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THE BEAR WOZNICK ADVENTUREBWA707 Matt Swaim | Charismatics, Pentacostals & the Catholic FaithMatt Swaim, host of the Sunrise Morning Show and producer at the Coming Home Network, joins Bear Woznick to discuss his journey from the Wesleyan-Holiness tradition to Catholicism. They dive into his latest project: Journeys Home 3, a collection of conversion stories from Pentecostal pastors and missionaries who became Catholic. The conversation explores common ground between Pentecostals and Catholics—charisms, the power of spoken word, embodied worship, and hunger for the Word of God—while emphasizing the stability, history, and sacramental fullness the Catholic Church offers.____________________Catch every season of Long Ride Home - https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/deta...2025-07-1151 min
Along "The Way"Matt Swaim; Evangelization, Mentoring to the Truth.This episode is an important one because of it share some strategies of being an example to the faith. Matt Swaim is a producer for the Coming Home Network. His work there is leading souls to the Catholic Church. People that are deeply rooted in other denominations of Christianity, Judaism , Muslim and even Atheist's . In this episode we talk about the importance of being an example . Sorry its been a while since the last episode. sometimes life just gets in the way.2025-05-1859 min
Catholic ConnectionMatt Swaim, Kitty Veleland, and Gail Buckley BarringerMatt Swaim joins to highlight the Journey Home on EWTN. Plus, Kitty Cleveland discusses her new book "From Prison to Paradise: A Story of Radical Trust in God's Divine Mercy", and Gail Buckley Barringer visits with the scripture verse of the week!2025-03-2449 min
Extraplasm PodcastEpisode 43: The Proton Pack Is Not a Toy (But It’s Still Pretty Fun!) With Matt SwaimMatt Swaim of the YouTube Channel “The Proton Pack is Not a Toy” joins the show this week! Matt is a content creator in the Ghostbusters fandom who develops video tutorials and vlogs on prop building, Ghostbusters history and screen accuracy, collectibles reviews, and more! We delve into his experiences building props and creating interesting content, as well as his work as a beta tester for game developer Terminal Reality on the beloved 2009 title, Ghostbusters: The Video Game. Plus, find out all of the Ghostbusters headlines from the last week!
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Logo / Cover Art...2023-07-252h 24Extraplasm PodcastEpisode 43: The Proton Pack Is Not a Toy (But It’s Still Pretty Fun!) With Matt SwaimMatt Swaim of the YouTube Channel “The Proton Pack is Not a Toy” joins the show this week! Matt is a content creator in the Ghostbusters fandom who develops video tutorials and vlogs on prop building, Ghostbusters history and screen accuracy, collectibles reviews, and more! We delve into his experiences building props and creating interesting content, as well as his work as a beta tester for game developer Terminal Reality on the beloved 2009 title, Ghostbusters: The Video Game. Plus, find out all of the Ghostbusters headlines from the last week!
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The Daily RefillThe Three Pillars and You - Matt SwaimWelcome to the Daily Refill: Lenten Pause!Today, Matt Swaim reveals how God calls each Lent not to take on random spiritual practices or hardships with no discernment, but rather to adopt the pillars of Lent in particular ways that directly correlate with the areas in which we need to grow most.Hear more from Matt on The Son Rise Morning Show: https://www.sacredheartradio.com/onair/son-rise-morning-showThanks for joining us today! Be sure to check out tomorrow's episode, too, along with all the great content at spokestreet.com!2023-03-1602 min
Uncommon Sense - The Official Podcast of the Society of Gilbert Keith ChestertonComing Home with Chesterton, An Interview with Matt SwaimOn this episode of Uncommon Sense Grettelyn and Albert interview Matt Swaim, the Director of Outreach for the Coming Home Network. Matt talks about his own conversion and the role that Chesterton played. This rocker turned radio host shares all that and more on this episode! https://chesterton.org/uncommonsense 41st Annual Conference Talk featuring Matt Swaim: https://www.chesterton.org/store/product/chestertonian-conversions-panel/2023-02-1431 minUncommon Sense - The Official Podcast of the Society of Gilbert Keith ChestertonComing Home with Chesterton, An Interview with Matt SwaimOn this episode of Uncommon Sense Grettelyn and Albert interview Matt Swaim, the Director of Outreach for the Coming Home Network. Matt talks about his own conversion and the role that Chesterton played. This rocker turned radio host shares all that and more on this episode! https://chesterton.org/uncommonsense 41st Annual Conference Talk featuring Matt Swaim: https://www.chesterton.org/store/product/chestertonian-conversions-panel/2023-02-1431 min
On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt, Ken and Kenny, Episode 116: Three Protestants Go to Mass, Part VIIMatt Swaim, Ken Hensley, and Kenny Burchard continue their series comparing their own experiences of leading Protestant worship gatherings with what they experienced when they began going to Mass.
This week, they talk about a major aspect of the Mass that helps shed light on what Catholic worship is: anamnesis. What exactly are we doing when, at Christ's command, we celebrate the Last Supper in "remembrance" of Him?
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On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt, Ken and Kenny, Episode 113: Three Protestants Go to Mass, Part VMatt Swaim, Ken Hensley, and Kenny Burchard continue their series comparing their own experiences of leading Protestant worship gatherings with what they experienced when they began going to Mass.
For so many Christians, the high point of Sunday worship is the sermon. Why is it that for Catholics, the high point is Holy Communion? Matt, Ken and Kenny begin to dig into the theology underpinning why Catholics approach this question differently than other Christians, and why the Eucharist is the centerpiece of Catholic worship.
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On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt, Ken and Kenny, Episode 112: Three Protestants Go to Mass, Part IVMatt Swaim, Ken Hensley, and Kenny Burchard continue their series comparing their own experiences of leading Protestant worship gatherings with what they experienced when they began going to Mass.
One of the misconceptions about Mass is that it is dead ritual that ignores the saving work of Jesus. Matt, Ken and Kenny show how Jesus is actually the central focus of the Mass, and there are numerous signals, from the readings and prayers, to our actions and postures, to the shape of the building itself, that point to the centrality of Jesus in Catholic worship.
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On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt, Ken and Kenny, Episode 111: Three Protestants Go to Mass, Part IIIMatt Swaim, Ken Hensley, and Kenny Burchard continue their series comparing their own experiences of leading Protestant worship gatherings with what they experienced when they began going to Mass.
