In this episode I’m joined by Father Scott Wooten. Father Wooten is a former Anglican and Episcopalian priest, now an ordained Catholic priest, and his journey into full communion is a great one! Father Scott’s journey into the Catholic Church is a search, ultimately, for the united, one Church that Christ founded and i’s fullness. It’s a great story, a winding road, of a passionate pastor in search of the fullness of Christ and His Church and a great witness... Read more
In this episode of The Cordial Catholic Podcast, I’m joined by Catholic convert, author, apologist, and podcaster Eric Robinson to talk about whether or not Christ founded a visible Church – or are Christians just an invisible collection of believers? As converts, this is something both Eric and I wrestled with. We dig deep in the Bible in this episode, into the Early Church, and into our own experiences coming to understand the historicity and the claims of Catholicism. It’s... Read more
I recently had the pleasure of hosting my friend and fellow convert Rod Bennett on the podcast to talk about the Early Church. Rod has written extensively on this—his first book, Four Witnesses, is a bestseller and one of the most popular books out there on the Early Church Fathers, the disciples of the apostles who were some of the very first Christians. It was a great conversation but culminated in a fantastic question from Rod, posed to those Evangelical... Read more
In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I’m joined by speaker, blogger, author, and survivor of clerical sexual abuse, Faith Hakesley to share her story and how and why we can (and should!) hang on to our Catholic faith even in the face of horrific abuses. It’s a great conversation and Faith was a great person to have it with. She is incredibly compassionate, straight-forward, and has some incredible insights for all Catholics–everywhere! For more from Faith visit her website.... Read more
In this very special crossover episode, I’m joined by Austin Suggs from Gospel Simplicity as we host an incredible conversation with Joe Heschmeyer and Dr. Gavin Ortlund on the question of, “Being Deep in History…”. Can a Protestant study the Church Fathers and remain Protestant? What does the Catholic do when they encounter Early Christians who don’t sound very Catholic – or Catholic doctrine and dogma that doesn’t seem to be found in Early Christianity. These questions, and many more,... Read more
In this episode of The Cordial Catholic Podcast, I’m joined by Dr. Mark Giszczak from the Augustine Institute to talk about Catholics’ relationship to Scripture: Do Catholics read the Bible? Mark says, “Yes!” and increasingly so! We tackle how to read the Bible in a Catholic context, difficult and dark passages of Scripture, problems with Bible translations and Catholic theology and much more! For more from Mark visit the Augustine Institute and have a look at their brand new ESV... Read more
In this episode of The Cordial Catholic Podcast, I’m joined by Father Joshua Caswell, SJC the Superior General of the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius to talk about his conversion – out of the charismatic Pentecostal tradition, in the far reaches of Northern Canada – into the Catholic faith. Fr. Joshua’s journey is simply incredible. This is one of my favourite episodes ever and I think you’ll see why when you begin to listen to him unfold the story... Read more
Rod Bennett was deep in the Jesus People movement when he found a copy of the Early Church Fathers in an evangelical book store. The discovery changed his life. Rod, like myself and many evangelical Christians, always thought that Church history ended with the death of the last apostle, with end of Acts or, at least, the last of Peter and Paul’s letters. Discovering, says Rod, the sheer volume, the enormous magnitude, of writing from the Christians that followed those in... Read more
In this episode of The Cordial Catholic Podcast I talk with author and Early Church expert Rod Bennett, one of my favourite guests of all time. We dig deeply into Rod’s famous book Four Witnesses: The Early Church in Her Own Words, now almost 20 years old, and mine what Rod, an evangelical, discovered when he began to read from the Early Church Fathers, the very first Christians after the apostles. What Rod discovered, of course, led him to convert... Read more
In this episode of The Cordial Catholic Podcast, I’m joined by William Albrecht and Father Christiaan Kappes to discuss Mary in the Scriptures and through the eyes of the Early Christians. We dig into the idea of Mary as the New Ark, Mary’s perpetual virginity, and how the Early Christians saw and understood the role of Mary – and how they read their Bibles accordingly. This is a truly groundbreaking episode, and a great introduction to how Catholics understand (and... Read more
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