A nother J ESUS?
A nother the eucharistic christ and the new evangelization J ESUS? Roger Oakland with Jim Tetlow Lighthouse Trails Publishing Silverton, Oregon
Another Jesus? By Roger Oakland with Jim Tetlow 2004, 2007 Understand the Times First Lighthouse Trails Edition, 2007 Published by Lighthouse Trails Publishing P.O. Box 958 Silverton, OR 97381 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any means, whether electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recordings, or otherwise without prior written permission from the publisher. Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are taken from the King James Version. The following images taken from BigStockPhoto.com: Photo of page 74 Kryczka Wojciech (Poland); photo on page 128 Timothy Wetmore (USA); photo on page 32, 64, and cover Laurence Gough (England); photo on page 70 Johnny Lye; The following image taken from Fotolia.com: photo on page 139 and cover Melissa Bradette (Canada). The following image is taken from istockphoto.com: photo on page 166 Timeless. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Oakland, Roger, 1947- Another Jesus? : the Eucharistic Christ and the new evangelization / Roger Oakland with Jim Tetlow. 1st Lighthouse Trails ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-9791315-2-3 (softbound : alk. paper) 1. Transubstantiation. 2. Lord s Supper Real presence. 3. Lord s Supper Catholic Church. 4. Salvation Catholic Church. 5. Catholic Church Doctrines. 6. Evangelistic work Catholic Church. I. Tetlow, Jim. II. Title. BX2220.O25 2007 234'.163 dc22 2007029221 Other Editions: 2004 Understand the Times, ISBN: 0-9700609-7-1 Note: Most Lighthouse Trails books are available at special quantity discounts. Contact information for publisher in back of book. PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Acknowledgments Another Jesus? could not have been written without a team effort. I would like to thank Jim Tetlow for his contribution. Without his diligent assistance and valuable knowledge as a former Catholic, this book would not have been possible. And my special thanks to Brad Myers for assisting in research and documentation. Thanks also to John Shaffer for the helpful insights he provided.
Contents Introduction... 11 1/Deception in His Name... 15 The Invisible War...15 A More Sure Word...16 Counterfeit Christs...17 Another Jesus?...18 Who is This Other Jesus?...20 Catholics are Required to Embrace the Eucharist...21 The End Times Christ...21 2/A Missionary Vision... 23 The Missionary Goal of the Catholic Church...23 The Knights of Columbus...25 Eucharistic Evangelization...28 Evangelical s and Catholic s Together...29 3/Understanding the Eucharist... 31 Transubstantiation...31 The Power of the Priest...34 Scott Hahn on the Power of Priests...35 Eucharistic Evangelization...37 4/The Eucharist: A Biblical Review... 39 What Does the Bible Teach About the Lord s Supper?...39 This is My Body...40 Metaphors and Similes...41 John Chapter 6: The Bread of Heaven...42 The Flesh Profits Nothing...44 Spiritual Sense...46 Jesus Seven I AM Statements...46 Blessed Bread...48 The Passover Lamb...49 Jesus One Body is in Heaven...51 The Acts of the Early Church...51
God Does Not Dwell in Temples Made with Hands...52 Abstain from Blood...53 First Corinthians 11...54 Finished Work...55 Incarnation, Ascension, Second Coming...57 Mystery and Miracles...58 The Unbloody Sacrifice...59 Eternal Consequences...60 5/The Monstrance A Container for Christ?... 63 Displaying Jesus?...64 A Catholic Description of the Monstrance...65 6/The New Evangelization... 67 What is the New Evangelization?...68 The Facts about the New Evangelization...69 New Evangelization Evangelists...71 More Evidence...72 New Focus on the Eucharist...74 7/Adoring the Eucharist... 77 What Is Eucharistic Adoration?...78 The Pope and Eucharistic Adoration...79 The Catholic Catechism and Eucharistic Adoration...81 Putting the Practice into Practice...83 Seeing Is Believing...84 Idolatry...85 Gathering the Data...86 8/Eucharistic Miracles... 87 What is a Eucharistic Miracle?...88 Historical Consequences of Denying Transubstantiation...91 Can History be Repeated?...92 More Appearances...95 Corruption...96 9/Eucharistic Conversions... 97 Peter Kreeft...98 Scott Hahn... 100 Kimberly Hahn... 103
Paul Thigpen... 104 More Eucharistic Encounters... 105 Healing Catholic Style... 108 Rescuing Idols?... 111 Experience-based Christianity... 112 10/The Mary Connection... 113 The Catholic Mary Points to the Eucharistic Christ... 114 Peace through Eucharistic Devotion... 115 Eucharistic and Marian Era... 116 Our Lady of Fatima Emphasizes the Eucharist... 117 The Eucharist Holds Center Stage in Medjugorje... 118 Our Lady of Medjugorje Leads to the Eucharist... 119 Garabandal Emphasizes the Eucharist... 119 Everywhere Mary Emphasizes the Eucharist... 120 The Eucharistic Reign of Jesus... 122 Establishing the Link... 123 Eucharistic Miracles... 124 Apparitions of Jesus Confirm the Eucharistic Christ... 125 Why the Eucharist?... 126 11/The Eucharistic Reign of Christ... 129 Second Coming or Manifestation?... 131 Apparitions of Jesus... 131 Manifestations of Christ... 133 Eucharistic Manifestations... 135 The World s Greatest Secret Revealed... 136 The New Era... 137 Global Reign... 138 What Does the Future Hold?... 141 Warning of Deception... 142 12/The Passion and the Eucharist... 143 Passion Evangelism... 143 Catholic Evangelism... 144 The Goal and Effect of The Passion of the Christ... 146 The Mary Connection... 147 The Catholic Mary... 149 The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ... 150 The Eucharist in the Film and Book... 152 Lasting Effects... 153
13/The Biblical Jesus and the Gospel... 155 The Tomb is Empty He is Not Here!... 155 Faith is not a Feeling... 156 Feelings, Experiences, and Deceptions... 157 Follow Your Heart or God s Law?... 158 The Bad News... 159 The Good News... 160 The Free Gift... 161 The Ultimate Sacrifice... 162 Serious Consequences... 164 Call Upon the True Jesus... 164 Prayer for Salvation... 166 A Christian s Commission... 167 Endnotes... 169 Index... 181