In this episode, Matt, Ken and Kenny dig into the Liturgy of the Word, the section of the Mass that focuses on Sacred Scripture. They look at the role of the Bible in Catholic worship, and compare it to the role that Scripture played in the worship services from their days as Evangelical Protestants.
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On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt, Ken and Kenny, Episode 110: Three Protestants Go to Mass, Part IIMatt Swaim, Ken Hensley, and Kenny Burchard continue their series comparing their own experiences of leading Protestant worship gatherings with what they experienced when they first went to Mass.
In this episode, Matt, Ken and Kenny look at the Introductory Rites that take up the opening few minutes of the Mass, and discuss how they set the stage for the way that the liturgy will unfold.
They also look at the role of Scripture in this part of the Mass, and how Catholic worship today connects back to the worship of the first Christians.
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On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken and Kenny, Episode 108: Are Protestants Christians?It's not uncommon for some Protestants to wonder if Catholics are actually Christians. But for Matt Swaim, Ken Hensley, and Kenny Burchard, who came from Protestant backgrounds and became Catholic, what did it look like to them to have that question reversed? Are Protestants, in their multitudinous variety of theological expressions and Scriptural interpretations, actually Christians?
Matt, Ken and Kenny share their own stories from the Wesleyan, Baptist and Pentecostal traditions, and unpack not only their own experiences, but also formal Catholic teaching on how to understand those who believe in Jesus but are not formally connected...2022-10-191h 04
On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken and Kenny, Episode 107: Frequently Asked Questions About MaryMatt Swaim, Ken Hensley, and Kenny Burchard conclude their series on what they used to believe about Mary as Protestants, and how they came to embrace Catholic teaching about her.
In this episode, they address some of the common objections non-Catholics have about Mary: the Rosary as "vain repetition," Mary as Mediatrix, apparitions of Our Lady, Marian consecration, and more. Matt, Ken and Kenny share their own experience of wrestling with these questions on their way into the Catholic Church.
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On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken and Kenny, Episode 106: The Intercession of Mary and the SaintsMatt Swaim, Ken Hensley, and Kenny Burchard continue to discuss what they used to believe about Mary as Protestants, and how they came to embrace Catholic teaching about her.
Beyond the dogmas, there is the question of Marian devotion, and especially the idea of asking her intercession. To answer that, Matt and Ken and Kenny drill down on the concept of the Communion of Saints, and how Mary's unique role among the saints makes her a treasured advocate in heaven.
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On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken and Kenny, Episode 102: Mary, the New EveMatt Swaim, Ken Hensley, and Kenny Burchard continue their multi-part series discussing what they used to believe about Mary as Protestants, and how they came to believe Catholic teaching about her.
Kenny, Ken, and Matt discuss the third Marian dogma, the Immaculate Conception of Mary. Rooted in the biblical story, Mary is presented in the New Testament as “Woman, par excellence” — the fulfillment of God’s original created intentions for woman. The biblical mega-theme of Woman is traced through Genesis, seen in the biblical types of the Old Testament, and ultimately fulfilled in Mary, the New Eve.
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On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken and Kenny, Episode 101: The Perpetual Virginity of MaryMatt Swaim, Ken Hensley, and Kenny Burchard continue to share what they used to believe about Mary as Protestants, and how they eventually came to believe Catholic teaching about her.
In this week's discussion about Mary's perpetual virginity, Matt and Ken and Kenny discuss the reasons why they used to reject this dogma, and what they discovered in Scripture and history that led them to eventually accept the idea of Mary as ever-virgin.
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On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken and Kenny, Episode 100: Mary the Mother of Who?Matt Swaim, Ken Hensley, and Kenny Burchard continue to share what they used to believe about Mary as Protestants, and how they eventually came to believe Catholic teaching about her.
The first Marian dogma they tackle is the question of Mary as Mother of God. But before a proper discussion can be had about that, Matt and Ken and Kenny explain why it's important to understand first what a dogma is, how it comes to be, and why the Church makes such strong statements about certain questions in the first place.
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That's So Second MillenniumEp 142 - Matt Swaim: Symbols and Substance, in Faith and Online
Matt Swaim is the co-host of the Son Rise Morning Show, heard Monday through Friday 6-8 am on hundreds of stations in the nationwide EWTN Catholic radio network. He is also the outreach manager for the Coming Home Network, an apostolate that helps non-Catholic Christians who desire to learn more about, and consider entrance into, the Catholic Church. He co-hosts a podcast, “On the Journey,” for that organization.
Paul and Bill talked with Matt largely about the challenges in understanding, and then catechizing and evangelizing about, the Real Presence of Christ’s body and blood, soul and divini...2022-08-011h 18
On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken, Episode 97: The Protestant DilemmaKen Hensley and Matt Swaim continue their series looking at the life and thought of Martin Luther, and how his experiences shaped him to become the initiator of the Protestant Reformation.
How did Luther, Calvin, and the other reformers respond to the theological chaos that followed from their own teaching of sola Scriptura and the right of private judgment?
In this episode, Ken and Matt discuss the dilemma faced by the Reformers, and faced by every Protestant pastor: how to maintain commitment to the truth that, as Luther said, every Christian is “his own pope an...2022-06-2959 min
On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken, Episode 96: The Unraveling of TruthKen Hensley and Matt Swaim continue their series looking at the life and thought of Martin Luther, and how his experiences shaped him to become the initiator of the Protestant Reformation.
In this episode, Ken and Matt turn their attention from the material principle of the Reformation (sola fide) to the formal principle of the Reformation (sola scriptura) and discuss how Luther’s insistence that Scripture be taken to be the “sole infallible rule of faith and practice” for the Church and the individual Christian led to an unraveling; an unraveling in the realm of truth even more d...2022-06-2251 min
On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken, Episode 95: Banishing Moses and the LawKen Hensley and Matt Swaim continue their series looking at the life and thought of Martin Luther, and how his experiences shaped him to become the initiator of the Protestant Reformation.
As Luther's doctrine of justification began to spread, it brought with it a moral unraveling that Luther lamented, but also admitted resulted from the widespread preaching of “faith alone.” Ken and Matt discuss some of Luther's own statements about the implications of this doctrine, and his frustration with how many were using it as an excuse to act immorally.
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On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken, Episode 86: Ken’s Story, Part VMatt Swaim continues to interview former Baptist pastor Ken Hensley about his path to the Catholic Church.
