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June 2021

June 28, 2021

The Bible Made This Evangelical Professor Convert to Catholicism

Dr. Douglas Beaumont was, "an Evangelical of Evangelicals," he says. As an adult convert, Dr....

June 02, 2021

An Apologist’s Journey to Catholicism

This week on the show I'm so grateful to be joined by Jimmy Akin, Senior...

May 2021

May 19, 2021

A Charismatic Pastor Hears God’s Call to Catholicism

Kenny Burchard was sort of a typical charismatic, evangelical pastor. He had the regular sort...

February 2021

February 06, 2021

How the Eucharist Blew My Mind

When I became an Christian at the age of fifteen or so I joined an...

January 2021

January 25, 2021

Would the Early Church Fathers Fit in at Your Evangelical Church?

I recently had the pleasure of hosting my friend and fellow convert Rod Bennett on...

July 2020

July 01, 2020

Why We Believe Sola Scriptura is Broken

This week, I had the privilege of sitting down with Matt Swaim and Keith Nester...

May 2020

May 20, 2020

Church Splits Are Driving Evangelicals to Catholicism

For those that don't know the story of my conversion to the Catholic faith it...

March 2020

March 06, 2020

Why Would a Protestant Pastor of 22 Years Become Catholic?

"He had more statues than the Vatican," Keith relates. "I thought maybe it was his...

November 2019

November 06, 2019

On Reformation Day, I Remain a Catholic

In an article appearing recently in First Things magazine, ardent reformer Carl R. Trueman reflects...

October 2019

October 29, 2019

Three Things to Tell Your Evangelical Friends About Catholicism

I was a very happy, mostly holy, evangelical Christian when I began to dig into...

July 2019

July 26, 2019

The Quote That Convinced Me to Convert to Catholicism

I first met Jesus at the age of fifteen. As a teenager, I "accepted Christ"...

June 2019

June 13, 2019

A Convert’s Guide to Not Becoming Catholic

As a non-denominational, evangelical convert to the Catholic faith I've lived through what sociologists call...

March 2019

March 07, 2019

So There Aren’t 33,000 Protestant Denominations, Does It Matter?

There is a figure often thrown out by Catholic apologists to demonstrate just how fractured...

February 2019

February 27, 2019

Belief in God Makes More Sense Than Your Mind-Bending Atheism

I was recently in a conversation about science and religion with a stranger in a...

September 2018

September 20, 2018

Why I’m Still Catholic (And Not Going Anywhere)

It's Friday night after work and of all the places I could be, I'm here. In...

August 2018

August 17, 2018

Is the Mass Just Empty Ritual? Or a Great Spiritual Comfort?

So I have this weird affinity for rough towels. Hear me out. Ever since I...

October 2017

October 02, 2017

Let Me Explain Why I Love All This Catholic In-Fighting, OK?

As an Evangelical convert to Catholicism, I love all this in-fighting. Let me explain.

September 2017

September 27, 2017

The Catholic Church Makes Sense, Because I Don’t Know Best

One of the incredible gifts of becoming a Catholic is knowing that my theology, what...

July 2017

July 03, 2017

A Lesson on the Universal Church

The Catholic Church looks like the church described in the Bible. The church that Jesus...

May 2017

May 15, 2017

A Famous Convert’s Challenge to Non-Catholic Christians

Following a tradition which has existed since the beginning of the Church, Catholics agree that...

May 08, 2017

Dear New Catholic Converts: Don’t Give Up Just Yet!

The decision to become a Catholic, as an Evangelical Christian, is an earth-shattering decision to...

March 2017

March 28, 2017

How an Evangelical Learned to Love the Saints

I didn't know about the saints until my thirties but I came by my ignorance...

March 15, 2017

Shouldn’t Christian Unity Be More Important Than We Make It?

When Jesus prayed, in the Gospel of John, for all future Christians he prayed, "that...

March 06, 2017

Creflo Dollar Made Me a Catholic

The prosperity Gospel movement is bizarre given that Jesus was unequivocal about wealth but,...

February 2017

February 17, 2017

I Don’t Know How I Lived Without Coffee

Somewhere in those early days of university I made a definitive choice not to drink...

February 13, 2017

What I Wish I’d Known About Catholics (And Why I Became One Once I Did)

In the Catholic Church I've found an incredible, unimaginable home. It's miles from anything I'd...

February 08, 2017

The Evangelical Church is Broken (A Love Letter)

I once watched a debate on biblical authority between a Catholic priest and an Evangelical...

February 02, 2017

The Reformation is Over So Why Aren’t You Catholic?

There's a quotation buried near the end of a rather obscure book review by Protestant...

August 2016

August 24, 2016

I Used To Be A Christian

This post is a part of the Patheos Catholic Channel series, "Catholicity: Identity and Its...

June 2016

June 02, 2016

The Most Important Thing Non-Catholics Needs to Know About Catholicism

For fifteen years I was an evangelical Protestant. Then, two years ago at Easter I became...