The Cordial Catholic

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...

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 criticis...

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic , I'm joined by Catholic reverts Tom and Elli Zurowski. Tom has worked for decades in the international missionary field serving in some of the most dangerous places in the world and is a former church-planting pastor as well. Together, Elli and Tom share with me their incredible journey as cradle Catholics who left the Church, journeyed for decades in...

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic , I'm joined by Bishop Thomas Dowd of the Archdiocese of Montreal to discuss the sexual abuse crisis in the Church. Bishop Dowd made headlines when he helped to bring one particular priest offender to justice even accompanying one of the victims to the police station to submit his report. Bishop Dowd is a fantastic, graceful, and hopeful voice of leader...

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic Podcast , I'm joined by apologist, speaker, and author Dr. Douglas Beaumont to discuss the topic of infant baptism. Why do Catholics baptize infants? Why do some Protestant denominations object to this practice? What is the biblical basis and what about tradition? In his trademark straight forward approach Dr. Beaumont walks us through what Catholics be...

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic Podcast I'm joined by Paul McCusker, Catholic convert and the creative genius behind the popular Adventures in Odyssey and many of the other popular radio dramas in the Focus on the Family Radio Theatre series. In this second part of our two-part interview, Paul and I chat about his experiences since becoming Catholic. We talk about the conversion proce...

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic Podcast I'm joined by Paul McCusker, Catholic convert and the creative genius behind the popular Adventures in Odyssey and many of the other popular radio dramas in the Focus on the Family Radio Theatre series. In this first part of our two-part interview, Paul sits down to talk to me about his faith upbringing, his experiences with creativity in the ev...

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic Podcast I'm joined by Dr. Elizabeth Klein, assistant professor of theology at the Augustine Institute to talk about the Catholic understanding of God. In this highly informative episode we dig into how to "prove" God's existence, how best to understand who God is based on the Old Testament, the two natures of Christ, and much more. It&apo...

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic Podcast I'm joined by Keith Nester, a former Evangelical pastor and Catholic convert, and Dr. Derya Little, a former Muslim and atheist convert to Catholicism to discuss Mary. On this special panel show, we discuss what each of us thought about Mary before becoming Catholic, what changed our minds, and how our relationship with the person Catholics call...

In this special episode of The Cordial Catholic Podcast I'm not joined by anyone at all. Instead, I sit down behind the microphone to discuss some of the tough questions which led me, as an Evangelical Christian, to my ultimate conversion to Catholicism. This episode is a bit of an experiment. I never intended this show to be me, sitting behind a microphone, talking to myself which is why I&a...

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic Podcast I'm joined by Catholic Answers Apologist Karlo Broussard to talk about some of the most difficult biblical objections to Catholic beliefs. In this episode, we discuss biblical objections such as: How can the Catholic Church baptize babies when the Bible says we need to declare belief in Christ before being baptized? Jesus says "do this in r...

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic Podcast I'm joined by Catholic Answers Apologist Karlo Broussard to talk about some of the most difficult biblical objections to Catholic beliefs. In this episode, we discuss biblical objections such as: Paul rebuked Peter so how can Peter be the first Pope? Jesus said "where two or three are gathered there I am" so how can the church be hiera...

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic Podcast I'm joined by Dr. Francis Beckwith , Professor of Philosophy and Church-State Studies at Baylor University to tackle a very exciting topic: Do Christians and Muslims Worship the Same God? Dr. Beckwith's new book, Never Doubt Thomas , tackles this topic from the perspective of Catholicism, Thomas Aquinas, and engages with Evangelical Christi...

In this episode, I'm joined by Jaymie Stuart Wolfe, Senior Editor for Ave Maria Press , to talk about women and the Catholic Church. Jaymie helps us to dig deep into the rich theological, biblical, and sociological underpinnings of how the roles of men and women are understood by the Church throughout time. We discuss the role of the priest and servant of the people not as a political or powe...

In this episode, I'm joined by JonMarc Grodi from the Coming Home Network International to give us an introduction to the Cardinal Virtues. What are the Cardinal Virtues and how can they help us to live a more Christ-like life on a day to day basis? How should they inform our decision making, how we see the world, and how we act out our faith. It's a fantastic discussion about how to liv...

In this episode, I'm joined by Fr. Blake Britton, a priest of the Diocese of Orlando, Florida and contributor to the Word On Fire Blog to talk about how we can really understand the what happened at Vatican II and what the various reforms were intended to accomplish. Vatican II is perhaps the most misunderstood event in modern church history but properly understanding its intention and what i...

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic Podcast I'm joined by Dr. Denis McNamara, director of the Center for Beauty and Culture at Benedictine College and one of the hosts of the popular Liturgy Guys podcast to talk about the Catholic Mass. What is the point of the Mass? What's with all the standing, sitting, and kneeling? What's the purpose behind all of the liturgical rites and ri...

In this episode, I'm joined by Mike Aquilina, best-selling author of over fifty books on Catholic history, doctrine, and devotion to talk about the Early Church. We talk about the visible structure of the Early Church, how the very first Christians valued Catholic practices like veneration of relics and what the very early worship services looked like. With such a preponderance of evidence, M...

In this episode of the podcast, I'm joined by apologist, author, speaker, and podcast host John DeRosa to tackle some of the major atheist, agnostic, and materialist-naturalist objections to God and the Catholic Church like the problem of suffering, belief in God as wishful thinking, and science vs. faith. John is the host of the incredible Classical Theism Podcast where, every week, he and a...

In this episode, I'm joined by Dr. Moira McQueen the Executive Director of the Canadian Catholic Bioethics Institute to talk about a whole range of ethical issues confronting Catholics today. We talk about the theology underpinning the comprehensive Catholic worldview about life, contraception, abortion, doctor-assisted suicide (euthanasia), and some of the bioethical concerns which Catholics...

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic Podcast , I'm joined again by Steve Weidenkopf, author and lecturer in History at the Christendom College Graduate School of Theology, to talk about the origins of Christianity. Was Christianity based on pagan myth? Was Jesus a real person? Were Easter and Christmas just repackaged pagan celebrations? What about the resurrection and the virgin birth – a...

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic Podcast I'm joined by Catholic Answers Senior Apologist Jimmy Akin to talk about the Bible. Where did the Bible come from? How did it get put together? What is the role of oral tradition and why are Catholic Bibles bigger? We also dig into problems with the Protestant doctrine of Sola Scripture and how Catholics read and understand the Bible in a differ...

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic Podcast I talk to Keith Nester about his journey into the Catholic Church. Keith is a former Protestant pastor with 20 years of experience in a variety of different roles and he has an incredible story to tell about what led him into the Catholic Church, what objections he had, and what he's found now that he's "come home" to Catholicism....

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic Podcast I talk to Matt Swaim about how to evangelize our non-Catholic family and friends. Matt, like me, is a convert to the Catholic faith. He also works at The Coming Home Network's Outreach Manager and hosts the daily Catholic radio show, The Son Rise Morning Show, on EWTN. Matt shares some really–truly–incredible insights into how we can witness wit...

In this episode of The Cordial Catholic Podcast I talk with Pat Flynn to talk about one of the most important and fundamental questions about Catholicism: Do Catholics have a personal relationship with Christ? We also hear a bit of Pat Flynn's fantastic conversion story out of faith and into atheism, philosophy, evangelical Christianity and finally into the Catholic Church based, in part, on...