Ken shares some of the questions that he began to mull over once he realized he'd never really spent any time thinking about the arguments for the Catholic Church.
He talks about how he wrestled with the questions of justification, baptism, and the meaning of Church history, and how what he found kept steering him more and more toward Catholicism.
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On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken, Episode 85: Ken’s Story, Part IVMatt Swaim continues to interview former Baptist pastor Ken Hensley about his path to the Catholic Church.
After Ken found out his old friend Scott Hahn had become Catholic, it raised tons of questions for him, but one of the biggest was this: after having gone through years of studying theology in college and seminary, why had he never really encountered any of the serious arguments for or against the Catholic Church?
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On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken, Episode 84: Ken’s Story, Part IIIMatt Swaim continues to interview former Baptist pastor Ken Hensley about his path to the Catholic Church.
Ken shares some of his experiences in seminary formation, and later, as a Baptist pastor. He looks back at the kind of things he was focusing his preaching and ministry on, and even his impressions of Catholicism at the time, based on his experience of monastic retreats. Ken also shares the conversation with a member of his congregation after church one Sunday night that would turn not just his ministry, but his whole life upside down.
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On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken, Episode 83: Ken’s Story, Part IIMatt Swaim continues to interview former Baptist pastor Ken Hensley about his path to the Catholic Church.
Having shared how he first became a Christian, Ken Hensley shares how he began to feel God's call to study Scripture and theology, and how that eventually led him to pastoring a Baptist congregation for several years. He also shares how while at Fuller Seminary, he struck up a friendship with a passionate Calvinist firebrand named Scott Hahn, who wouldn't show up in his life again for several years.
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On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken, Episode 81: Matt’s Story, Part VKen Hensley concludes his discussion with Matt Swaim about the process that led Matt to the Catholic Faith.
To wrap things up, Matt looks at some of the things that were most important to him as an Evangelical Christian: Scripture, unity among Christians, care for the least of these, and more, and how all of those things were fulfilled and elevated by what he discovered in the Catholic Church.
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On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken, Episode 80: Matt’s Story, Part IVKen Hensley continues to interview Matt Swaim about the process that led him to the Catholic Faith.
For many who become Catholic, there's often a significant adjustment period, almost like having to learn the language and customs of a foreign country. Matt shares some of the ways he had to get his Catholic "sea legs" as a new member of the Church.
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On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken, Episode 79: Matt’s Story, Part IIIKen Hensley continues to interview Matt Swaim about the process that led him to the Catholic Faith.
Having shared some of the key reasons he became Catholic, Matt now shares what some of the key struggles were for him on the way into the Church.
From getting accustomed to liturgical worship, to sorting through seemingly thousands of devotional options, to the pressure put on new converts to be ideal Catholics, Matt discusses what for him were the biggest adjustments when he started out in the Catholic Church.
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On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken, Episode 78: Matt’s Story, Part IIKen Hensley continues to interview Matt Swaim about the process that led him to the Catholic Faith.
Having gone through something of an Evangelical "deconstruction," Matt shares how the debates over what makes music "Christian," as well as the discovery of the thought of GK Chesterton, opened his heart to the Catholic understanding of truth, beauty and goodness. Matt also discusses how his efforts to re-create the early Church from scratch revealed to him the necessity of being part of the Catholic Church.
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On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken, Episode 77: Matt’s Story, Part IKen Hensley turns the tables on Matt Swaim to ask him about the process that led him to the Catholic Faith.
There is a lot of discussion among those who grew up Evangelical, especially in the 80's and 90's, about "deconstructing" their Evangelicalism. Matt shares how that process took place for him through his experience of Christian music subcultures, scandals in church leadership, and the Christian bookstore industry, and caused him to rethink his whole concept of what it meant to follow Jesus.
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On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken, Episode 76: Wizard of Oz Apologetics, Part XIMatt Swaim and Ken Hensley conclude their series looking into ways to reframe conversations about faith with people who doubt or deny the existence of God.
Having looked at various implications of a purely scientific materialist world view on the questions of consciousness, morality, human dignity and free will, Matt and Ken discuss how that kind of worldview, which intends to be based solely on reason, ultimately ends up denying the foundational tools necessary to reason.
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2022-01-1258 min
On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken, Episode 75: Wizard of Oz Apologetics, Part XMatt Swaim and Ken Hensley continue their series looking into ways to reframe conversations about faith with people who doubt or deny the existence of God.
If a purely materialist worldview means free will is an illusion, consciousness is an illusion, morality and human dignity and knowledge itself are illusions, then what's the point of anything? The atheist worldview, which often begins by asserting the primacy of reason, ends by eliminating the very tools necessary to make rational determinations.
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On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken, Episode 74: Wizard of Oz Apologetics, Part IXMatt Swaim and Ken Hensley continue their series looking into ways to reframe conversations about faith with people who doubt or deny the existence of God.
In a purely material universe, facts most certainly exist. But can our knowledge of them exist, if knowledge is not made of matter? And if our very thoughts are nothing more than deterministic processes taking place in the brain, by what measure can we call certain ideas "true" or "false?"
Matt Swaim and Ken Hensley unpack the question of the existence of knowledge in their ongoing discussion about how...2021-12-0956 min
On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken, Episode 73: Wizard of Oz Apologetics, Part VIIIMatt Swaim and Ken Hensley continue their series looking into ways to reframe conversations about faith with people who doubt or deny the existence of God.
If our universe is governed purely by the laws of physics and biology and chemistry, and actions producing reactions in a world without meaning, does free will even exist? Is our perceived ability to make free choices only an illusion that we've adapted along with everything else?
Matt Swaim and Ken Hensley unpack the question of the existence of free will in their ongoing discussion about how to reframe...2021-12-0155 min
On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken, Episode 72: Wizard of Oz Apologetics, Part VIIMatt Swaim and Ken Hensley continue their series looking into ways to reframe conversations about faith with people who doubt or deny the existence of God.
Does consciousness exist, or is it merely an illusion? If scientific materialism is true, then how do we account for not just conscience, but consciousness? Is the idea that we are aware of our own sense of self something that scientific materialism can account for, or is it a question that goes beyond the realm of what the natural sciences are competent to pronounce upon?
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On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken, Episode 71: Wizard of Oz Apologetics, Part VIMatt Swaim and Ken Hensley continue their series looking into ways to reframe conversations about faith with people who doubt or deny the existence of God.
