CONTRIBUTION I was asked to write a chapter for a festschrift dedicated to Peter Kreeft and it has now been published! My chapter focused on one of the most influential things I ever read from Dr. Kreeft – his chapter on Simplicity in his book on ethics titled Making Choices. I have a few friends…
People sometimes treat faith as an intellectual exercise of simply recognizing the best arguments. However, my good friend from Southern Evangelical Seminary Matt Graham knows the arguments for Catholicism better than most Catholics (and sometimes agrees with them), yet he remains Evangelical. Here we discuss why. FULL VIDEO
Dr. Douglas Beaumont, former professor at Southern Evangelical Seminary, talks about his conversion to Roman Catholicism. In this interview, Matt asks about the possible role that SES played in his conversion.
In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I’m joined by one of our most popular guests Dr. Douglas Beaumont. Doug is a convert to the Catholic faith. As a fervent Evangelical, Doug chose one of the top apologetics schools, Southern Evangelical Seminary, in order to deepen his faith and learn how to evangelize and share…
Religious conversion / deconversion is often thought to be a gradual process akin to a freeway on-ramp. Another model, however, has proven successful and more accurate in the scientific and sociological fields that I think can be fruitfully applied to the religious conversion experience. When this model is understood, it has the benefit of explaining…
Missing Commandments? The Ten Commandments are often learned and even memorized by young children during catechism classes or Sunday school. However, when you compare the Catholic and Protestant versions, you see that they are not the same lists! This has led some Protestants to falsely claim that the Catholic Church deleted the second commandment (“You…
From 2000 to 2013 I was heavily involved in Southern Evangelical Seminary – first as a student, then as President Norman Geisler’s grad assistant, then as Director of Distance Education, and finally as a Professor. Over the course of my last 5 years with SES, however, I began to see glaring problems with Evangelicalism and…
The first edition of Catholic Answers Magazine is featuring my article!
Some years back I spoke at an Evangelical Christian Apologetics conference about how Christians should discern what music they listen to, and this is a recording of that talk. Having been out of strictly Evangelical circles for some time now, I am not sure if the “Christian music” vs. “Secular music” debate is still raging,…
What is the Church’s view of the Genesis creation story? St. Joseph’s Director of Faith Formation, Dr. Douglas Beaumont, explains the Catholic Church’s dogmas concerning the creation of human beings in light of modern science.
Dr. Douglas Beaumont joins Gary and William to talk about his article “Formless Matter in Wisdom 11:17.” Does Wisdom 11:17 contradict creation ex nihilo?
I am friends with Mike, Nick, and Allie and can verify this is 100% legit. I know now is a rough time for everyone, but if you have some fundage looking for a home or if you don’t need more stuff in your house this Christmas, maybe consider giving to a good cause rather than…
“I beseech you, my child, to look at the heaven and the earth and see everything that is in them, and recognize that God did not make them out of things that existed.” (2 Maccabees 7:28) Genesis Unbound In a fascinating modern book on the biblical creation story (Genesis Unbound), Evangelical Bible scholar John Sailhamer…
Douglas Beaumont 