in the title have been primarily for pastors or academics (think Roman Catholics and Evangelicals by Norman Geisler and Ralph MacKenzie). Such books offer detailed explanations of the thorny theological differences between the two camps. But Chris Castaldo’s Talking with Catholics: A Guide for Evangelicals is different.By different, I don’t mean Castaldo skirts our theological differences in order to make the book feel more readable or Roman Catholicism seem more palatable. It tackles a most of the issues head on, and (just as importantly) does so in a way that makes Catholics look human, not naïve, dumb, irrational, or extraterrestrial.1. Talking with Catholics does more than just communicate (or transfer) theological information.I’ve read my share of books about Catholics and evangelicals, and they’ve helped me to develop a theological grid for understanding Roman Catholicism. But I’m not sure how much these books helped me to grow in love. Talking with Catholics will help you do both. Castaldo, who was raised as Roman Catholic and now serves as lead pastor of New Covenant Church in Naperville, Illinois, is more than fair-minded when writing and thinking about these issues. He’s a model of generosity, grace, and love.Castaldo is a master peacemaker, and he’s at his best in this book. If you’re a red-blooded evangelical you might be thinking, I don’t want peacemaking. I just want the truth. But there’s a problem: emotional landmines are deeply embedded in this conversation. We need more than truth to navigate these—we need grace and truth.2. When Talking with Catholics communicates theologically, it’s done in an engaging way.The best Christian writers have a knack for giving us enough variety to make theology interesting and enjoyable to read while simultaneously engaging us with truth. Castaldo has, it seems, an endless bag of tricks he can employ to tease out the most stubborn Catholic and evangelical issues.Whether he’s putting on his GoPro™ camera and telling a humorous autobiographical story (ch. 1), banging out some old fashioned non-fiction on his typewriter (chs. 2, 4, 5), revving up his time machine to take us on a whirlwind tour of Catholic history (ch. 6), or narrating a Letterman-esque list of the “Top 10 Questions about Catholics,” you never feel like he’s wasting words or going off on a tangent.3. At a few points, Talking with Catholics left me wanting more.Mark Twain said, “It’s not the things I don’t understand in the Bible that worry me, it’s the things I understand perfectly clear that worry me.” Well, it’s not the things I don’t understand in Talking with Catholics that worry me, it’s the things I now understand. There’s more than enough in Talking with Catholics for me to practice with Catholic family and friends until Christ returns!But I would like to have seen more, for example, about understanding the Catholic Mass (this was #3 in the “Top 10 Questions about Catholics” section). Castaldo points out a common evangelical misunderstanding: Catholics teach that Christ is “physically present” in the Mass. Then he uses the Catechism of the Catholic Church to show that such a belief isn’t actually official Catholic teaching. On to the next question.Wait a minute. Christ’s body and blood are present in the Eucharist, but he’s not “physically present” in the Mass? There’s a gap somewhere. What is a non-physical body? What kind of blood fails the test of being physical? And is there some kind of rational, biblical basis for these kinds of Catholic “mysteries”? Further explanation in some parts of the book like this would help us.Talking with Catholics does us a valuable service when it identifies what agrees and what doesn’t agree with the official Roman Catholic teaching. But occasionally it left me alone, out in the ocean, floating with my evangelical sensibilities on a raft of apparent contradictions.4. Talking with Catholics is an excellent guide for evangelicals.A guide is someone who goes along with you as you travel to a new place. A guide can help give you a new grid to look at the world around you. They can give telltale signs that help you identify threats and dangers in the wild. Having a guide can help you survive.But more than that, a guide can point you to the beauty and wonder of the place you’re visiting, making sure you don’t miss things a novice might overlook. Chris Castaldo serves as such a guide for evangelicals venturing out into Roman Catholic terrain. He’s a capable guide and a wise companion. And he’s an indispensable friend for the journey.(this review originally appeared on the website: www.thegospelcoalition.com)
8 of 11 people found the following review helpful. Witnessing to Catholics with Christ's truth AND love By Tom Over the last couple of decades we have seen an increasing number of Evangelical leaders embrace Roman Catholicism in the interest of ecumenical "Christian" unity. But there are more than a few very critical doctrinal issues that divide Evangelicals and Catholics. Most importantly, Catholics believe in justification through ongoing sacramental grace and merit while Evangelicals believe in justification by the grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ alone. Thankfully, there are still Evangelicals like Chris Castaldo who are willing to point out that differences in doctrine matter.With "Talking with Catholics about the Gospel" Castaldo continues where he left off in his previous book, "Holy Ground: Walking with Jesus as a Former Catholic" (2009), by offering specifics on how to engage Catholics in a discussion of the Gospel in a loving, respectful manner that is worthy of Christ. He offers a lot of very practical advice that would benefit anyone who desires to share the Gospel with Catholics. Castaldo argues that the aggressive, confrontational approach that many Evangelicals and Fundamentalists utilize when witnessing to Catholics is un-Christlike and counterproductive. Castaldo encourages friendly dialogue, relationship-building, and mutual understanding rather than conflict and heated exchanges. Is he right? Does honey attract bees better than vinegar?Castaldo makes some great points. Most cultural Catholics (the vast majority of Catholics) are ill-equipped to debate theology and reactively cling to their church and its traditions. Aggressive confrontation often leads to retrenchment and bad feelings. Castaldo offhandedly dismisses fears that dialogue leads to compromise, accommodation and a "reduction of the gospel" (pp. 145-147) but that is exactly what has happened within Evangelicalism. If Castaldo were to look around he would notice very few books are being written by Evangelicals these days which examine the errors of Catholicism. Chuck Colson's Evangelicals and Catholics Together project and other ecumenical endeavors did have a dampening effect upon the Gospel. As one example, and I could provide many more, Rick Warren, "America's Pastor," enthusiastically embraces traditional Catholic teaching as authentically Christian and has gone so far as to officially endorse Catholicism's New Evangelization campaign. Warren's viewpoint, increasingly popular in Evangelical circles, is that church-going Catholics don't need to be evangelized.But I get it. On a personal level our witness to Catholics should communicate Christ's truth AND love. But, from our Evangelical leadership we also need more theologians and pastors who are willing to step out and bravely defy the lure of ecumenism, pluralism, and compromise and clearly distinguish between the Gospel of Jesus Christ and Rome's gospel of sacramental grace and works-righteousness. Yes, Evangelicalism needs people like Chris Castaldo to remind us to see lost Catholics with the love of Christ but we also need more men like John MacArthur, Alistair Begg, R. C. Sproul, James White, and James McCarthy to remind us to be vigilant in distinguishing between the Gospel truth and error.Castaldo's purpose isn't to deep-dive into theology so for anyone interested in a more thorough critique of Roman Catholicism from an Evangelical perspective I suggest, "Roman Catholic Theology and Practice: An Evangelical Assessment" (2014) by Gregg R. Allison.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. This is an excellent book describing some of the differences in Catholic and ... By Patricia This is an excellent book describing some of the differences in Catholic and Protestant theology. It talks about those differences in terms of tradition + the Bible held by Catholics and the Protestant position - sola scriptura (the Bible only). The Gospel is literally "good news" for all in regard to salvation.Castello describes three main types of American Catholics - traditional, evangelical and cultural and how to talk about the gospel with someone in each group.
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