Pete Vere

Touching, Dec 29 2001

I first came across Eden's Bridge as a contemporary light pop / Christian folk band. One of my biggest complaints within the Christian music scene had been, with a few exceptions, the many bands who simply immitate a secular counterpart without ever trusting the Lord to lead them into innovating or developing their own musical style. Eden's Bridge was definitely one of the exceptions, which is why I took to them immediately.

So I began buying up their entire collection, not realizing they were mainly a praise and worship celtic group. This was another pleasant discovery, since they are not only innovative in this area as well, but they do it well, mixing both traditional and… Read more

Apologetics Meets Innovation, Dec 29 2001

When Pat Madrid brought together "Surprised By Truth" he innovated the Catholic apologetics movement by bringing together the stories of various converts to Catholicism from Protestantism. That first book revolutionized the Catholic Apologetics world and sparked many immitations.

Yet few can immitate Pat Madrid except Pat himself. This is proven in "Surprised By Truth II," in which Madrid once again demonstrates why he is a leading Catholic apologist in North America. This book goes beyond the scope of the first book, bringing together the stories of converts from non-Christian religions, reverts who left the Church and came back, as well as people who re-ignited… Read more

Charitable and Compelling..., Dec 2 2001

I originally read this book as a Catholic who had left the Church to join a Pentecostal assembley. This is the book which brought me back into the Catholic Church. Scott and his wife Kimberly provide a compelling testimony as to how they came to discover the truths of the Catholic Church.

At the time, Scott was finishing his theological studies as a Reformed Presbyterian minister. Kimberly came from a lineage of well-known Presbyterian ministers. They were not your usual candidates for Catholic conversion.

Nevertheless, Scott came across a couple old Catholic theology books and began reading them with interest. As he read, he began to struggle with certain theological questions… Read more