Speaking in an interview about looking back on his life, everything from his career in military service to multiple decades in country music, country star Craig Morgan noted that his life led him to his Roman Catholic faith and that all that has happened has been part of God’s plan.
Commenting generally on God’s plan for him, Morgan said, “It’s all about God. It’s that simple.” He continued, “Nothing that has happened in my life and my career hasn’t been part of God’s plan, and I can assure you of this because I know this firsthand, I’m doing things in my life that I didn’t plan on.”
Morgan then went on to explain how God’s plan is what led him to become a country singer, saying, “I didn’t plan to be a country music singer. The only reason I’m in this industry is I wanted to write songs, but God had all these things lined up. He knew everything, and it just blows my mind.”
Morgan also spoke about how his Catholic faith grew out of his gradually finding areas of the faith that he thinks Protestanism gets wrong. He said, “I started finding out just how Catholic I was my whole life.”Morgan, who had previously been a Baptist and a Presbyterian, has, for exzmple, described how he thinks Protestant denominations get the Lord’s Supper wrong.
He said, speaking to the Tennessee Register, “I always felt like when (the Protestant Church) did that, something just wasn’t 100 percent. I always felt a little weird.” He continued, “I never thought it was nearly as respectful as it should have been. Even if it was just seen as a representation of Christ, I felt that it had to be more respectful than just passing bread down the aisle. He added, “Then I learned and started studying that there was something more to that. That was God and the Holy Spirit tugging on me.”
Morgan also spoke about the Protestant view of the Bible and why he thinks it is wrong, saying, “Most Protestants believe everything you need to know is in the Bible, and I think they fail to recognize that Christ didn’t leave us a Bible. Christ left us a church, and I found that so fascinating.”
He added, speaking about his past Protestant denominations leading him to his current faith, and why he thinks many Americans are in the same boat, “I tell people all the time now. All Christians are Catholic. They just don’t know it yet. But I have such a great appreciation for the blessings that God gave me in the Baptist Church, in the Presbyterian Church, and in our fellow Christians. It was all part of my walk that brought me to this place.”
Commenting later on a problem many conservatives have with the Catholic faith, the current pope, Pope Francis, Morgan said, “I love the message that our pope has about love. A lot of people misinterpret a lot of things our pope has said, but I think it’s because the devil wants so badly to destroy the church and that’s the last standing foundation piece of our faith.”
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