In this episode of The Cordial Catholic Podcast, I’m joined by the incredible Dawn Eden Goldstein. Dawn, a former agnostic rock journalist, is a convert to Catholicism and a brilliant theologian. She has a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the University of St. Mary of the Lake and is the author of a number of fine books on the topic of mercy and redemptive suffering. She joins me, in this episode, for a fantastic conversation about redemptive suffering. We discuss... Read more
In this episode of The Cordial Catholic Podcast, I’m joined again by Dr. Cheryl White, professor of history at Louisiana State University at Shreveport and an expert on the history of relics, especially the Shroud of Turin. We discuss the relics of Jesus’ passion: the true cross, the crown of thorns, the Shroud of Turin, and more. It’s a fascinating discussion about the importance of these physical reminders of our Catholic faith and the uniquely Catholic history of relics. For... Read more
In this episode of The Cordial Catholic Podcast, I’m joined once again by Catholic Answers Senior Apologist Jimmy Akin to help us unpack the problem of evil and suffering. Why would a good, all-knowing, all-powerful God allow evil and suffering to exist? Why do innocent people suffer? Does the existence of evil make God less powerful, less good, or something other than what Christians say that He is? Listen to Jimmy Akin, a veteran apologist, explain what the Catholic Church... Read more
In this episode of The Cordial Catholic Podcast, I’m just by theologian and author Dr. John Bergsma to talk about the incredible and ancient Dead Sea Scrolls and what amazing insights these documents provide us into our Catholic Christian faith. In these episode we dig deep into what the Dead Sea Scrolls are, what the community of Jewish believers that collected them were like, and how the way they lived and celebrated their faith has incredible implications for the beginning... Read more
In this episode of The Cordial Catholic Podcast, I’m joined by two fantastic Catholic apologists to discuss their joint journey into the Catholic Church. Devin Rose is a Catholic convert, writer, speaker, and app developer. Dr. Douglas Beaumont is an apologist, speaker, and writer as well. Together, these two have written some of the best books in Catholic apologetics and, it turns out, they connected, became friends, and had some great discussions around Doug’s journey into the Catholic Church. In... Read more
In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I’m joined by writer, speaker, and convert Derek Rotty to take about Lectio Divina – the ancient way of reading the Bible. We also discuss Derek’s own conversion and the necessary process of daily conversion to Christ, his Church, and the Christian way of life. It’s a great conversation! For more from Derek visit his website. His book, A Life of Conversion: Meeting Christ in the Gospels is available from Amazon. Send your... Read more
“He had more statues than the Vatican,” Keith relates. “I thought maybe it was his grandmother’s house.” Keith Nester and Devin Schadt laugh as they relate the story of how they first met, a crucial, God-guided meeting, that would eventually led a Protestant pastor of twenty-two years into communion with the Catholic Church. At the time, Keith was a youth pastor, just starting out, and in need of a logo for his growing youth group. A few phone calls led... Read more
In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I’m joined by former Protestant pastor Keith Nester and author and speaker Devin Schadt to discuss the process of Catholic conversion from two sides of the same story. In a first for this podcast we unfold the narrative of a Catholic conversion–Keith’s conversion, in this case–from two different perspectives; from the perspective of the Catholic loving and practising and sharing their faith, and from the side of the skeptical Protestant doing the exact... Read more
In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I’m joined by Catholic convert, writer, speaker, and app developer Devin Rose to talk about his book, and online community, Lionheart Catholic: How to Become a Saint in These Dark Times. In our fantastic conversation, Devin explains how using some of the same techniques, practices, and devotions that were used by the great saints of the Church we too can follow in their footsteps. Devin has a fantastic way of synthesizing the best... Read more
In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I’m joined by Dr. Mike Licona to discuss so-called irreconcilable differences in the Gospels. Are there mistakes in the New Testament accounts of Jesus? What should Christians make of these problems? Dr. Licona, Associate Professor of Theology at Houston Baptist University, sits down with me to talk about some of the most pressing and current criticisms of the New Testament and the so-called problems with the Gospel writers narratives. It’s a fantastic and... Read more
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