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Title: Surprised by Truth: 11 Converts Give the Biblical and Historical Reasons for Becoming Catholic by Patrick Madrid ISBN: 0-9642610-8-1 Publisher: Basilica Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (67 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: This book helped bring me into the Church
Comment: I like to call this the little purple book that could. The author himself cannot explain the success of this book, giving credit to God alone for the awesome things it has done. To date it has sold more than 200,000 copies.
This book was sitting in the Eucharistic Adoration Chapel at the Catholic Church I was attending with my wife. I was Lutheran at the time, but desiring more time in prayer I signed up for an hour each Sunday night to spend in prayer.
Each week I would read a chapter in this eye-opening book. The book, coupled with who it was that I was kneeling before in the Blessed Sacrament brought me to the Truth so beautifully expressed in the Catholic faith.
Countless others have similar stories to tell. I challenge anyone to confront the Truth expressed in this book.
It features chapters by well known converts Steve Wood, of the Family Life Center and St. Joseph's Covenant Keepers, Marcus Grodi of the Coming Home Network, noted author, professor and apologist Paul Thigpen, apologist James Akin, Tim Staples, and several others. They give moving personal testimonies of finding the historical and Biblical evidence for Christ and His Church. It's not a book you will forget.
For those who have already read the book a sequel is on its way yet this year (2000).
Rating: 5
Summary: Great theology woven into personal testimonies
Comment: I thoroughly enjoyed Surprised by Truth. Each of the 11 contributors tells a personal story of search and enlightenment. This would be my book of choice to give to fallen away Catholics or those who are lukewarm about their faith. Many people who were born Catholic lack conviction and "fire" for their religion. This book is also a great starting point for those of other Christian groups who have little knowledge about the Catholic Church's real teachings. I don't fall into any of these categories. I read the book because I do missionary work with people of mostly Protestant persuasion, and I wanted to understand them better. So....for many reasons, I heartily recommend Surprised by Truth to anyone who wants to learn how people think about religion. Did I mention that the book is also a delight to read? The people come alive through their stories, and this makes the reading much more enjoyable than struggling through a scholarly work.
Rating: 3
Summary: soup kitchen
Comment: Entering the Catholic Church in my early teens, I remember our youth group volunteering at the soup kitchen, collecting baby supplies for the local crisis pregnancy center, and raking leaves for the elderly. I never waived my hands in the air at a church service, attended a conference or listed to an audio tract-nothing wrong with that, I guess. When I got to college, some students informed me that I needed to find Jesus in my life. One student even accused me of praying to dead saints, and worshiping statues. Super! I hear that she is now home schooling. Those kids should be great.
Well, thanks to this book, if some co-ed accuses me of leaving Jesus nailed to the cross, I can now answer them at their own high level, and I guess that there is something earthly appealing about that. Honestly, though, I learned a lot about the Catholic faith from books like this-things that I probably should have known. But, in the larger picture, I think that I was way ahead in my faith journey back when I was a silly kid in youth group, then at any period during my time spent studying apologetics.
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Title: Surprised By Truth 2: 15 Men and Women Give the Biblical and Historical Reasons For Becoming Catholic. by Patrick Madrid ISBN: 1928832180 Publisher: Sophia Institute Press Pub. Date: 03 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Rome Sweet Home: Our Journey to Catholicism by Scott Hahn, Kimberly Hahn ISBN: 0898704782 Publisher: Ignatius Press Pub. Date: 01 August, 1993 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Surprised by Truth 3: 10 More Converts Explain the Biblical and Historical Reason for Becoming Catholic by Patrick Madrid ISBN: 1928832598 Publisher: Sophia Institute Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Where Is That In the Bible? by Patrick Madrid ISBN: 0879736933 Publisher: Our Sunday Visitor Pub. Date: 01 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Catholicism and Fundamentalism: The Attack on "Romanism" by "Bible Christians" by Karl Keating ISBN: 0898701775 Publisher: Ignatius Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 1988 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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