On the Journey, Episode 119: Three Protestants Go to Mass, Part X The Coming Home Network International 2026-09-23 | On the Journey, Episode 119: Three Protestants Go to Mass, Part X
Developing Catholic Sympathies - Dr. Benjamin Lewis The Coming Home Network International 2024-06-14 | Dr. Benjamin Lewis had strong Methodist roots, but began over time to become surprisingly appreciative of Catholicism. From the flaws and triumphs of Church history, to the idea of a sacramental worldview, to the heroic witness of the saints, he came to see that much of the Christian heritage he'd always valued had been preserved through the perseverance of the Catholic Church.More of Dr. Lewis' story: chnetwork.org/journey-home/dr-benjamin-lewis-former-united-methodistOur Online Community: community.chnetwork.orgSupport our work: chnetwork.org/donate
Sharing Your Conversion Story - Ken Hensley The Coming Home Network International 2024-06-07 | When it comes to sharing your faith with someone, it can be easy to focus on apologetic arguments for various doctrines. But as Ken Hensley, a former Baptist pastor points out, often the best way to share your faith with someone is by talking about what God has done in your life.More stories and resources: chnetwork.orgOur Online Community: community.chnetwork.orgSupport our work: chnetwork.org/donate
A Pentecostal Army Chaplains Eucharistic Conversion - Everett Franklin The Coming Home Network International 2024-05-30 | When Everett Franklin was serving in Iraq as a Church of God Army chaplain, he had an encounter with a Catholic soldier that caused him to question how seriously he had been taking the Lord's Supper.He shares how he continued to wrestle with what Jesus commanded his apostles to do in remembrance of Him, and why he chose to enter the Catholic Church on the feast of Corpus Christi.Are you a non-Catholic ordained clergy member who's considering the claims of the Catholic Church? We'd love to accompany you in fellowship and prayer!Resources for ministers considering Catholicism: chnetwork.org/vocation-supportOur Online Community: community.chnetwork.orgSupport our work: chnetwork.org/donate
Struggling with Devotion to Mary - Jennifer Southers The Coming Home Network International 2024-05-24 | Coming from a Quaker/Friends background, when Jennifer Southers became interested in Catholicism, she loved everything she was discovering, but still struggled with the idea of honoring Mary.Jennifer shares how by reflecting more deeply on the Scriptures, and understanding Mary as the first disciple of Jesus who saw through his mission from the Annunciation to Pentecost, helped her see that there was much more to Mary than she'd ever noticed before.Watch more of Jennifer's story: chnetwork.org/journey-home/jennifer-southers-former-quakerRead a written version of Jennifer's testimony: chnetwork.org/story/catholic-church-heres-my-listOur Online Community: community.chnetwork.orgSupport our work: chnetwork.org/donate
OTJ Short - Nobody Reads Scripture Objectively The Coming Home Network International 2024-05-22 | Former Baptist pastor Ken Hensley reflects on the different lenses through which he has viewed Scripture over the years, from his earliest days in a hyper-dispensationalist Bible study, to later years embracing more classical Reformed theology, and beyond, and ponders the question:Is it possible to read and interpret the Bible objectively?Watch the full episode: youtu.be/a_mg1tXWYK0?si=t18fktDFphKocLsJMore episodes and series: chnetwork.org/on-the-journey-showOur Online Community: community.chnetwork.orgSupport our work: chnetwork.org/donate
The Journey of Prayer Part 7: Conquering Distractions – Deep in Christ, Episode 78 The Coming Home Network International 2024-05-21 | In this final installment of our series on prayer, we look further at what the Catechism of the Catholic Church has to say about overcoming distractions in prayer.The proper response to the inevitable reality of distractions is summed up well in Paragraph 2729:"To set about hunting down distractions would be to fall into their trap, when all that is necessary is to turn back to our heart: for a distraction reveals to us what we are attached to, and this humble awareness before the Lord should awaken our preferential love for him and lead us resolutely to offer him our heart to be purified."More episodes: deepinchrist.comOur Online Community: community.chnetwork.orgSupport our work: chnetwork.org
Joining Gods Family - Derek Rotty The Coming Home Network International 2024-05-17 | Between coming from a divorced family and his own budding adolescent ego, by the time Derek Rotty was a young man, faith was a long forgotten priority. But in studying history -- not just world and Church history, but the history of his own spiritual trajectory -- he began to see that the God he had pushed to the side for years had been with him all along. Derek shares how his faith and his marriage have helped him to see that despite all the wounds of his family experiences and mistakes of his background, he was always being called to be part of God's family in the life of the Church.Watch more of Derek's story: chnetwork.org/journey-home/derek-rotty-former-united-methodistOur Online Community: community.chnetwork.orgSupport our work: chnetwork.org/donate
