How to Think Well

Here is a talk I did for a series on “The Way, the Truth, and the Life” on introductory logic at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church. The notes can be downloaded HERE.

Has Humanity Revolted Against Reality?

We seem to be living in an age of insanity. Crimes against children, born and unborn; marriage defiled and redefined; gender confusion; the looming terror of transhumanism . . . modern culture is twisting truth into lies and lies into truth. How did we get to this bizarre point in history? My guest Gary Michuta…

Was Jesus a False Prophet?

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…

Douglas Beaumont on “Indie Thinker”

I had a fun conversation (not “debate”!) with Reed Uberman on his show Indie Thinker. Check it out HERE!

Is God Impossible?

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…

The Bible Verse That Destroys Protestantism?

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!

CONVERSION OF A PROTESTANT PROFESSOR on CATHOLIC CHALLENGE

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…

NEW BOOK! “Wisdom and Wonder: How Peter Kreeft Shaped the Next Generation of Catholics”

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…

Why My Evangelical Friend Isn’t Catholic Yet

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

Is Southern Evangelical Seminary Producing Catholics?

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.