If God is dead, as some atheist materialists claim, or if at the very least, our idea of Him is dead, then what next? If there is no God, then what is the basis for attaching meaning to anything at all?
Or are we left with Neitszche, asking, "Has it not become colder? Is not night and more night coming on all the time?"
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On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken, Episode 70: Wizard of Oz Apologetics, Part VMatt Swaim and Ken Hensley continue their series looking into ways to reframe conversations about faith with people who doubt or deny the existence of God.
In a purely scientific materialist view of the world, how can anyone assert that human beings have any more value than any other species? And in a worldview that only takes evolutionary priorities into account, how can an argument be made for defending the "weaker" members of the species?
Matt and Ken look at the difficulty that a purely scientific materialist worldview has in establishing a basis for human...2021-11-0351 min
On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken, Episode 69: Wizard of Oz Apologetics, Part IVMatt Swaim and Ken Hensley continue their series looking into ways to reframe conversations about faith with people who doubt or deny the existence of God.
Atheism that relies on pure scientific materialism has a morality problem.
That's not to say that atheists have a problem being moral; in fact, many atheists have an extremely well developed moral sense and care deeply about right and wrong. The problem is that pure atheistic materialism itself doesn't provide any kind of satisfying foundation for establishing moral categories.
Matt and Ken discuss how the tension caused...2021-10-2758 min
On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken, Episode 68: Wizard of Oz Apologetics, Part IIIMatt Swaim and Ken Hensley continue their series looking into ways to reframe conversations about faith with people who doubt or deny the existence of God.
If there is no God, and there are no moral absolutes, then any attempt to say that one take on morality is better than another take is more of a statement of preference than a statement of value.
Matt and Ken look at how, though it might seem appealing on its surface, the idea of people living as true moral relativists is a terrifying prospect.
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On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken, Ep. 67: Wizard of Oz Apologetics, Part IIMatt Swaim and Ken Hensley continue their series looking into ways to reframe conversations about faith with people who doubt or deny the existence of God.
Atheists and Theists alike believe that some moral sense should govern the way we interact with one another. But if humans are no different than any other species on the planet, then who's to say that the needs of humans in any area of life should come ahead of the needs of any other creature?
Matt and Ken discuss how an inherent sense of human dignity is necessary in...2021-10-1344 min
On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken, Ep. 66: Wizard of Oz Apologetics, Part IMatt Swaim and Ken Hensley begin a new series looking into ways to reframe conversations about faith with people who doubt or deny the existence of God.
There are plenty of people who hold various philosophical perspectives that deny the supernatural, or the existence of purpose or meaning in the universe, and argue that human beings are merely biological machines living out deterministic evolutionary processes.
But as Matt and Ken discuss, even people who make those arguments still tend to live, work, love, and interact with fellow human beings as though there *is* meaning and p...2021-10-0652 min
On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken, Ep. 65: What Was the Reformation, And Why Did It Happen? Part IVMatt Swaim and Ken Hensley conclude their series on the Reformation by looking at how the movements and ideas that took root then have influenced the way the modern world looks today. In many ways, the factors that drove the Reformation -- technology, individualism, a plurality of ideas -- are the same factors that characterize contemporary culture.
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On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken, Ep. 64: What Was the Reformation, And Why Did It Happen? Part IIIAs Matt Swaim and Ken Hensley have been discussing in this series, there were many historical and cultural factors that caused the Reformation to happen when it did. But it is impossible to overstate the impact that the hypocrisy, greed, and arrogance of Catholic leaders at every level had on the revolution that Christianity underwent in the 16th century.
The rot in the Church was so bad that even some of the saints who lived at the time discouraged believers from going to Rome, lest they have their faith destroyed. Matt and Ken look at how this...2021-09-1543 min
On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken, Ep. 63: What Was the Reformation, And Why Did It Happen? Part IIMatt Swaim and Ken Hensley continue their series exploring the causes of and reasons for the Continental Reformation by considering three major elements that played into it: the invention of the printing press, the proliferation of new theological ideas, and the rise of humanism as an educational philosophy. Exploring these three factors helps make sense of why the Reformation happened when it did.
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On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken, Ep. 62: What Was the Reformation, And Why Did It Happen? Part IMatt Swaim and Ken Hensley begin a new series on the Continental Reformation, which is often understood as having started with Martin Luther before expanding rapidly across Europe and beyond.
As Evangelical Protestants, Matt and Ken had both done historical studies of the issues at stake in the Reformation. But the deeper they both dove into the theology, the cultural conditions of the time, and the personalities involved, the more they began to realize that there was a lot more for both of them to learn about what the Reformation actually was, and why it happened.
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On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken, Ep. 61: Christian Authority – The Infallibility QuestionAfter several weeks discussing Scripture, Tradition, and the Magisterium, Matt Swaim and Ken Hensley conclude their discussion of how they wrestled with the question of Christian authority on their way into the Catholic Church.
Infallibility is one of the most misunderstood concepts in all of Catholic teaching, and to both Matt and Ken as Protestants, it sounded completely insane and unbiblical. They share some of the misconceptions they had about what the Catholic Church actually means by infallibility, and how it's not based on the administrative skills and talents of any particular pope or bishop, but on...2021-08-2555 min
On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken, Ep. 60: Christian Authority – The 3-Legged StoolHaving spent several weeks looking at how they began to rethink Christian authority as Evangelical Christians, Matt Swaim and Ken Hensley begin to unpack the three-legged stool of Sacred Scripture, Sacred Tradition, and the Magisterium that function as the guiding authority for the Catholic Church.
The three cannot be separated. Sacred Scripture is preserved and interpreted through Sacred Tradition, and then taught actively by the Magisterium. Pull any of those legs off of the stool, and division and chaos ensue.
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On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken, Ep. 59: Christian Authority – The Development of DoctrineMatt Swaim and Ken Hensley continue their discussion of how they wrestled with the question of Christian authority on their way into the Catholic Church.
This time, they take a closer look at the way the papacy developed in the early Church. The Catholic claim is that the bishop of Rome, the successor of St. Peter, is the head of the Church. But how that came to be involves a process of development that helps us understand how the Holy Spirit continued in the promise of Jesus to lead the Church into all truth.
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On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken, Ep. 58: Christian Authority – The Historical CaseMatt Swaim and Ken Hensley continue to discuss how they went from Evangelical Christian understandings of authority to embracing what the Catholic faith teaches about the relationship between Sacred Scripture, Sacred Tradition, and the Magisterium.