On the Journey, Episode 147: God Said, Become Catholic! - Kennys Story, Part VII The Coming Home Network International 2024-05-15 | Kenny Burchard joins Matt Swaim and Ken Hensley to share the story of how he finally ended up becoming Catholic.Having left Pentecostal ministry, Kenny ended up looking at a few possible church environments that he thought he and his family might be able to call home.But at the end of all of it, he found that God was calling them to the last place he ever expected: the Catholic Church.More episodes: chnetwork.org/on-the-journey-showOur Online Community: community.chnetwork.orgSupport our work: chnetwork.org/donate
The Journey of Prayer Part 6: Failure at Prayer – Deep in Christ, Episode 77 The Coming Home Network International 2024-05-14 | Part of the journey of prayer will inevitably involve experiences of apparent failure. The Catechism of the Catholic Church identifies some of these: discouragement, dryness, hesitancy about what God may be calling us to do, and even the darkness within our own hearts. However, it is by exposing these things to the light that we can seek healing and forgiveness. The Church reminds us that it is crucial to anticipate and meet these apparent “failures” in the journey of prayer with a right mind and heart, ready to turn these obstacles into greater victories of humility and faith.More episodes: deepinchrist.comOur Online Community: community.chnetwork.orgSupport our work: chnetwork.org
A Methodist Discovers Mary - Matt Gerald The Coming Home Network International 2024-05-10 | Matt Gerald grew up in a Methodist environment where Mother's Day was observed not only in homes and families, but as part of the church service that Sunday.Later on, that got him thinking: if we give a special honor to our own mothers, how much more honor should we give to the mother of Our Lord Jesus Christ, who he himself honored by following the commandment to honor father and mother more perfectly than any of us?More of Matt's story: chnetwork.org/story/the-long-road-home-2Our Online Community: community.chnetwork.orgSupport our work: chnetwork.org/donate
On the Journey, Episode 146: Leaving the Ministry - Kennys Story, Part VI The Coming Home Network International 2024-05-08 | Kenny Burchard continues to share with Matt Swaim and Ken Hensley the story of his journey to the Catholic Faith.Kenny shares the series of experiences and the process of discernment that led him to step away from ministry as a pastor in the Foursquare Church. He discusses three watershed moments that led him to believe that whatever God had in store for him, it was somewhere besides a Pentecostal pulpit.More episodes of On the Journey: chnetwork.org/on-the-journey-showOur Online Community: community.chnetwork.orgSupport our work: chnetwork.org/donate
The Journey of Prayer Part 5: The Battle of Prayer - Deep in Christ, Episode 76 The Coming Home Network International 2024-05-07 | On this episode, we continue our discussion on the journey of prayer. When you begin to make a more conscious and intentional commitment to the journey of prayer, you will become more aware of the spiritual battle that is always raging outside of you as well as inside. The sections of the Catechism that we cover in this episode address some of the common “objections” that will spring up from time to time as temptations to give up in the battle of prayer; but it is a battle that we cannot afford to stop fighting.More episodes: deepinchrist.comOur Online Community: community.chnetwork.orgSupport our work: chnetwork.org/donate
Understanding Marys Spiritual Motherhood - Santonio Hill The Coming Home Network International 2024-05-03 | Santonio Hill was essentially raised by three women: his sister, his mom, and his grandma.He shares how experiencing their love and concern for his well-being has helped him to understand the role that Mary plays in the life of Christians: as a loving mother who prays that all people will come to know her son, Jesus.More about Santonio's work: giftofmary.orgMore stories and resources: chnetwork.orgOur Online Community: community.chnetwork.orgSupport our work: chnetwork.org/donate
