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May 2019

May 15, 2019

007: Debunking the Great Apostasy (w/ Rod Bennett)

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic Podcast I talk with author Rod Bennett on the idea...

May 02, 2019

Understanding Paradigm Shifts is the Key to Evangelization

I recently had a discussion with Dr. Douglas Beaumont, theologian, philosopher, and editor of Evangelical...

April 2019

April 17, 2019

Is the Origin of Easter Based on Ancient Pagan Gods?

It's a common story we read this time of year: Easter has its origins...

April 10, 2019

Don’t Disparage the Easter and Christmas Catholics

I know a non-denominational church that goes all out at Easter. That is to say,...

April 10, 2019

002: What is the Church?

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic Podcast we talk about the Church. Did Jesus...

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...

March 05, 2019

St. Francis de Sales’ Advice for Lent: Prepare to be Tempted

One of the ever-bearing gifts of the Catholic Church is incredible depth of her teaching. Spanning over two...

February 2019

February 20, 2019

How Come Non-Denominational Christians Can’t Agree?

This article is part of the Tough Questions series. A series highlighting some of the...

August 2018

August 26, 2018

If Pope Francis Covered Up Sexual Abuse, Now What?

It's Sunday morning and we're getting dressed for Mass. Our son, three years old, is...

June 2018

June 20, 2018

Hey Heretics, You Need To Read Church History!

After a rousing thirty minutes of worship music, I settled into my seat to listen...

May 2018

May 01, 2018

There Was Something Wrong With How I Read My Bible

As a result of my writing, I end up getting a lot of e-mails and...

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...

March 2017

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 01, 2017

I’m Giving Up Complaining for Lent (and I Already Hate It)

Every Lent, for the past several years, I've given up complaining. It's liberating. And soul-making....

February 2017

February 21, 2017

Is the Church Just an Invisible Collection of Believers?

As an Evangelical Christian I understood the "Body of Christ" or "the Church" (capital C)...

February 15, 2017

So You Might Be a Heretic…

When Martin Luther nailed his ninety-five theses to the door of the Wittenberg Castle church he...

February 06, 2017

If the Bible Is Infallible Then So Is the Church

A paradigm shift occurs when the number of compelling facts and figures from a competing...

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...

January 2017

January 24, 2017

You’re Probably Not Pro-Life

So you handpainted your placard to picket the local abortion clinic. So you like, share,...

January 11, 2017

Why Do Catholics Go to Confession Anyway?

Sin is a dirty word. As an Evangelical Protestant we rarely spoke about it. I...

December 2016

December 15, 2016

Why I Spent My Lunch Break at Adoration

I snuck out today, on my forty-minute lunch break, to spend some time sitting in...

December 01, 2016

What the Screaming Kid at Mass Taught Me About the Eucharist

It’s just after 5 o’clock on Saturday and I hustle, as quiet as I can,...

November 2016

November 14, 2016

So You Want an Incredible Parish?

The sometimes torrential flow of Catholics leaving the Church for Evangelical traditions can be baffling...

October 2016

October 26, 2016

Five Things You Need to Know About the Protestant Reformation

The Lutheran church down the street from our house has a sign that proudly proclaims,...

October 25, 2016

Why Does the Catholic Church Have So Many Rules?

Easily one of the most frequent objections to Catholicism that I hear is that it's...

August 2016

August 08, 2016

Please Stop Planting Churches

A friend of mine is planting a church in Montreal, Canada. He doesn't know I'm...

July 2016

July 29, 2016

Does Doctrine Really Matter Anymore?

Truth seems like such an amorphous thing these days. In the United States, the wife...

July 18, 2016

The Incredible Satisfaction of Living with the Saints

The belief of in ability of our deceased Christian brothers and sisters to pray for...

July 06, 2016

What Would the Early Church Look Like If I Had a Time Machine?

What would the Early Christian Church look like if through the miracle of time travel...