Stunned by Scripture: How the Bible Made Me Catholic

by John Bergsma

Publisher:

Our Sunday Visitor

, 2018

Overview

The Pope, devotion to Mary, confession... just where are these topics in the Bible? Why does the Catholic Church seem to focus on so many things that aren’t Scriptural?

Or so thought former Protestant pastor John Bergsma.

Stunned by Scripture: How the Bible Made Me Catholic is an engaging examination of the things Dr. Bergsma once considered obstacles to ever becoming Catholic himself. Over an eighteen-month spiritual journey, Bergsma was stunned again and again by the biblical support he found for even the stickiest teachings of the Catholic Church.

Weaving his personal story into clear explanations of Catholic teachings as found in Scripture, Dr. Bergsma explores seven key Catholic doctrines, including:

The Pope

Devotion to Mary

Confession

The Eucharist

The priesthood

Belief in the Bible alone

Salvation by faith alone theologies

Stunned by Scripture will help Catholics understand, defend, and explain the biblical basis for the Faith and show them how the Bible solidly supports even the most frequently misunderstood Catholic teachings.

Key Features

• Shows the biblical support he found for even the stickiest teachings of the Catholic Church.
• Explores seven key Catholic doctrines.
• Helps Catholics understand, defend, and explain the biblical basis for the Faith.

Product Details

• Title: Stunned by Scripture: How the Bible Made Me Catholic
• Author: John Bergsma
• Publisher: Our Sunday Visitor
• Print Publication Date: 2018
• Logos Release Date: 2025
• Pages: 144
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subject: Catholic converts
• ISBNs: 9781612783932, 1612783937, 9781612783970, 161278397X
• Resource ID: LLS:STNNDSCRPTCTHLC
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-11-21T19:35:27Z

About John Bergsma

John S. Bergsma, Ph.D. is Professor of Theology at Franciscan University of Steubenville. He is the author of The Jubilee from Leviticus to Qumran (VTSup 115; Brill, 2007); A Catholic Introduction to the Bible: Old Testament (Ignatius, 2018), and Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls (Penguin Random House, 2019). His peer-reviewed scholarship on Old and New Testament topics and the Dead Sea Scrolls have appeared in the journals Biblica, Catholic Biblical Quarterly, Dead Sea Discoveries, Journal of Biblical Literature, Vetus Testamentum, and in essay collections, festschrifts, dictionaries, and encyclopedias published by Brill, Continuum/T&T Clark, Eerdmans, Eisenbrauns, Harrassowitz, Kohlhammer, Oxford, and Westminster/John Knox Press.