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February 2022

February 09, 2022

146: Why Do Catholics Pray to Saints? (w/ Kenny Burchard)

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined by Kenny Burchard, Director of Development...

October 2021

October 06, 2021

130: How to Make the Mass Great (w/ Dr. Denis McNamara)

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined by Dr. Denis McNamara, associate professor...

September 2021

September 15, 2021

127: The Prayers, Actions, and Meaning of the Mass – Part 2 (w/ Jeffrey Pinyan)

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined once again, by popular demand, by...

September 01, 2021

125: The Prayers, Actions, and Meaning of the Mass (w/ Jeffrey Pinyan)

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined by author and catechist Jeffrey Pinyan...

July 2020

July 15, 2020

A Catholic Response to Evangelical De-Conversions

This week, I had the privilege of sitting down to talk to Dr. Douglas Beaumont...

July 01, 2020

066: Why We Believe that Sola Scriptura is Broken (w/ Matt Swaim and Keith Nester)

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined by two returning guests, Matt Swaim...

November 2019

November 06, 2019

032: Everything You Need to Know About the Mass (w/ Dr. Denis McNamara)

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic Podcast I'm joined by Dr. Denis McNamara, director...

September 2019

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...

June 2019

June 12, 2019

I Think the Saints are Stalking Me

I recently recorded a podcast episode with my good friend JonMarc Grodi. We talked about...

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...

October 2018

October 18, 2018

The Incredible Implications of the Bones of St. Peter

Way back at Christmastime, just after our second child was born, I perfected the art...

July 2018

July 13, 2018

Why Do I Need To Go To Mass On Sunday? (Because You’re Fat!)

In basically all of the developed world obesity is a growing crisis. People---adults and, sadly,...

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 29, 2018

The Liturgy Is Not Me: Why We All Should Worship Like Catholics

As an eager Evangelical, I once wrote an article about tradition in the context of a...

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...

February 2016

February 20, 2016

What A Tired Priest Taught Me About Humility

It's an open secret for long-time readers of my blog that I experienced my...

November 2015

November 02, 2015

5 Reasons I’m a Better Christian as a Catholic

When I decided, as an Evangelical Protestant, to become a Catholic it was for a...