Could it be that author Robert Wolgemuth is yet another ally of Pope Benedict XVI?!



Adapted from this source: Seven Things You Better Have Nailed Down Before Al Hell Breaks Loose. By Robert Wolgemuth. Published by Thomas Nelson, 2007.

Here's Wolgemuth's take no prisoners advice to to teenagers in his youth group work.

It is revolutionary straight talk, just as -- let us say! -- such regional Christian - media personalities as Janie and Mena and Brother Jeff and Paul are more than likely to offer their own respective Youth Group members here locally, whether at First Baptist Church, or St. Mary Magdalene's.

As brother Wolgemuth tells his teenagers, both boys and girls, starting on page 151, "There's only one choice for a Christian career ..."

He then goes on to base this on 1 Peter 2:9-12, and, most likely unknowingly, on certain very specific sections of the Catechism of the Catholic Church

In turn, these sections are the following: CCC: 709, 782, 803, 1141, 1268, 1546, which are themselves based on 1 Peter 2:9 - 12, and in fact say so:


"There's only one choice for a Christian career:


"You are all going to have to become priests"



"I can just see the shock on their faces.

"But I wouldn't have left them hanging there very long.

"One of the tragedies of religion is that a wall is often created between the secular and the sacred, carrying with it the inherent danger of thinking the balanced life includes some activities that are religious and others that are nonreligious.

"The same is true of art, music, literature, and vocation.

"Hundreds of years ago, there was no distinction between secular art and sacred art - only good art and bad art.

"Incorporating biblical themes into secular paintings was not only common but predictable.

"A visit to any notable art museum plainly reveals masterpieces depicting detailed scenes from the bible.

"These works are hung right alongside exquisite portraits and paintings of landscapes and scenes of everyday life.

"There was also no division between secular and sacred music.

"Listening to the classics confirms it.

"In literature, the distinction was not between secular and religious writing, but between true and not true ... good and bad.

"Today in the arts the distinction between religious and nonreligious is clear and strong.

"Da Vinci, Beethoven, and Dante would have found separate Christian Contemporary Top 40 Charts and Christian Best - Seller Lists to be unnecessary..."

A fascinating read, you bet!