On the Journey, Episode 145: All That Scandal - Kennys Story, Part V The Coming Home Network International 2024-05-01 | Kenny Burchard continues to share with Matt Swaim and Ken Hensley the story of his journey to the Catholic Faith.When Kenny, who had been a Pentecostal pastor, told some friends he was considering becoming Catholic, he was asked why he'd want to join a church that had gone through so many scandals.For Kenny, this was a question that hit close to home, because every Christian group he'd ever been involved with had gone through scandal after scandal, and split after split. And given his experience of those heartbreaking realities, especially as a former Protestant pastor, it was something he had absolutely thought about when considering the Catholic Church.More episodes: chnetwork.org/on-the-journey-showOur Online Community: community.chnetwork.orgSupport our work: chnetwork.org/donate
The Journey of Prayer, Part 4: Contemplative Prayer - Deep in Christ, Episode 75 The Coming Home Network International 2024-04-30 | On this episode, we continue our journey of prayer with an examination of the sections of the Catechism dedicated to contemplative prayer — the prayer of presence and friendship with God. Contemplative prayer is in one sense the goal toward which we move on the journey of prayer. Through more active forms of prayer such as vocal or meditative we dispose our hearts to receive the gift of contemplative prayer and to bring this “prayer of presence” into all aspects of our lives.More episodes: deepinchrist.comOur Online Community: community.chnetwork.orgSupport our work: chnetwork.org/donate
How a Catholic Convert Became a Religious Sister - Sr. Julia Mary Darrenkamp, FSP The Coming Home Network International 2024-04-26 | Raised in a solidly Christian family with experience of a number of Protestant denominations, Sr. Julia's first exposure to Catholicism came through books about the lives of the saints that she found at the library.Fascinated by them, she and a friend from school began to ask lots of questions about the Catholic Faith. Sr. Julia shares how that path of prayer and discernment led her first to enter the Church, and then discern a vocation with the Daughters of St. Paul.More about the Daughters of St. Paul: daughtersofstpaul.comPauline Books and Media: pauline.orgMore stories and resources: chnetwork.orgOur Online Community: community.chnetwork.orgSupport our work: chnetwork.org/donate
On the Journey, Episode 144: Which Christianity? – Kenny’s Story, Part IV The Coming Home Network International 2024-04-24 | Kenny Burchard continues to share with Matt Swaim and Ken Hensley the story of his journey to the Catholic Faith.As Kenny discovered more and more divisions among Christians, he became increasingly unsettled by them. He and his wife got into ministry together in the Pentecostal world, but their experience of everything from Christian radio to Christian bookstores and more overloaded them -- was it even possible to know which take on Christianity was the correct one? Could there ever truly be Christian unity?More episodes and resources: chnetwork.orgOur Online Community: community.chnetwork.orgSupport our work: chnetwork.org/donate
The Journey of Prayer, Part 3: Meditative Prayer - Deep in Christ, Episode 74 The Coming Home Network International 2024-04-23 | JonMarc Grodi continues his series on Christian prayer by looking at what the Church has to say about Meditative Prayer, which the Catechism refers to as a "quest." What does the Church mean by referring to meditation in this way? What are we called to discover in this process? And how should it spur us to live differently as Christians in our day to day walk with the Lord?More episodes: deepinchrist.comOur Online Community: community.chnetwork.orgSupport our work: chnetwork.org/donate
From Preacher to Lector - Sharon Ripley The Coming Home Network International 2024-04-18 | As an ordained minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Sharon Ripley felt a call to speak the word of God to the people of God. When she left AME ministry to enter the Catholic Church, she wondered what might happen to that gift. Sharon discusses how she has found a new passion for proclaiming the Scriptures during the Liturgy of the Word at Mass as a lector at her parish.More stories and resources: chnetwork.orgOur Online Community: community.chnetwork.orgSupport our work: chnetwork.org/donate
On the Journey, Episode 143: What Kind of Christian Am I? – Kenny’s Story, Part III The Coming Home Network International 2024-04-17 | Kenny Burchard continues to share with Matt Swaim and Ken Hensley the story of his journey to the Catholic Faith.As Kenny tried to find his way in his new life as a Christian, the question of where he fit among fellow believers became front and center. He started to realize that there were lots of different interpretations of Scripture, and lots of different potential voices to follow. He began to wonder: with all the options out there, what kind of Christian was he?More stories and resources: chnetwork.orgOur Online Community: community.chnetwork.orgSupport our work: chnetwork.org/donate
