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I Read the Whole Bible in 30 Days (And You Can Too!)

January 31, 2019 By K. Albert Little

I’ve never been particularly big at New Year’s resolutions but when a priest friend of mine put out a call for participants in a 30-day Bible reading challenge my interest was piqued. I’ve read the Bible many times before, but I love a good challenge. This particular Bible reading plan was dubbed, in Jillian Michaels fashion, as a “30-day Shred”. It looked absolutely monstrous, with an average reading load of 40 chapters per day. I began by finding a… Read more

Is Fake News Keeping Good Christians From Becoming Catholic?

January 23, 2019 By K. Albert Little

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Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman wrote that “to be deep in history is to cease to be Protestant.” He wasn’t being facetious when he penned this now famous quote; he spoke from experience. It was Newman’s deep study of the history of the Church, the development of doctrine, and the roots of our faith that led the former evangelical to eventually become a Catholic priest. It was through digging deeply into history, like Cardinal Newman, that I cease being a… Read more

How Can “Bible Only” Christians Trust Their Bible?

January 22, 2019 By K. Albert Little

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This article is part of the Tough Questions series. A series highlighting some of the difficult questions I was asking during my conversion from a non-denominational Christian to full communion with the Catholic Church. For more about my own conversion story, read What I Wish I Knew About Catholics (And Why I’m Becoming One). As a non-denominational Christian, I had a passing knowledge that Catholic Bibles were bigger. I knew that they contained more books and we referred to these books… Read more

Three Tough Questions to Ask “Bible Only” Christians

January 13, 2019 By K. Albert Little

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This article is part of the Tough Questions series. A series highlighting some of the difficult questions I was asking during my conversion from a non-denominational Christian to full communion with the Catholic Church. For more about my own conversion story, read What I Wish I Knew About Catholics (And Why I’m Becoming One). As an non-denominational Christian growing up in the faith I encountered my share of tough questions. When I gave my life to Christ at the age of… Read more

Who Do Atheists Have to Thank?

January 8, 2019 By K. Albert Little

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I remember hearing an interview with Jennifer Fulwiler years ago where she talked about her transition—conversion—from Atheism to belief. From a scientific, willfully godless lifestyle to living a full and pious Catholic life. The crux of her conversion, if I remember rightly, was the birth of her first child. Starting down at the bonafide miracle of life in her arms she felt a deep sense of gratitude and joy. That’s to be expected. But, she said, as an atheist she… Read more

Why Aren’t More Evangelicals Becoming Catholic?

December 5, 2018 By K. Albert Little

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I was an Evangelical Protestant, and I loved it. Then I became a Catholic. As a convert, I didn’t join the Church with any sort of starry-eyed vision of paradise. I knew what to expect. I knew all about bad Catholics. Bad music. Badly done liturgy. But the timeless, ancient pull of the Catholic Church prevailed and I joined, in spite of some obvious shortcomings. After all, like St. Peter said, “Lord, where else can I go?” If the Catholic… Read more

What’s the Biggest Difference Between Catholics and Evangelicals?

November 7, 2018 By K. Albert Little

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I’ve heard it described, by more than one convert, that becoming a Catholic after being an Evangelical is as big of a paradigm shift as going from being an Atheist to believing in God. That’s a pretty big jump and if I hadn’t experienced it I wouldn’t have believed it was true. But, truth be told, my conversion bridged a pretty similar chasm in the end. I was an Evangelical. I’m now a Catholic. From a radical conversion to… Read more

The Incredible Implications of the Bones of St. Peter

October 18, 2018 By K. Albert Little

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Way back at Christmastime, just after our second child was born, I perfected the art of bouncing a baby on an exercise ball while reading a book. Admittedly, it’s a skill I’m pretty proud of. With our older offspring happily spending the day at preschool I had a lot of time to help out at home during those first two weeks and between the baby eating, sleeping, and pooping there was the bouncing—and a lot of bouncing. And, in turn,… Read more

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

September 20, 2018 By K. Albert Little

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It’s Friday night after work and of all the places I could be, I’m here. In the basement of an elderly gentleman I’ve never met before surrounded by strangers. Celebrating the Mass. A week earlier I’d received an e-mail from a Catholic Men’s Group I hadn’t attended in years. The group had been instrumental in helping me become Catholic but kind of petered out and when our son was born that July and my free time for things like fellowship when human beings… Read more

If Pope Francis Covered Up Sexual Abuse, Now What?

August 26, 2018 By K. Albert Little

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It’s Sunday morning and we’re getting dressed for Mass. Our son, three years old, is practising the Sign of the Cross in the other room and I can hear him muttering various configurations of, “Father, Son, and Holy Spirit” to himself as he vigorously waves his arms around his body. He’s been practising all week and occasionally exclaims loudly—“Daddy!”—when he gets it right. He’s pretty proud of himself, and we’re proud too. He picks up on these things, see. The… Read more