In this episode, Matt and Ken dig into some of the early Christian sources that point to Rome as the "headquarters" of the Church, and how it came to be seen that way. As the site of the martyrdoms of Peter and Paul, the consensus of reliable early Christian sources shows us that Rome became the central seat of Christian leadership within...2021-08-0446 min
On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken, Ep. 57: Christian Authority – Peter and the KeysBefore moving on to a discussion of Christian authority from a historical perspective in the next episode, Matt Swaim and Ken Hensley bring together some of the most important points about what Scripture tells us in regard to authority, and discuss how those pieces fit together to give us a picture of how the early Church thought about itself.
For both Matt and Ken in their Protestant backgrounds, the Bible was considered the sole and sufficient rule of faith, so understanding the overall Scriptural sense of authority was central in their approach to considering the claims of...2021-07-2847 min
Catholic ReCon | Conversion StoriesHow a Methodist Christian Metalcore Band Member Became a Catholic Host and Apologist | Guest Matt SwaimIn this week's episode, EWTN Radio Host Matt Swaim discusses his Methodist upbringing, his Christian metal days, and his objective to reach future converts.
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On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken, Ep. 56: Christian Authority – Peter the RockMatt Swaim and Ken Hensley continue to discuss how they went from Evangelical Christian understandings of authority to embracing what the Catholic faith teaches about the relationship between Sacred Scripture, Sacred Tradition, and the Magisterium.
In Matthew 16, when Jesus changes Simon's name to Peter, what is the significance of that moment and what are its implications? Matt and Ken look at how the language used by Jesus in this passage has importance for Peter's role in the early Church, as prophet, patriarch, foundation, steward, rabbi, and even forgiver of sins.
For more episodes, visit chnetwork...2021-06-3045 min
On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken, Ep. 55: Christian Authority – Peter in the Early ChurchMatt Swaim and Ken Hensley continue their discussion of how they wrestled with the question of Christian authority on their way into the Catholic Church.
Moving on from Peter's role in the Gospels, Matt and Ken look at his role in the early Church as detailed especially in the first chapters of the Book of Acts. From his role preaching at Pentecost, to his testifying before Jewish authorities, to healings and miracles, it is clear that Peter is in a role of leadership among the apostles.
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On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken, Ep. 54: Christian Authority – The Prominence of PeterMatt Swaim and Ken Hensley continue to discuss how they went from Evangelical Christian understandings of authority to embracing what the Catholic faith teaches about the relationship between Sacred Scripture, Sacred Tradition, and the Magisterium.
What does the Bible tell us about Peter's role among the apostles, not only during the time of Jesus' public ministry, but after His ascension? Even setting aside the question of the development of the papacy in the early Church, it's clear from Scripture that Peter is meant to have a unique position among the apostles, having been set apart by Jesus...2021-06-1641 min
On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken, Ep. 53: Christian Authority – Led by the Holy SpiritMatt Swaim and Ken Hensley continue their discussion of how they wrestled with the question of Christian authority on their way into the Catholic Church.
Why is it reasonable to believe that the early Church continued to guard and keep the deposit of faith handed down by the apostles, even after the death of the apostles? Matt and Ken look at a number of reasons why it makes sense that the Church would have continued to be led by the Holy Spirit, including the most important reason: the fact that Jesus promised it would.
For...2021-06-0951 min
On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken, Ep. 52: Christian Authority – Early Church MagisteriumMatt Swaim and Ken Hensley continue to discuss how they went from Evangelical Christian understandings of authority to embracing what the Catholic faith teaches about the relationship between Sacred Scripture, Sacred Tradition, and the Magisterium.
Moving on from the New Testament to the first generations after the apostles, Matt and Ken look at how Christian authority was preserved in the doctrine, life and worship of the churches the apostles founded. Just as in the Old and New Testaments, the early Church upheld a threefold understanding of authority that included Scripture, Tradition, and Magisterium.
For more e...2021-06-0253 min
On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken, Ep. 51: Christian Authority – New Testament MagisteriumMatt Swaim and Ken Hensley continue their discussion of how they wrestled with the question of Christian authority on their way into the Catholic Church.
Last week, Matt and Ken looked at how authority functioned in the Old Testament. In the New Testament we find a similar pattern of authority: the writings of the Apostles (Scripture), the oral teaching of the Apostles (call it Tradition) and an ordained Magisterium comprised of the Apostles, the Elders or Bishops, with the Deacons.
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On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken, Ep. 50: Christian Authority – Old Testament MagisteriumMatt Swaim and Ken Hensley continue to discuss how they went from Evangelical Christian understandings of authority to embracing what the Catholic faith teaches about the relationship between Sacred Scripture, Sacred Tradition, and the Magisterium.
To better understand the Catholic take on authority, Matt and Ken unpack what the Catholic Church means by the word "magisterium," and look at the way authority functioned through law, tradition and teaching authority with God's covenant people in the Old Testament.
And while those who wielded that divine authority in the Old Testament were sometimes holy, and sometimes far...2021-05-2044 minTHE BEAR WOZNICK ADVENTUREBWA490 Matt Swaim | The Bear Woznick AdventureMatt talks about his days as a Christian Rocker, his conversion to Catholicism, the difference between Protestant & Catholic Worship & oh yes. We talk fly fishing and how to be fishers of men.2021-05-1552 min
On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken, Ep. 49: Christian Authority – An Authoritative ChurchMatt Swaim and Ken Hensley continue their discussion of how they wrestled with the question of Christian authority on their way into the Catholic Church.
This time, they look at the kind of Church that Jesus intended to establish, and what St. Paul says about how that Church is supposed to teach, lead, and unite believers with one another and with Christ.
As Evangelical Protestants, both Matt and Ken conceived of the church as an invisible reality, made up of all who believed that Jesus is God, and came to save us.
But...2021-05-1246 min
On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken, Ep. 48: Christian Authority - Scripture Plus Tradition Makes SenseMatt Swaim and Ken Hensley continue to discuss how they went from Evangelical Christian understandings of authority to embracing what the Catholic faith teaches about the relationship between Sacred Scripture, Sacred Tradition, and the Magisterium.
The Catechism tells us that "Sacred Tradition and Sacred Scripture are bound closely together, and communicate one with the other." (CCC 80) Tradition isn't an alternative authority, but an authority that only makes sense in light of Scripture, and vice versa.
