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April 2023

April 12, 2023

200: Reasons to Doubt Sola Scriptura (w/ Jimmy Akin)

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, for our 200th episode, I'm joined by Catholic...

November 2020

November 04, 2020

084: Understanding Scripture, Tradition, and Authority (w/ Dr. Doug Beaumont)

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

December 2019

December 11, 2019

037: Answering Biblical Objections to Catholic Beliefs – Part 1 (w/ Karlo Broussard)

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic Podcast I'm joined by Catholic Answers Apologist Karlo...

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 12, 2019

011: How (Not) to Become a Catholic (w/ Dr. James Tonkowich)

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. James Tonkowich, popular commentator...

June 04, 2019

What Praying to the Saints is Not

As a non-denominational evangelical exploring the Catholic faith praying to the saints was one of...

April 2018

April 09, 2018

I Love Being Catholic (But I Don’t Always Like It)

When my wife and I began marriage preparation classes almost 10 years ago one of...

December 2016

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,...

May 2016

May 12, 2016

Why I Pray to Dead People (And You Should Too!)

It was a Sunday morning after our ten o'clock service. I was in my final...

March 2016

March 15, 2016

Catholics Got It Wrong (Except for the Bible)

Dale Ahlquist is the brother-in-law of the late, great Larry Norman---arguably one of God's greatest gifts...

December 2015

December 07, 2015

How Much Ritual Is Too Much?

When Thomas Howard made his journey from Evangelicalism to Anglicanism (and then to Catholicism) in...

April 2015

April 20, 2015

Why Catholics Sit, Stand, and Kneel at Mass

My wonderfully witty sister once remarked that I became a Catholic because I love to sit,...

March 2015

March 17, 2015

How God Gives Us Grace Through Man

We need to make an honest examination of our beliefs. We need to, prayerfully, come...

February 2015

February 09, 2015

The Amnesiac Church and the Modern Heresy

I've written before about digging deep into Church history and the sort of dangerous pursuit...

February 07, 2015

Let’s Talk About Mary, Mother of God

It goes nearly without saying that the prime objection of the Protestant to Catholicism is...

January 2015

January 07, 2015

Christmas for Catholics (as a Protestant)

I never, for even a second, want to diminish my spiritual journey as a Protestant....

December 2014

December 22, 2014

How Learning About the Rosary Blew My Mind

For all good Protestants, myself included, Mary is the ultimate stumbling block on a journey...

December 11, 2014

A Fish in Water

There is a danger in the draw of authority. There is a deep danger is...

November 2014

November 29, 2014

The Problem of Plain Sense

I have very good, charitable, and patient friends. I learned this, again, this week past...

November 19, 2014

A System Designed to Fail

If you've been reading my conversion story from the beginning you'll know that my journey...

November 04, 2014

A Thesis on Tradition

Pastor Dan had dropped a bomb, and left. He'd asked me, "What's more important the...

November 01, 2014

The Bible and Tradition

We saw a production of Fiddler on the Roof at the Stratford Festival a few...