The Journey of Prayer, Part 2: Vocal Prayer - Deep in Christ, Episode 73 The Coming Home Network International 2024-04-16 | JonMarc Grodi continues his series on Christian prayer by looking at what the Church has to say about Vocal Prayer. In it, we engage our minds and often our mouths, but often, we are called to engage even our posture in order to help our whole body become disposed to speak with God. JonMarc reflects on how we can cultivate a life of prayer that goes beyond mere words into a fuller disposition toward the God to whom we pray.More episodes: deepinchrist.comOur Online Community: community.chnetwork.orgSupport our work: chnetwork.org/donate
How a Church of Christ Minister Became Catholic - Lawain McNeil The Coming Home Network International 2024-04-12 | Though raised Free Will Baptist, it was as a teenager in a Church of Christ context that Lawain McNeil's faith caught fire, especially under the mentorship of a basketball coach. Feeling called to ministry, he studied at Cincinnati Bible College and became ordained in that tradition, which was committed to restoring the ideals of the early Church.However, as he continued to study what the earliest Christians actually believed and how they worshipped, Lawain began to notice several things present in history that were absent from his own belief and worship. He decided to seek out a spiritual home where all those elements of early Christian doctrine and practice were still living realities; and that search eventually led him to the Catholic Church.More stories and resources: chnetwork.orgOur Online Community: community.chnetwork.orgSupport our work: chnetwork.org/donate
On the Journey, Episode 142: Ignorance on Fire – Kenny’s Story, Part II The Coming Home Network International 2024-04-10 | Kenny Burchard continues to share with Matt Swaim and Ken Hensley the story of his journey to the Catholic Faith.At the end of the last episode, Kenny was a brand new, "born-again" Christian. He shares how in that first year that followed, his zeal overflowed in ways that ended up damaging relationships. He was passionate about his newfound faith, but without mentors to help show him how to live it, Kenny found himself in constant debates and conflicts over matters of religion. Kenny shares a window into what that first year as a new Christian was like, and the lessons he's learned from reflecting on it over time.More episodes and resources: chnetwork.orgOur Online Community: community.chnetwork.orgSupport our work: chnetwork.org/donate
The Journey of Prayer, Part I - Deep in Christ, Episode 72 The Coming Home Network International 2024-04-09 | As the Church reminds us, prayer is not merely a means to get us *into* relationship with God; prayer *is* our relationship with God. JonMarc Grodi discusses how to better understand prayer as a journey of going deeper in our relationship with the Lord, and how becoming disciplined in prayer can help to grow that relationship over time.More episodes: deepinchrist.comOur Online Community: community.chnetwork.orgSupport our work: chnetwork.org/donate
On the Journey, Episode 141: I Must Be Born Again! - Kennys Story, Part I The Coming Home Network International 2024-04-03 | In a new series of On the Journey, Kenny Burchard begins to share with Matt Swaim and Ken Hensley the story of his journey to the Catholic Faith.Kenny starts at the very beginning: from being given up for adoption by Catholic parents, to being adopted by parents who didn't practice religion at all, to growing up around Mormons in Utah and eventually having a "born again" experience in the 1980's that changed everything for him. It's a great story, and we look forward to sharing more chapters from it over the next few weeks!More episodes: chnetwork.org/on-the-journey-showOur Online Community: community.chnetwork.orgSupport our work: chnetwork.org/donate
Did You Recently Become Catholic? We Want to Hear from You! The Coming Home Network International 2024-04-02 | If you entered the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil this year, we want to hear from you!The Coming Home Network was established by lay and clergy converts to Catholicism as a means of fellowship, encouragement and support for those exploring the Catholic Faith, as well as those who have become Catholic and are learning how to be at home in the Church.If that's you, please reach out to us! We have tons of free resources for you, including over 1000 conversion stories, tons of articles and videos, and a free Online Community where you can connect with others like yourself who are finding a home in the Catholic Church.We look forward to hearing from you!Explore our stories: chnetwork.org/convertsOur Online Community: community.chnetwork.orgReceive our free newsletter: chnetwork.org/join
The Harrowing of Hades - Mother Petra The Coming Home Network International 2024-03-28 | Many Christians hold Maundy Thursday services, and observe Good Friday and eventually Easter Sunday... but what are we supposed to do with Holy Saturday?Mother Petra shares how her Byzantine monastery reflects on Christ's descent to the dead after his crucifixion, and how that observance has deepened her experience of Easter as a Catholic convert from the Wesleyan tradition.Mother Petra's monastery: christthebridegroom.orgMore stories and resources: chnetwork.orgOur Online Community: community.chnetwork.orgSupport our work: chnetwork.org/donate
