EQUIPPED 2: Catholicism

Understanding the differences between Catholicism and biblical Christianity is essential for every believer. While both traditions share core beliefs about Jesus's identity as fully God and fully man, they differ significantly on salvation, authority, and assurance. Catholics believe salvation requires faith plus works, sacraments, and church traditions, while biblical Christians hold to salvation by grace through faith alone in Christ alone. The Protestant Reformation established five key principles: Scripture alone as authority, faith alone for salvation, grace alone as the means, Christ alone as mediator, and glory to God alone. These differences matter because they affect how we understand our relationship with God and our eternal security. (Preached by Steve Coots on 11/12/25 to Crossroads YTH)