And without Scripture and Tradition working together, each believer is left to figure out for themselves what it means to...2021-05-0550 min
On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken, Ep. 47: Christian Authority - The Value of TraditionMatt Swaim and Ken Hensley continue their discussion of how they wrestled with the question of Christian authority on their way into the Catholic Church.
In this episode, Matt and Ken look at the necessity of tradition when it comes to the interpretation of Scripture.
All Christians look to some kind of tradition when they approach the Bible, even if it's just their own personal set of experiences and priorities.
But if we want to access the tradition that best interprets the Scriptures, we should look to the early Church, those generations converted...2021-04-2848 min
On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken, Ep. 46: Christian Authority - What is Tradition?Matt Swaim and Ken Hensley continue to look at the question of Christian authority, and the role it played in their own journeys to the Catholic faith.
This time around, they look at the way that the Catholic Church understands the role of Sacred Tradition. What is it? How is it different than the "traditions of men" that Scripture condemns? What the very existence of Sacred Scripture itself tell us about the need for Sacred Tradition?
Matt and Ken discuss some of the ways they came to understand what the Catholic Church teaches about the...2021-04-2144 min
On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken, Ep. 45: Christian Authority - What Is It?Matt Swaim and Ken Hensley begin a new series on the question of Christian authority, and the role it played in their own journeys to the Catholic faith.
In this episode, Matt and Ken look at the classical twofold understanding of how God reveals Himself to us: through creation in General Revelation, and more directly through Divine Revelation.
And while Protestants and Catholics differ greatly on how to guard and interpret that knowledge of God, there are some surprising commonalities when it comes to what Christians of all backgrounds believe about the basic foundations of...2021-04-1545 min
On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken, Ep. 44: The Real Presence – Answering ObjectionsMatt Swaim and Ken Hensley conclude their discussion of how they came to believe Catholic teaching on the Real Presence of Jesus in the Holy Eucharist.
Matt and Ken take into account some of the main objections that they themselves had to this "hard teaching" of Jesus, and look at the consensus of Scripture and the early Church that helped lay those objections to rest for them.
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On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken, Ep. 43: The Real Presence - Eucharistic TypologyMatt Swaim and Ken Hensley continue their discussion of how they came to believe in the Catholic teaching of the Real Presence of Jesus in the Holy Eucharist.
In this episode, Ken looks at how the whole picture of the Eucharist began to come together for him as he pondered the weight of what he was finding in the Old Testament, the teachings of Jesus and St. Paul, and the witness of the early Church. It wasn't one single argument that convinced Ken or Matt in regard to the Eucharist; it was the accumulation of evidences that...2021-03-1742 min
On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken, Ep. 42: The Eucharist as Real PresenceMatt Swaim and Ken Hensley continue their discussion of how they came to believe in the Catholic teaching of the Real Presence of Jesus in the Holy Eucharist.
Taking into account a broad survey of Scripture and the early Church Fathers, Matt and Ken look at the numerous points of evidence in early Christianity that the first followers of Jesus clearly believed that in the Holy Eucharist, Christ is really and truly present in more than a merely symbolic way. They share what they themselves used to believe about Communion in this regard, and some of the...2021-03-1047 min
On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken, Ep. 41: The Real Presence - The Eucharist as SacrificeMatt Swaim and Ken Hensley continue their discussion of how they came to believe in the Catholic teaching of the Real Presence of Jesus in the Holy Eucharist.
Matt and Ken explore the idea of the Eucharist as memorial sacrifice. In their Evangelical Christian backgrounds, both of them would have observed the Lord's Supper with reverence, but the idea of talking about it as a sacrifice would have been utterly foreign to them.
They dig into Scripture and the writings of the early Church fathers to look at how they referred to the observance of...2021-03-0343 min
On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken, Ep. 40: The Real Presence – The New Bread of the PresenceMatt Swaim and Ken Hensley continue their discussion of how they came to believe in the Catholic teaching of the Real Presence of Jesus in the Holy Eucharist.
In this episode, they look at the "Bread of the Presence," sometimes referred to as the "Showbread," and its place in the liturgical worship of Israel. What was the story behind this mysterious bread, and how did it point forward to what Jesus would one day be doing in the Last Supper?
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2021-02-2442 min
On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken, Ep. 39: The Real Presence – The New MannaFormer Baptist pastor Ken Hensley and former Evangelical musician Matt Swaim continue their discussion of how they came to believe Catholic teaching on the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist.
This time around, they look at the typology of the manna in the desert that God provided to the Israelites, and look at the ways it's referred to in the New Testament, especially by Jesus, who referred to Himself as the new bread that has come down from heaven.
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On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken, Ep. 38: The Real Presence – The New PassoverFormer Baptist pastor Ken Hensley and former Evangelical musician Matt Swaim continue their discussion of how they came to believe Catholic teaching on the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist.
In this episode, they discuss the defining characteristics of the Exodus and the Passover, and how Jesus both recalled and transformed them at the Last Supper. Matt and Ken look at how especially St. Paul and the Church Fathers keyed in on these themes in their discussions of the Eucharist.
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On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken, Episode 37: The Real Presence - Miraculous MealsFormer Baptist pastor Ken Hensley and former Evangelical musician Matt Swaim continue their discussion of how they came to believe Catholic teaching on the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist.
This time around, they focus on the pattern of “miraculous meals” in the Bible, from the manna in the desert up through the multiplications of the loaves and fishes by Jesus, to look at the similarities between the way God fed his people in those circumstances and the way He feeds us today in Holy Communion.
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On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken, Episode 36: The Real Presence - What Does St. Paul Say?Matt Swaim and Ken Hensley continue their series sharing how they came to believe Catholic teaching on the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist.
As Protestants, both Matt and Ken conceived of the Lord's Supper in merely symbolic terms; but as they read the Church Fathers, they saw it being discussed in much deeper and more reverent terms.
Matt and Ken share what they found when they went back to the writings of St. Paul, to see what he had to say about what was really going on when the early Christians gathered for...2021-01-2742 min
On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken, Episode 35: The Real Presence - Facing the FathersDuring Matt Swaim's time as an Evangelical Christian, and Ken Hensley's time as a Baptist pastor, both of them observed the Lord's Supper as a memorial event, often using crackers and juice, that remembered Christ's sacrifice. It was a solemn event, but not essential to Christian worship.