Converts Share Their Easter Vigil Experience The Coming Home Network International 2024-03-22 | Easter Vigil is the time when so many of the people we've worked with for so long finally receive their full initiation into the sacramental life of the Church!We asked six converts to share what they remember about their own experience of the Easter Vigil, and what encouragement they would give to those who are preparing to enter the Church right now.Hear their full stories:Tyler Pakka chnetwork.org/signposts/a-slow-and-steady-path-to-catholicism-tyler-pakkaDustin Quick chnetwork.org/journey-home/dustin-quick-former-muslim-and-calvinistDeb Scaravilli chnetwork.org/insights/an-evangelical-discovers-the-sacraments-deb-scaravilliCourtney Comstock chnetwork.org/journey-home/courtney-comstock-former-pentecostalErik Baldwin chnetwork.org/journey-home/erik-baldwin-former-calvary-chapel-and-reformedMatt Gerald chnetwork.org/journey-home/matt-gerald-former-methodist-protestantSupport our work: chnetwork.org
How Can I Avoid Sin? - Deep in Christ, Episode 71 The Coming Home Network International 2024-03-12 | Temptations surround us at every turn; being tempted is an unavoidable reality. But how do we resist those temptations so as not to fall into sin?JonMarc Grodi reflects on the nature of temptation and sin, and shares some thoughts from the wisdom of the Church on how to resist temptations when they arise.More episodes: deepinchrist.comOur Online Community: community.chnetwork.orgSupport our work: chnetwork.org/donate
When a Pastor Becomes Catholic - Ken Hensley The Coming Home Network International 2024-03-08 | What happens when a Protestant pastor feels a new call on his heart from God, to lay down his ministry and become a Catholic?Ken Hensley shares what that looked like in his own life when he was serving as a Baptist pastor, and how he works today with dozens of men and women in similar situations through The Coming Home Network.Are you a pastor looking for fellowship and encouragement as you explore the Catholic Faith? Our apostolate was founded specifically to assist people like you.Find free resources for your journey: chnetwork.org/vocation-supportOur Online Community: community.chnetwork.orgSupport our work: chnetwork.org/donate
Why do Catholics Make the Sign of the Cross? - Deep in Christ, Episode 70 The Coming Home Network International 2024-03-05 | It's one of the most recognizable gestures in any religion; but why do Catholics make the Sign of the Cross, and what is the significance of it?JonMarc Grodi reflects on what it means to invoke God as Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and how we can be more intentional about the way we participate in this simple but powerful prayer.More episodes: deepinchrist.comOur Online Community: community.chnetwork.orgSupport our work: chnetwork.org/donate
Lent and Baseball Spring Training - Dan Venezia The Coming Home Network International 2024-03-01 | When he was playing in the minors for the Minnesota Twins organization, Dan Venezia thought that if he believed in God, and was a good person, that was enough. But on the baseball field, he knew that he had to apply discipline and perseverance in order to succeed.Dan shares how he came to understand that discipline and perseverance are also necessary when it comes to bearing fruit in the spiritual life as well; and how the fact that Lent takes place at the same time as Spring Training helps to drive some of those lessons home.More stories and resources: chnetwork.orgOur Online Community: community.chnetwork.orgSupport our work: chnetwork.org/donate
Prayer is Not Magic - Deep in Christ, Episode 69 The Coming Home Network International 2024-02-27 | On this episode of Deep in Christ, JonMarc Grodi discusses the nature of prayer as our relationship with God and some of the potential pitfalls we face in the journey of prayer.What are we doing when we pray? Are we trying to control an outcome, or manipulate supernatural realities? Or is there something deeper that God is calling us to when He invites us to a life of prayer?More episodes: deepinchrist.comOur Online Community: community.chnetwork.orgSupport our work: chnetwork.org/donate
Why Protestant and Catholic Churches Often Look Different - Sam Guzman The Coming Home Network International 2024-02-23 | There's certainly a range of architectural expressions, but historically speaking, Catholic and Protestant worship spaces and church buildings tend to be fundamentally different in the way they are laid out.Sam Guzman, who grew up Baptist and became a Catholic, shares some thoughts on why Christian traditions that have a liturgical form of worship have a distinct approach to architecture, and what that says about what they believe about the nature of worship itself.More stories and resources: chnetwork.orgOur Online Community: community.chnetwork.orgSupport our work: chnetwork.org/donate
