When we looked at the 2025 performance metrics of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), I realized that what we’re seeing in their baptism metrics is very likely rebaptism at work. Rebaptism is exactly what it sounds like: Someone who’s already been baptized once doing it again. Unsurprisingly, the SBC doesn’t Read more
Big-name Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) leader Richard Land had some sad news to share with the flocks last month: Jerry Johnson, a die-hard SBC culture warrior who held important leadership roles within the denomination, had converted to Catholicism. More than that, though, Richard Land had some opinions about this conversion. Read more
Tradcaths, a super-vocal, super-conservative branch of Catholicism, have been extra weird since Pope Francis died. I can see why, too: Most of them converted into Catholicism from extremely conservative hardliner evangelical groups, so they expect Catholicism to work like their old faith—just with extra incense and chanting. Nor do they Read more
In recent weeks, we’ve been looking at the Bizarro World of Catholic evangelism of evangelicals. However, that movement occurs in both directions. Today, let’s see why Catholic and evangelical converts say they are ‘crossing the Tiber.’ Along the way, we’ll see if we can’t spot commonalities in their conversion testimonies—and Read more
Sometimes, Christians start flailing around trying to figure out what their practice of Christianity is missing. I was reminded of this truth just last week while researching our Catholic evangelism topic. Along the way, I ran across a Catholic convert’s testimony. It contained the usual tropes of something being missing Read more
For years now, I’ve suspected that Catholic evangelists have been focused on hardline evangelicals. Recently, some hardline evangelicals began noticing that too. Today, let’s explore how Catholics are targeting this mission field—and more importantly, why. (This post first went live on Patreon on 3/28/2025. Its audio ‘cast lives there too Read more
Accounts differ somewhat regarding exactly what happened with Pope Francis this past month, but everyone close to the situation agrees that he was very sick and is still recovering. He seems to have stabilized somewhat at this point, but his courtiers are still all aflutter. Speculations abound about what’ll happen Read more
In a recent creepy Handmaid’s Tale-style address, Pope Francis warned his followers about social media-induced brain rot. But that should be nowhere near his biggest worry. Though he doesn’t appear to realize it, he actually advised Catholics to develop the exact mental skills that have freed millions of people already Read more
For some years now, Carlo Viganò (pronounced veegan-oh) has been pushing against Pope Francis’ authority over all of Catholicism. But recently, Viganò tipped over into fomenting actual schism against his leader. Let’s see what happened here—and learn, as Viganò himself did, why it’s such a drastic mistake for Catholics at Read more
As the weather heats up, the concept of pilgrimages enters my mind. Somehow long ago, Protestants lost this custom. But it’s never really died out. I can see why, too. Something about a long walk along ancient paths sparks something within the human heart. Today, let’s explore where pilgrimages originated Read more