Matt and Ken share what they began to discover as they looked at the practice of the earliest Christians regarding their commemoration of the Lord's Supper, and how the sources they found seemed to speak of Holy Communion as something much deeper and more mysterious than anything they had encountered...2021-01-2039 min
On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken, Episode 33: A Damning System of Works Righteousness, Part XVIICan you lose your salvation? Christians are divided on a number of issues, but the question of "once saved, always saved," is not only one that divides Catholics and some Protestants, but also divides certain groups of Protestants from one another.
Ken Hensley, a former Baptist pastor who used to believe in "once saved, always saved," and Matt Swaim, a Wesleyan-tradition Evangelical who definitely did not, look at what the Bible has to say about the possibility of losing one's salvation.
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On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken - Episode 34: A Damning System of Works Righteousness, Part XVIIIMatt Swaim and Ken Hensley conclude their series on the Catholic view of justification and the Reformation doctrine of "faith alone" by looking at one of the most controversial and misunderstood parts of the debate: the concept of merit.
Do Catholics believe they need to earn their salvation? At the end of time, does God merely ook at a list of our good deeds and bad deeds, and judge us according to the balance? Matt and Ken look at what the Catholic Church actually teaches about the idea of "merit," an idea that is often misunderstood even...2021-01-1340 min
On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken - Episode 32: A Damning System of Works Righteousness, Part XVIMatt Swaim and Ken Hensley continue their series on Catholic and Protestant views of justification with a look at the concept of divine sonship.
In some ways, the Catholic understanding of justification is like a person who owes a large amount of money being forgiven a debt; in other ways, it is like a criminal being absolved in a courtroom. But ultimately, it is most like a wayward child being welcomed back into a family.
This concept of divine filiation, held not only by Catholics but also many other Christians, is distinct from the Reformed...2020-12-1642 min
On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken - Episode 31: A Damning System of Works Righteousness, Part XVOn the last episode, Matt Swaim and Ken Hensley dealt with how the Council of Trent discussed justification as an event. On this episode, they look at how Trent talks about justification as a process.
If the event of justification (when a believer is baptized and enters into the family of God) can be comparable to the Israelites going through the Red Sea, then the process of justification (the lifelong journey of a Christian in relationship with God) can be likened to the journey of the Israelites through the desert to the promised land.
The...2020-12-0244 min
On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken - Episode 30: A Damning System of Works Righteousness, Part XIVKen Hensley, a former Baptist pastor, and Matt Swaim, who grew up in the Wesleyan Holiness tradition, look more about how they came to understand the Catholic Church's teaching on justification and salvation.
Is justification an event or a process? And what role do we play in our own salvation? Matt and Ken look at the decrees of the Council of Trent, and what they have to say about the interplay of grace and free will. Even the ability to turn to God and place our faith in Christ to be saved by Him is the result...2020-11-2539 min
On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken - Episode 29: A Damning System of Works Righteousness, Part XIIIWhat is salvation? Is it something that comes from completely outside of us, or is it something we need to cooperate with? Or is it ultimately both?
Scripture offers many commands in regard to salvation: "believe," "repent and be baptized," "follow," "abide," "obey," and "love." Matt Swaim and Ken Hensley look at the totality of these statements and share what kind of picture begins to come together when these passages are taken as a whole.
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On the JourneyOn the Journey with Matt and Ken - Episode 28: A Damning System of Works Righteousness, Part XIIIf the Reformation doctrine of justification by "faith alone" was, as Protestant scholar Alistair McGrath describes it, a "theological novum," then what did Christians believe about salvation and justification prior to Martin Luther's revolution of 1517?
Matt Swaim and Ken Hensley continue their discussion of what led them to see that sola fide was an inadequate and incomplete description of how God saves His people, and share what picture began to form for them as they began to dive into the Old and New Testaments with a fresh set of eyes.
For more episodes, visit chnetwork...2020-11-1142 minTHE BEAR WOZNICK ADVENTUREBWA456 Matt SwaimToday I’m pumped to be joined by Matt Swaim!
Matt drags me out of bed at 12:30 every morning to appear on his show for just five minutes. Now I get him for a full 45 minutes.
Matt is a convert to Catholicism. He’s a prominent figure on Catholic radio, co-host of the Son Rise Morning Show and contributor to the Coming Home Network. He’s also a diehard Cincinnati Reds fan, but we can forgive him for that. (Go Dodgers!)
Together we’re going to talk about:
Why, aside from tandem surfing, baseball is the most Catholic sportHow the Church gives...2020-09-1950 min
The Cordial Catholic077: What's Wrong with Sola Fide (w/ Matt Swaim and Keith Nester)In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, we've reassembled our popular panel of converts from our discussion on Sola Scriptura (in Episode 66) to talk about the other famous Protestant "sola," Sola Fide – the idea that Christians are saved "by faith alone." Joined by Matt Swaim and Keith Nester, we discuss what Sola Fide means, how it's understood differently in different denominations, how we wrestled with it, and ultimately, how it isn't all that different from a Catholic understanding of salvation anyway. It's a fantastic discussion, a real deep dive, into our experiences trying to understand th...2020-09-161h 49
The Cordial Catholic066: Why We Believe that Sola Scriptura is Broken (w/ Matt Swaim and Keith Nester)In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined by two returning guests, Matt Swaim and Keith Nester. Matt and Keith are both Catholic converts and we get together to discuss the problems we encountered with Sola Scriptura – the idea that the Bible is the sole rule of faith for Christians.We talk about the problem of everyone interpreting things differently, of major issues like salvation and authority and the canon of the Bible, and how finding the Catholic Church was the solution for all the problems of disunity that existed in Protestant Christianity. This is...2020-07-011h 47