The Apostles Chose Successors - Kenny Burchard The Coming Home Network International 2024-02-22 | Each year on February 22nd, Catholics celebrate the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter, chief of the apostles, invested by Jesus Himself with authority over the Church.In light of that, Kenny Burchard, a Foursquare Church pastor who became Catholic, looks at what the Catholic Church means when She refers to Herself as "apostolic."Watch the full episode of On the Journey: youtube.com/watch?v=2ISLVG8LNSY
Imitating Saintly Virtues - Deep in Christ, Episode 68 The Coming Home Network International 2024-02-20 | The stories of the saints are powerful. But some of them are also strange; because they are from different times and places and circumstances than us, it can be hard sometimes to know which parts of their stories to apply to our own lives. JonMarc Grodi reflects on how the real power in the stories of the saints comes from their love of Christ, and their desire to grow in virtue and in service of Him, which every Christian is called to imitate, even if we can't all be miracle workers or martyrs.More episodes: deepinchrist.comOur Online Community community.chnetwork.orgSupport our work: chnetwork.org/donate
Why Confess to a Priest? - Tyler Pakka The Coming Home Network International 2024-02-16 | Why confess your sins to a priest? It's a common question that Protestants ask about the Catholic Church. Tyler Pakka, who came from an Evangelical background, shares how the concept made sense to him, and the healing power that he has found in the Sacrament of Reconciliation.More stories and resources: chnetwork.orgOur Online Community: community.chnetwork.orgSupport our work: chnetwork.org/donate
Information and Truth - Deep in Christ, Episode 67 The Coming Home Network International 2024-02-16 | In a world saturated with information and data, how do we know what we are supposed to know? In this episode of Deep in Christ, JonMarc Grodi explores the relationship between data and truth, and digs into the question of what it means to be a human being in a culture saturated with information.More episodes: deepinchrist.comOur Online Community: community.chnetwork.orgSupport our work: chnetwork.org/donate
Get FREE Resources for the Converts in Your Parish! (OCIA/RCIA) The Coming Home Network International 2024-02-14 | The Coming Home Network is dedicated to helping men and women, clergy and laity, from every background imaginable on their journey into the Catholic Church.But we cannot do what we do without the parishes, pastors, and religious educators on the ground who help to bring these people into the Church on the local level!THANK YOU to all those who work heroically at the parish level to accompany those yearning to join us at the Eucharistic table.We have many free resources to support you in your work, and to encourage the people with whom you are working... please let us know how we can assist you in walking with those who are coming home to the Catholic Faith!Find all of our free resources at chnetwork.org/parish
From Worshipping Football to Worshipping God - Santonio Hill The Coming Home Network International 2024-02-09 | Santonio Hill grew up Catholic, but football was the most important thing in his world. When he got a scholarship to play at a Division I school, he thought he was set for life -- until a priest asked him a question that caused him to reconsider everything.Santonio shares how he still loves the game of football; but now it occupies a much different place in his life, behind God, his growing family, and his life-changing work at a women's shelter.Find out more about Santonio's work: giftofmary.orgMore stories and resources: chnetwork.orgOur Online Community: community.chnetwork.orgSupport our work: chnetwork.org/donate
On the Journey, Episode 140: What is the Church? Part XIII The Coming Home Network International 2024-01-31 | Ken Hensley was a Baptist Pastor, and Kenny Burchard presided over a Pentecostal congregation.What did they think about the word “apostolic?”Matt Swaim, Ken Hensley, and Kenny Burchard discuss what kinds of things came to mind in regard to the word “apostolic,” and what they thought, and currently think, about carrying on the apostolic mission of Jesus.More episodes: chnetwork.orgOur Online Community: community.chnetwork.orgSupport our work: chnetwork.org/donate
Gods Greatest Attribute - Dr. Benjamin Lewis The Coming Home Network International 2024-01-26 | When he was attending a Christian liberal arts college, Dr. Benjamin Lewis recalls a debate that came up in the cafeteria about what might be God's greatest attribute. Was it His Soveriegnty, as a Calvinist friend argued? Or perhaps Holiness, as some of his Wesleyan friends suggested?After the conversation, he decided to look up what the Catholic Church taught about God's greatest attribute, and he was surprised at what he found.More of Dr. Lewis' story: chnetwork.org/journey-home/dr-benjamin-lewis-former-united-methodistOur Online Community: community.chnetwork.orgSupport our work: chnetwork.org/donate
