
The Cordial Catholic
A podcast for non-Catholics, new Catholics, or anyone interested in digging deeper into the Catholic faith. Hosted by Keith Little, a non-denominational Evangelical convert to Catholicism.
Episodes
305 episodes
291: Discerning Your Gifts and Charisms in the Catholic Church (w/ Jill Simons)
In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined by Jill Simons, author, speaker, and the driving force behind Many Parts Ministries, which helps Catholics discern their spiritual gifting an...
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290: I'm a Better Christian Now That I'm Catholic (w/ Keith Nester)
In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined once again by my good friend and fellow convert Keith Nester to unpack a controversial claim! Keith spent over 20 years in Protestant ministry before converting to Catholicism and joins me to ...
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289: What Does it Take to Become Catholic? (w/ Joe Heschmeyer and Austin Suggs)
In this very special episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined by my two friends Catholic Answers apologist Joe Heschmeyer and Gospel Simplicity host Austin Suggs for an extraordinary conversation about what it takes to convert to Catholicism...
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288: Shunned by his Family for Becoming Catholic (w/ Dustin Shane)
In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined by author Dustin Shane, a convert to Catholicism from the Jehovah's Witnesses, to talk about his harrowing and incredible faith journey. From his experience growing up in a devout ...
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287: Journeying with the Saints This Lent (w/ Alex Dee)
In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined by Alex Dee from the Saints Alive podcast to talk about the incredible witness of the saints, the importance of passing on these amazing stories to our children, evangelization, and the amazin...
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286: Two Charismatic Pastors Realize They Were Wrong About Catholicism! (w/ Kenny Burchard and Sam Nunnally)
In this very special episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined by Kenny Burchard and Sam Nunnally, two former Evangelical, Charismatic pastors who converted to Catholicism to tell their stories, talk about their biggest misconceptions about C...
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285: The Priest That Sparked 42,000 Conversions (w/ Dr. Cheryl Hughes)
In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined by Dr. Cheryl Hughes to talk about one of the most prolific "convert makers" in American Catholic history: Archbishop Fulton Sheen. Dr. Hughes, a biographer of Fulton Sheen, joins ...
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284: She Forgot She Was Catholic – But God Didn't! (w/ Avery Reukauf)
In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined by Avery Reukauf, a Catholic convert with one of the most incredible conversion stories you'll ever hear!From the untimely death of her mother following a radical decision to be baptize...
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283: Yes, You Should Pray to the Saints! (w/ Dr. Karlo Broussard)
In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined by speaker, author, and accomplished Catholic Answers apologist Dr. Karlo Broussard to talk about praying to the saints.How do we know it's OK to pray to the saints? Why would the Chur...
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282: From the Messianic Movement to the Catholic Church (w/ Dr. Matthew Wiseman)
In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined by Dr. Matthew Wiseman for one of the most phenomenal conversion stories we've had on this podcast. Raised in a devoutly Southern Baptist home, Dr. Wiseman and his family, seeking a deeper und...
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281: The Biblical Roots of the Year of Jubilee (w/ Dr. John Bergsma)
In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined by my friend theologian, biblical scholar, and former Protestant pastor Dr. John Bergsma to talk about the deeply biblical roots of the Year of Jubilee. Pope Francis has declared 2025 ...
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280: The Enormous Evangelical Problem of Christian Unity (w/ Rod Bennett)
In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined once again by one of my favourite guests and yours, my good friend Rod Bennett. Rod is a Catholic convert with a unique way of looking at t...
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279: Typology, Conversion, and the Catholic Imagination (w/ Emily Chapman)
In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined by celebrated Catholic author and convert (or, revert) to the Catholic faith Emily Stimpson Chapman to talk about all things Catholic. We dig into her own conversion story as someone w...
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REPLAY: The Weird and Wonderful Roots of Christmas Traditions (w/ Dr. Michael Foley)
In this special episode from our archives, I'm joined by Dr. Michael Foley, renown author, professor of theology, and one of the best storytellers out there to explain some of the incredibly weird and terribly wonderful Christian roots of our f...
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278: Can Catholics And Evangelical Christians Reunite? (w/ Nathan Smith)
In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined by Nathan Smith, the Director of Ecumenism for Glenmary Home Missioners, a Catholic religious community, and as a consultant for the USCCB’s Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious...
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277: An Evangelical Pastor Discovers Purgatory in the Bible (w/ Kenny Burchard)
In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined by the inestimable Kenny Burchard. A convert to the Catholic faith, Kenny joins us to tell the remarkable story of his encounter with purgatory while preaching and studying the Bible. It was i...
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276: The Evangelical Best Friends that Became Catholic (w/ Wendy and Zoe)
In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined by Wendy and Zoe, from the Instagram page Catechumemes, to talk about their absolutely remarkable conversions to Catholicism – as two best...
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275: Catholic Door-to-Door Evangelization (w/ Austin Habbish)
In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined by Catholic convert, or revert from non-denominational Evangelical Christianity, Austin Habbish. Austin is the founder of Think Catholic, the host of the podcast Summa in a Year, and the heart...
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274: Debunking the Biggest Myths of the Reformation (w/ Steve Weidenkopf)
In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined by one of my all-time favourite guests Steve Weidenkopf. Steve is a lecturer, author, renown speaker, and an absolute expert on the subject of Church history and he brings his knowledge to bea...
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273: Why Are We Still Protesting? (w/ Brandon Forschino)
In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined by Evangelical convert to Catholicism Brandon Forschino to talk about his journey into the Catholic faith.Brandon was a zealous evangelist for Christ who went to Evangelical seminary t...
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272: An Evangelical Pastor Realizes It's OK to be Catholic (w/ Sam Nunnally)
In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined by the wonderful Sam Nunnally. Sam spent two decades as a charismatic, evangelical pastor before leaving to pursue the truth of Catholicism – a journey which took him many more years t...
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271: From Mega Church to the Catholic Church (w/ Justine Callis)
In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined by the extraordinary Justine Callis from The Theology of Conversion. She shares her journey from a staffer at a non-denominational...
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270: Reasons to Reconsider Sola Scriptura (w/ Joel Peters)
In this not-to-be-missed episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined by Catholic Answers contributor, speaker, and apologist Joel S. Peters to talk about arguments for Sola Scriptura – "Bible alone" Christianity – and reasons why he thinks non-...
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269: The Shroud of Turin in the 21st Century (w/ Russ Breault)
In this not-to-be-missed episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined by Russ Breault, a long-time researcher, writer, speaker, and evangelist who has made it his life's mission to share the incredible miracle that is the Shroud of Turin with au...
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268: Discovering that the Early Church Wasn't Baptist (w/ Brayden Cook)
In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined by the incredible Brayden Cook, the host of The Catechumen YouTube channel, to talk about his conversion to Catholicism as an intern Baptist minister. Brayden's story – which is my own...
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