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October 2019

October 09, 2019

028: Was Jesus and the Early Church Based on Pagan Myth? (w/ Steve Weidenkopf)

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic Podcast, I'm joined again by Steve Weidenkopf, author...

September 2019

September 25, 2019

026: Why Would an Evangelical Pastor Become Catholic? (w/ Keith Nester)

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic Podcast I talk to Keith Nester about his...

September 21, 2019

Is 2 Timothy 3:16 a Good Defence of Sola Scriptura?

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

September 18, 2019

025: Evangelizing Non-Catholic Family and Friends (w/ Matt Swaim)

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic Podcast I talk to Matt Swaim about how...

September 11, 2019

024: Do Catholics have a Personal Relationship with Christ? (w/ Pat Flynn)

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic Podcast I talk with Pat Flynn to talk...

September 07, 2019

4 Proofs for the Catholic Church in the Book of Acts

As a non-denominational evangelical Protestant I remember sitting in pew one morning while the pastor...

July 2019

July 03, 2019

014: Protestant Reformation or Revolution? (w/ Steve Weidenkopf)

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic Podcast, I'm joined by Steve Weidenkopf, author and...

June 2019

June 26, 2019

013: Is the Eucharist Just a Symbol? (w/ Steve Ray)

In this episode, I talk to Steve Ray, author, speaker, and Catholic evangelist about the...

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...

May 2019

May 22, 2019

008: Out of Islam and Into the Catholic Church (w/ Dr. Derya Little)

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic Podcast, I speak with Derya Little. Derya grew...

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...

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 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...

January 2019

January 23, 2019

Is Fake News Keeping Good Christians From Becoming Catholic?

Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman wrote that "to be deep in history is to cease...

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...

April 2018

April 27, 2018

Evangelicals, the Ancient Church, and the Liturgy as a Love Song

As an Evangelical convert to Catholicism I've been deeply interesting in the growing movement within...

March 2018

March 14, 2018

Did the Catholic Church Just “Deliver” the Bible?

I was once asked the question by a friend of mine, "Which is more important:...

September 2017

September 11, 2017

The Reformation Was Stupid

How we understand our own history shapes almost everything about how we live out our...

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...

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...

February 2017

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 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...

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 11, 2016

When Did the Historic Church Lose its Way?

As an Evangelical Protestant convert to Catholicism one of the most common objections I...

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...

August 03, 2016

What If Catholics Are Right?

What if the claims of the Catholic Church are true? What if Catholics are right?...

July 2016

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...

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...

April 2016

April 26, 2016

The Catholic Church Must Become More Protestant

Dr. Peter Kreeft is a brilliant theologian, philosopher, and a Evangelical Protestant convert to the...