OTJ Short - The Church: Body, Bride and Temple The Coming Home Network International 2024-01-24 | Former Pentecostal pastor Kenny Burchard shares how he came to appreciate the Catholic understanding of the Church as truly reflective of what the Bible tells us about the Church: that She is the Body of Christ, the Bride of Christ, and the Temple of the Living God.Watch the full episode: youtu.be/YGKdEi63pNw?si=O82M3WyKw1s0Q6X1Our Online Community: community.chnetwork.orgSupport our work: chnetwork.org/donate
My Mom Chose Life - Santonio Hill The Coming Home Network International 2024-01-19 | It wasn't until Santonio Hill was out of high school that he realized that his mom had been faced with a difficult decision when she was pregnant with him. He shares how her courage helped shape him and empower him to do the work he does now with women in crisis who are seeking help and support.Find out more about Santonio's work: giftofmary.orgMore stories and resources: chnetwork.org
On the Journey, Episode 139: What is the Church? Part XII The Coming Home Network International 2024-01-17 | Matt Swaim, Ken Hensley and Kenny Burchard continue their series on the Church.The Catholic Church has four marks: it is one, holy, catholic, and apostolic. As they dig even deeper into the meaning of the word “catholic,” Matt, Ken, and Kenny look at how the Church is meant to be a home for all people, and expands Christ's mission to the ends of the earth, as the instrument of God's work in the world.Watch more episodes: chnetwork.org/category/blog/chnvideos/on-the-journey/what-is-the-churchJoin our Online Community: community.chnetwork.orgSupport our work: https://www.chnetwork.og/donate
Hindu to Atheist to Catholic - Srishti Gupta The Coming Home Network International 2024-01-12 | Srishti Gupta was raised Hindu, but had become an atheist by college and was actively trying to convince others to reject religion. A friendship with a Christian began to soften her towards faith, and when she began to spend time reading the Gospel of Matthew, everything began to click for her, and it started her on an intentional path toward coming home to the Catholic Church.More of Srishti's story: chnetwork.org/journey-home/srishti-gupta-former-hindu-and-atheistSupport her work with FOCUS: focus.org/missionaries/srishti-guptaOur Online Community: community.chnetwork.orgSupport our work://www.chnetwork.org/donate
Mr. Universe Goes Back to Confession - Mick Souza The Coming Home Network International 2024-01-05 | Mick Souza started off with a foundation of faith, but led a wild life, breaking, as he tells it, all Ten Commandments. When he started to revisit the idea of faith, he went to a few different Christian congregations, but felt the Holy Spirit calling him back to the sacrament of Confession in the Catholic Church he'd been raised in.Watch more of Mick's story: youtu.be/MpJwg1-k1uI?si=zm2wXN_vkRud6SvmOur Online Community: community.chnetwork.orgSupport our work: chnetwork.org/donate
OTJ Short - Every Wind of Doctrine The Coming Home Network International 2024-01-03 | As a Baptist pastor, Ken Hensley believed in "sola Scriptura," but also wanted to be sure he was interpreting the Bible correctly. He didn't want to be the kind of teacher Paul warns about in Ephesians 4, whose cunning and craftiness cause their followers to be tossed about by the winds and waves of bad doctrine.And yet that's exactly what he saw "sola Scriptura" doing: creating endless divisions and splits among Christians. Ken shares how he began to realize that perhaps there was a better way to understand how the Bible should function authoritatively in the life of believers.Watch the full episode: youtu.be/zrzoIbW1FY8?si=xY3NC0yPbwizOZAOOur Online Community: community.chnetwork.orgSupport our work: chnetwork.org/donate
Why do people think more about faith at Christmas? The Coming Home Network International 2023-12-22 | Ebenezer Scrooge, George Bailey, the Grinch... so many of the most iconic Christmas stories in film and literature hinge upon the idea of a conversion of some kind.Joseph Pearce, JonMarc Grodi, and Matt Swaim look at why many people seem more open to having a change of heart this time of year...Watch the full episode: youtu.be/ZwKD6Irzsdg?si=eE_U86X4Ol9DDtFa
A Christmas Greeting from Marcus Grodi The Coming Home Network International 2023-12-22 | Marcus Grodi, who founded The Coming Home Network, shares Christmas greetings and a brief update on what he's been up to in his retirement.Thank you to everyone who makes our work possible! We hope you have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.Visit us at https://www.chnetwork.org.
