Jessica Ptomey skipped around denominations growing up, and each of them seemed to have a slightly different take on what happens to lifelong Christians who die without being completely sinless.
Growing up Baptist, first in Canada and then at Liberty University, the Bible was the most important book in RJ Snell’s life. He memorized passages, read it daily, and based
As a nondenominational pastor, David Sanborn understood the idea of the love, mercy compassion of Jesus, but was a little taken aback at the idea that Catholics had a devotion
When Jeff Cavins came back to the Catholic Church after some experience as a nondenominational minister, he was at first disoriented by all the different devotions, spiritualities, and apostolates that
As he began to really study Catholicism, Nathaniel Hurd, who had grown up mostly agnostic, was pleasantly surprised to find out just how practical the sacramental theology of the Church
As she was preparing for her confirmation on Pentecost, Sister Maria Theotokos decided to do a Marian pilgrimage to Lourdes. It was there, praying in an adoration chapel, that she
Though raised Catholic, Jeff Cavins didn’t really “get” the idea of the Holy Spirit until an experience at a Catholic Charismatic conference when he was 18. In his youthful zeal,
Growing up in the Christian Reformed Church, Dr. John Bersgma remembers visiting Baptist churches and hearing elaborate and far-fetched explanations of the events in the book of Revelation. He thought
As an Evangelical Christian, Seth Paine was troubled by the idea of Catholics honoring Mary, because he was afraid that honor given to her would subtract from the honor due
As an atheist, it wasn’t that John Knutsen hadn’t thought about the Big Questions; it’s that he had thought very hard about them, and didn’t think they led to the
For many Evangelical Christians, sharing the joy of their faith in Jesus with others is an integral part of their walk with the Lord. But when someone with that background
What’s the difference between the roles of Protestant pastors and Catholic priests? There are many different understandings out there, but as a Christian Reformed minister, Dr. John Bergsma saw as
