The Bible says that if a prophet’s predictions about the future do not come true, he is not from God (Deuteronomy 13 & 18). Was Jesus a false prophet? Some say he was because his prediction about when he would return in the Olivet Discourse (Matthew 24 cf. Mark 13; Luke 21) turned out to…
When St. Thomas Aquinas wrote his great Summa Theologiae, he listed only two objections to the existence of God (the problem of evil and the apparent ability of science to explain everything), even though he tried to list at least three objections to each of his views. During my doctoral studies, however, I came across…
Protestants like to call themselves the “Bible” Christians as opposed to Catholics because they can often produce many scriptural proof texts to support their unique beliefs. But what happens when Catholics show that there are also Catholic proof texts – and some of them undermine foundational traditions of Protestantism itself? Click HERE for full video!
Some will assert that many Catholics become Protestant due to studying more. However, this is not a one-way street. Many Protestants become Catholic after studying more, and that was the case with today’s guest – Dr. Doug Beaumont (douglasbeaumont.com). Dr. Doug was a seminary professor at Southern Evangelical Seminary for years before recognizing that Christ’s…
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…
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…
“Where is that in the Bible?” is a challenge Protestants commonly issue to Catholics when disputes over doctrine arise. Two common response strategies include trying to find a biblical reference to support the belief in question or to return the challenge by asking, “Where in the Bible does it say something must be in the…
Douglas Beaumont 