As a former Roman Catholic and RC seminarian (student priest, I found this book very informative, easy to read, engaging and not too heavy.

I would recommend this book to Roman Catholics, pastors, evangelists and Bible teachers.

Ray Galea has performed a great service!

Written by someone with a deep respect for his Catholic heritage, and a sincere search for the truth, this book is a real help to those seeking to be equipped in their defence of the biblical gospel in the face of false teaching from the Catholic Church.

An easy-to-understand read for anyone, this book is most suitable for:

Any Christian with friends who are Catholic;

Any Catholic who is seeking to find truth.

The book says it is written for both Catholics and Christians, and on this basis I gave it to a friend with a Catholic background without reading it myself. This was probably a mistake on my part, but if I had read the book first I would not have given it to my friend. This is because unless you have discussed with your Catholic friend the differences between Christianity and Catholicism first, or the Catholic person to whom you have given the book has questioned the Catholic faith, I think this book is too great an assault on the Catholic faith. I have no reason to doubt what is written in the book, and I found it extremely useful for me as a Bible-believing Christian, but I will be more careful about how I use the book in the future.

Moving, informative and insightful book about Roman Catholicism. Could be given to a carefully selected Roman Catholic, but would give great offense to most Catholics I suspect.

Probably this book will prove most useful to those trying to help Catholics or to Christians not clear on the huge differences between Roman Catholicism and Biblical Christianity.

Moving, informative and insightful book about Roman Catholicism. Could be given to a carefully selected Roman Catholic, but would give great offense to most Catholics I suspect.

Probably this book will prove most useful to those trying to help Catholics or to Christians not clear on the huge differences between Roman Catholicism and Biblical Christianity.

What a good book this is, written by Ray Galea who is the Rector of a thriving multi-cultural church in Sydney. He describes how he was brought up in a devout Maltese Australian Catholic home. He explains in a very sensitive and compassionate way the significant differences between Roman Catholicism and Protestant Evangelical belief. In particular he writes about the Mass,the authority of the Bible, and justification (by faith alone, by grace alone, and in Christ alone). He concludes with a very helpful chapter on Mary, and another on the finished work of Christ.

It is very well written, is crystal clear and hugely clarified my understanding of Roman Catholicism. It would be very helpful for young Christians (and older ones!) who are not fully aware of the major differences between the two denominations. It would also be a very helpful evangelistic book (it is only 114 pages)for those who are investigating Christianity. I cannot recommend it warmly enough.

I found this book accessible and interesting in setting out some of the basic issues for Catholic converts. However, the author speaks from his own experience of a fairly traditional form of Catholicism. It's simply not so relevant to more liberal Catholicism. Also, an attempt to convince by assertion, rather than setting out reasoned arguments, undermines the usefulness in practical evangelism.

Anyone who has ever heard of the Roman Catholic Church should read this book. As a Catholic-turned-evangelical myself, I found this book clearly explains what I spend a lot of time failing to explain to people. As well as describing the key differences between Catholic and Protestant teaching, and why they matter, Galea also gives helpful insights into the relationship between the Church in Rome and the average Catholic sitting in Mass on a Sunday. The book is also very readable.

This is an excellent book to give to Roman Catholic friends who may be struggling to reconcile a biblical view of salvation with the teachings of their own Church. It makes it perfectly clear that the two can never be reconciled, but does it in a manner that is not patronising or overly intellectual. I found it to be an immensely helpful, and heartwarming book, that is very clear in its explanation of exactly how we are put right with God. As an ex-Roman Catholic myself, I appreciated the turmoil the author went through when leaving the church he was brought up in, and the anguish this caused his family. In this respect, I found it to be very balanced. Anyone who has come through this same experience, but who may still have a lot of R.C. "baggage", will find this a very helpful little book.

Just wanted to say thank you for "Nothing in my hand I bring" - brilliant book, clear, made Catholic theology easy to understand, helped me with my catholic friends (some of whom attend Bible study groups I run - so helpful to be clear on what they have been taught by the catholic church), suitable to give to not-yet-Christian catholics. Filed a gap in the market - much needed.

The book starts off with Ray Galea's personal testimoney and goes on to outline clearly and in a very readable fashion the differences between the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church and the Reformed faith.

Lots of Scripture well applied to support his views. This is an excellent book and suitable for those who wish to familarise themselves with the differences or indeed as an evanlegistic tool for outreach to unsaved Roman Catholics.

There is a lot of stimulating thought packed into 117 pages.

As a Protestant, I found this book particularly helpful: especially written by a man with first hand experience. It has given me a fuller understanding of how Martin Luther broke away from the Church of Rome. It highlighted the comparisons of the two faiths and explained the "man-made' rules and regulations which govern the Roman Catholic Church. I would be pleased to recommend this book.

Ray Galea may not be known to many in the UK, but he is a superb communicator. This is reflected in this warm and engaging account of his spiritual journey. Ray writes sympathetically (and never polemically) of the questions he faced on coming to Christ as a Maltese Catholic, and of the answers he found in the Bible. Ray's understanding of Roman Catholicism from the inside and his acute theological insight makes this a hugely valuable book both for those coming from a Catholic background and those seeking to understand and help such people from a reformed perspective. Above all, Ray's loving and gracious approach minimises the possibility of needless offence being caused in seeking to enable people from a Roman Catholic background to grasp the key teachings of the Bible.