Author: Brian Mason Company: Beacon Apologetics Website: beaconapologetics.wordpress.com Memorable Quote 1: Truth does not fear investigation! Memorable Quote 2: Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life! Author Comment / Biography: I honestly can’t remember not being a Christian. I recall getting a Catholic Bible from my Uncle John and Aunt Marie with my name printed in it by the manufacturer on the opening page. Being presented with this tool was profoundly influential in my life.My mother is a Catholic and my father was a Protestant immigrant from England who came over by ship to Canada shortly after the Second World War. My dad had chronic bronchitis and because of that his mother and father brought the family to Canada to escape the dampness of England, to help his breathing, not to mention a better life that would be available in North America. My parents were very good to me and my younger sister Laura, and provided us with as much as they could, even when times were tough. We were blessed. My father always wanted to keep us kids very busy and put us into sports. I started as a speed skater and was good at it, but eventually gravitated to the sport of bicycle racing. I did well at it and actually made the Canadian national team. Cycling, to me, taught me discipline and goal setting. When my career in sports was over, I did many jobs, but one was highly instrumental in my “awareness” of the creator and directly saved my life in a strange way. I was offered a career in a very large Canadian bank as a mortgage and loans officer. At first when I took the position I was very happy as the earnings were very good. Then one day it hit me concerning banking. We were in the business of turning down the loans! I bought into it for a while, but I was heading down the wrong path and with me being a “positive” person it was destructive. It would always hurt my heart to turn down a young couple’s mortgage application, and it would wound me inside. As a direct symptom, I was drinking and partying very heavily and compounding that with the stress of my “chosen” career, I was unknowingly on deaths door. Then the day came that changed my life forever. After a week or so of heavy drinking I felt very ill. I remember calling into work and telling my manager that I wasn’t feeling well and could not come in to work. My heart was doing some strange things. It was fluttering and I was losing my breath to the point of gasping. Then “it” happened. I was lying in my bed feeling extremely ill, but also fully awake and lucid. Directly to the right of me, as if someone was lying with me, I heard the words distinctly, “Take care of your body and I will take care of the rest”. In retrospect this would normally scare someone silly! However, it comforted me. Thinking back on that day I now KNOW that it was God speaking to me. The voice was neither male nor female, but it said “I” will take care of the rest. How amazing! I still get goose bumps thinking about that day! I have been spared! Praise GOD! I have tried my best to uphold those words, as best as a mortal can do. Sometimes I think I could still be a better man, but as a human I am a sinner and I fail. The road to God has led me to the world of Christian Apologetics. By definition it is the defense of the Christian faith. I have been in total immersion of that discipline and have been ordained by God, through the National Association of Christian Ministers. I believe that I have been guided that direction by God, and I also believe that Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior. Through him ALL is possible!

Displaying 11 to 20 of 137 articles < Back | Next > Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14  Articles by Brian Mason  11. Pray For The Roman Catholic Followers September 09, 2013 have always wondered as to why a lot of the atheists I have conversed with were once Roman Catholics? I don’t know if anyone else that reads this post has had the same observation, my guess would be yes. I would like to do a study on that connection. Maybe it is because … they believe (or a... 12. To All That Believe You Need The Law For Salvation And Not God's Gift Of Free Grace: September 08, 2013 Romans 10: 1-4 Brethren, my heart’s desire and my prayer to God for them is for their salvation. 2 For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not in accordance with knowledge. 3 For not knowing about God’s righteousness and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject thems... 13. Did You Know?: The Power Of The Pope And Peter Was The First Pope? September 04, 2013 * The new Catholic Catechism reads: “The task of interpreting the Word of God authentically has been entrusted solely to the Magisterium of the Church, that is, to the Pope and to the bishops in communion with him.” As a Roman Catholic Pope follower you are not allowed to interpret scripture... 14. Did You Know? Part Three August 28, 2013 1. Matthew 10: 34-36 is often used incorrectly especially by followers of Islam and secularists. Read: 34 “Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I came to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and ... 15. Terminology Tuesday: Coredemptrix August 27, 2013 *In contemporary Roman Catholic theology, the idea that Mary the mother of Jesus uniquely participated in the provision of redemption, because she obediently became the mother of Christ in his incarnation and co-suffered in his passion by co-offering Christ to the Father as a redemptive sacrifice. C... 16. Why Is It So Difficult To Witness To An Unbeliever? August 21, 2013 It can be and is very frustrating when trying to witness to a non-believer, (btw did you know the word “witness” in New Testament Greek means “martyr”?) So not surprisingly it is not too difficult to see that getting through to them is hard. A Bible scripture I find encouraging is found in the Book ... 17. Terminology Tuesday: Communicatio idiomatum, Communicatio operationum August 20, 2013 *Communicatio idiomatum is Latin for”communication of attributes.” According to this teaching, Jesus’ status as both fully God and fully human implies that whatever is true of Jesus’ humanity is also true of His deity and vice versa without mixing the qualities of the divine or human nature. For exa... 18. More Quotes From Shaman Miguel Ruiz, More "Me... Me... Me..." August 19, 2013 “Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive – the risk to be alive and express what we really are. ? Miguel Ruiz “What you will see is love coming out of the trees, love coming out of the sky, love coming out of the light. You will perceive love f... 19. Did You Know? Edition Two August 17, 2013 Matthew 18: 21-22 “21 Then Peter came and said to Him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him? Up to seven times?” 22 Jesus *said to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.” Seventy times seven is 490 if you do the calculation, however... 20. Did You Know? August 14, 2013 This is the first of a series of writings (tid bits), that I will report as being trivial information to some, but something that the average Bible reader may not have knowledge of. I actually attempted writing a book on this subject as a collection, but lost steam in the production of it. What can ... < Back | Next > Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

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