Pastor Brian PodcastS1:E49- Matt Swaim- Thursday, June 18th, 2020We pray you are having a blessed day! We are praying, reading scripture, singing together today . . . join us! Our Podcast includes an: Introduction (00:00), Opening Prayer (00:29), Psalm (01:20), Scripture (03:57), Prayer (05:18), Matt Swaim (8:10), Blessing (08:45), Matt, Pastor Brian, and Belly Portraits (09:18) End (10:10). You may find the full daily scripture reading (Psalm 69:7-10, 16-18; Jeremiah 18:12-17; Hebrews 2:5-9) at Daily Revised Common Lectionary. Blessings!If you would like to find out more about Matt's work, follow him on Twitter at:@mattswaim2020-06-1810 min
On the JourneyPraying to the Saints – On the Journey with Matt and Ken Ep. 02What do Catholics actually believe about the saints? In their days as Evangelical Protestants, both Matt Swaim and Ken Hensley believed that the Catholic take on the intercession of the...2020-04-2232 minOn the JourneyPraying to the Saints – On the Journey with Matt and Ken Ep. 02What do Catholics actually believe about the saints? In their days as Evangelical Protestants, both Matt Swaim and Ken Hensley believed that the Catholic take on the intercession of the...2020-04-2200 min
On the JourneyThe Early Church – On the Journey with Matt and Ken ep. 01What was the early Church like? Ken Hensley, a former Baptist pastor, and Matt Swaim, whose background is in the Wesleyan tradition, both used to have a general impression that...2020-04-0932 minOn the JourneyThe Early Church – On the Journey with Matt and Ken ep. 01What was the early Church like? Ken Hensley, a former Baptist pastor, and Matt Swaim, whose background is in the Wesleyan tradition, both used to have a general impression that...2020-04-0900 min
The Cordial Catholic025: Evangelizing Non-Catholic Family and Friends (w/ Matt Swaim)In this episode of The Cordial Catholic Podcast I talk to Matt Swaim about how to evangelize our non-Catholic family and friends. Matt, like me, is a convert to the Catholic faith. He also works at The Coming Home Network's Outreach Manager and hosts the daily Catholic radio show, The Son Rise Morning Show, on EWTN. Matt shares some really–truly–incredible insights into how we can witness with our Catholic faith to those that don't necessarily share it. For more about Matt listen to his morning radio show, The Son Rise Morning Show...2019-09-181h 02
Deep in Scripture RadioPhilippians 2:3, Isaiah 40:31, and Persevering in Humility - Marcus Grodi and Matt SwaimOn the latest "Memorable Verses" edition of Deep in Scripture, Marcus Grodi and Matt Swaim look at the importance of humility in the spiritual life, not only for keeping harmony with our neighbors, but also for staying in relationship with Christ. Jesus gives us the example of humility, as St. Paul tells us in his letter to the Philippians; and as Isaiah tells us, sometimes that humility means waiting upon the Lord rather than advancing our own agendas.
2019-08-2940 minDeep in Scripture RadioMemorable Verses: Proverbs 3:5-6 and Galatians 5:22-23 - Marcus Grodi and Matt SwaimIn a new series of Deep in Scripture episodes, Marcus Grodi begins a focus on "memorable verses," ones that many Christians have memorized and Catholics would do well to commit to memory. In this first episode, Marcus and Matt Swaim discuss Proverbs 3:5-6, on trusting the Lord, and Galatians 5:22-23 on the fruits of the Spirit, and share why those two passages are significant to reflect upon when it comes to growing in a relationship with God.
"Trust in the Lordwith all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and...2019-06-1145 minDeep in Scripture Radio"Create in me a clean heart..." Psalm 51 and Repentance - Matt SwaimMatt Swaim, Communications Coordinator of The Coming Home Network and host of the Son Rise Morning Show on EWTN Radio, joins Marcus Grodi to discuss Psalm 51, repentance, and salvation. Matt grew up in the Wesleyan tradition, which understood salvation as a matter of free will, and sanctification as the perfection of the will. Marcus, on the other hand, has a background in the "once saved, always saved" Calvinist tradition. Marcus and Matt look at the character of repentance and restoration as discussed in Psalm 51, and look at how the Catholic understanding of sin, free will, repentance and grace are ne...2018-05-2223 min
Fiat Ministry ShowFiat Ministry Show Episode 65 : Matt Swaim with The Coming Home Network InternationalFiat Ministry Network | Catholic MediaFiat Ministry Show Episode 65 : Matt Swaim with The Coming Home Network InternationalOn this episode of the Fiat Ministry Show we will welcome Matt Swaim the Communications Coordinator of the The Coming Home Network International https://www.chnetwork.org. Follow Matt on Twitter: @mattswaim Join us on the Fiat Ministry Network LIVE on Thursday night at https://fiatministrynetwork.tv/liveThe post Fiat Ministry Show Episode 65 : Matt Swaim with The Coming Home Network International first appeared on Fiat Ministry Network | Catholic Media and is written by Fiat Ministry...2016-10-1544 minDeep in Scripture RadioJesus Heals a Paralytic - But What About the Paralytic's Friends? - Matthew 9:2-7 - Matt SwaimOn this episode of Deep in Scripture, Marcus Grodi and Matt Swaim take an in-depth look at Jesus' healing of a paralytic in Matthew 9. It was because of faith that Jesus forgave and healed the man- but whose faith? They also discuss the idea of Jesus' forgiveness of the man's sins as a precursor to the power to forgive sins that Jesus would one day transmit to his apostles.
Matt Swaim is the Communications Coordinator for The Coming Home Network.2016-08-0332 minTHE BEAR WOZNICK ADVENTUREDAR 195 Deep Adventure Radio: Matt SwaimEWTN’s host Bear Woznick of Deep Adventure Radio talks with the radio host of the EWTN Sonshine Morning show. Deep Adventure Radio follows the adventures – and misadventures – of men on their search for God. Discover the radical adventure of follow God’s will for your life every week on this one-hour show. Also available for immediate […]
The post DAR 195 Deep Adventure Radio: Matt Swaim appeared first on Deep Adventure Ministries.2015-09-1454 minDeep in Scripture Radio05/11/2011 Guest Matt Swaim- Hosted by Marcus GrodiGuest Matt Swaim - John 1:1-4, Matthew 1:18-24, Luke 24:30-322011-05-1853 min
Lisa Hendey & FriendsCatholic Moments #147 - Matt Swaim, The Eucharist and The RosaryMatt Swaim is the producer of the Son Rise Morning Show on EWTN radio and the author of the wonderful new book . A convert to the Catholic church in 2005, he and his wife Colleen live in Cincinnati, OH with two chickens and an English bulldog.
How often have you meditated upon your wishes for a priest at the end of his life? In honor of Monsignor Collins and all deceased priests, has prepared this reflection on "What Happens When a Priest Dies".
In this week’s Mary Moment, examines the first joyful mystery, the Annunciation, as a Yes Factor we can...2010-05-2144 min