{"id":248412,"date":"2022-06-15T21:33:21","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T01:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/albertlittle\/?p=248412"},"modified":"2022-06-26T21:35:38","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T01:35:38","slug":"162-problems-with-protestant-christianity-w-keith-nester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/albertlittle\/162-problems-with-protestant-christianity-w-keith-nester\/","title":{"rendered":"162: Problems with Protestant Christianity (w\/ Keith Nester)"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-248415\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/573\/2022\/06\/162-Keith-Nester-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"768\"><\/p>\n<p>In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I\u2019m joined by my good friend Keith Nester to unpack some of the problems with Protestant Christianity that drove us to convert to Catholicism.<\/p>\n<p>Keith Nester is a former Protestant pastor \u2013 he spent over 20 years in ministry before converting to Catholicism. Keith is the host of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiohraCr6j4AhUbLs0KHT6pB74QFnoECAYQAQ&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fdown2earthministry.org%2Fcatholic-feedback%2F&amp;usg=AOvVaw0ZbXFbqOIIuI-dFyCC6GFz\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Catholic Feedback podcast<\/a>, the author of a fantastic book for new converts, and has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/keithnester\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">an incredibly popular YouTube channel<\/a> (that I\u2019m sure you\u2019ve already heard of).<\/p>\n<p>To check out Keith\u2019s book, A Convert\u2019s Guide to Roman Catholicism: Your First Year in the Church visit <a href=\"https:\/\/down2earthministry.org\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">his website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Send your feedback to cordialcatholic@gmail.com.<\/p>\n<p>Sign up for <a href=\"http:\/\/newsletter.thecordialcatholic.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">our newsletter<\/a> for my reflections on\u00a0 episodes, behind-the-scenes content, and exclusive contests.<\/p>\n<p>To watch this and other episodes please visit (and subscribe to!) our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/thecordialcatholic\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">YouTube channe<\/a>l.<\/p>\n<p>Please consider financially supporting this show!<\/p>\n<p>For more information visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/cordialcatholic\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Patreon page<\/a>.\u00a0 All patrons receive access to exclusive content and if you can give $5\/mo or more you\u2019ll also be entered into monthly draws for fantastic books hand-picked by me.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019d like to give a one-time donation to The Cordial Catholic, you can visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/paypal.me\/cordialcatholic\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">PayPal page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to those already supporting the show!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bnajaAizzHI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>To listen to this episode click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/268742\/10778506\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a>, or listen below.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"buzzsprout-player-10778506\"><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/268742\/10778506-162-problems-with-protestant-christianity-w-keith-nester.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-10778506&amp;player=small\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I\u2019m joined by my good friend Keith Nester to unpack some of the problems with Protestant Christianity that drove us to convert to Catholicism. 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