Growing With God
I was born into a family of faithful Canadian Christians, with my parents and much of my extended family belonging to the Christian Reformed Church. Baptized as an infant and instructed in the...
View Article“I needed to come back home.”– Dr. Ray Guarendi
Dr. Ray Guarendi was raised Catholic, but there was a lot he never learned, or if he did learn it, it didn’t sink in. For a number of years, he followed Jesus as an Evangelical Christian, but his...
View ArticleI Discover Catholicism
I grew up in the suburbs of Toronto, Canada in a wonderful, loving family: my sister, my Mom and Dad, and a cat we’d adopted from the pound. It was an idyllic, carefree upbringing in a home that I...
View ArticleReading the Bible as a Catholic – RJ Snell
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 his whole understanding of...
View ArticleA Journey from Islam to Christ
My legs started to go to sleep as I sat on the floor of my bedroom in the middle of the night. The Qur’an rested on the small table in front of me. Its Arabic script was elegant and familiar, yet...
View ArticleMichael Davis – Former Baptist Pastor
Michael Davis was raised on Baptist hellfire and brimstone, and it turned him off to Christianity altogether as a young man. Later, when he met a pastor who showed him the love of Jesus, he had a...
View ArticleKevin Stephenson – Former Anglican and Charismatic
Kevin Stephenson was baptized Anglican in England, but when visiting family in Jamaica as a young man, he had a profound born-again experience, and began to worship in Charismatic congregations....
View ArticleThe Wisdom of Catholic Moral Teaching – Dr. Francis Beckwith
Raised Catholic, Dr. Francis Beckwith drifted away from the Catholic Church and toward Evangelical Christianity in his teenage years. And while he still held to many aspects of Catholic moral teaching,...
View ArticleToby Cook – Former Missouri Synod Lutheran
Toby Cook was raised in a Missouri Synod Lutheran family that was deeply devoted to the Lord. As a young man, he himself pursued the possibility of becoming a minister, but discerned that God was...
View ArticleSeeing Scripture Through Catholic Eyes – Jay Richards
As a Christian with a background in the Reformed tradition, Jay Richards was aware of some of the differing interpretations of Scripture that were out there, but he began to be increasingly aware of...
View ArticleMore Than the Bible
My Early Life I grew up in an Evangelical household. We were not tied to any particular denomination. Due to my father’s work, we moved around the country a lot, and we were members of several...
View ArticleA Damning System of Works Righteousness Part II: Faith and Obedience in the...
This part of an ongoing article series from Ken Hensley. Read Part I. Virtually every presentation of the Reformation doctrine of sola fide (faith alone) contains within it the following line of...
View ArticleTwo Former Reformed Ministers Look at the Epistle of James – Marcus Grodi and...
Marcus Grodi and Ken Hensley were both Reformed pastors who used to rely heavily upon Martin Luther, and like Luther, they weren’t always sure exactly what to do with the Epistle of St. James, which to...
View ArticleDr. Jonathan Fuqua – Former Evangelical Protestant
Dr. Jonathan Fuqua’s family took him to Oneness Pentecostal churches when he was young, but they eventually transitioned to the more mainstream Assemblies of God as he entered his teenage years. When...
View ArticleA Damning System of Works Righteousness Part VII: Homeward Bound
This is the conclusion of a seven-part article series from Ken Hensley. Part I Part II Part III Part IV Part V Part VI What does it mean to be justified? As a Protestant, I would have answered like...
View ArticleFinding My Way Home
I grew up in the rural community of Bethlehem, Kentucky — a great place to call home around Christmas. For as long as I can remember, my family attended a small country church. I don’t remember ever...
View ArticleFr. Scott Borgman – Former Pentecostal Missionary
Fr. Scott Borgman was raised in West Africa by parents who were Pentecostal missionaries. When he was old enough for college, he left the missionary life behind and pursued a film production career in...
View ArticleSignposts, Study and Sponsors
I grew up in the mid-southern region of the United States, right in the heart of the Bible Belt. My family members were strong Southern Baptists. God gave me a father who took his role as Christian...
View ArticleTangible Faith
If I were to describe my faith journey in just a few words, I would say it has been like climbing a tree, starting from the ground up. Ground, meaning I wasn’t born into a faith system, and a tree,...
View ArticleBobbyjon Bauman – Former Presbyterian minister
Bobbyjon Bauman had a major awakening of faith when he encountered InterVarsity Christian Fellowship in college, and went on to pursue a call to ministry. He did seminary studies at Reformed...
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