On the Journey

Nov 13 2024 159 ep. 52 mins 45
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Former Baptist pastor Ken Hensley, former Pentecostal pastor Kenny Burchard, and former Wesleyan Matt Swaim all came from very different theological backgrounds, but they all ended up finding a home in the Catholic Church. Each week, they take a look at a major issue or question they faced along the way, and share the series of events and discoveries that led them to embrace the Catholic faith.

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On the Journey, Episode 158: Advice for Protestants Attending Their First Catholic Mass

Nov 13 2024 59 mins  
If you've only ever been to Protestant church services, what should you know before you visit a Catholic Mass? Ken Hensley was a Baptist pastor, Kenny Burchard was a Foursquare pastor, and Matt Swaim came from the Wesleyan Holiness movement. Now that all three of them are Catholic, they share some of the things they wish people had explained to them before they went to Catholic Mas

On the Journey, Episode 157: If We Hadn't Become Catholic...

Nov 06 2024 59 mins  
Ken Hensley was a Baptist pastor, Kenny Burchard was a Foursquare pastor, and Matt Swaim came from the Wesleyan tradition. They all ended up in the Catholic Church. But what if they hadn't? Matt, Ken and Kenny reflect on some of the radical ways their lives have changed since becoming Catholic, and how things might be different if they hadn't entered the Church. More episodes and r

On the Journey, Episode 156: How We Read Scripture Differently Now - Dei Verbum, Part IX

Sep 04 2024 78 mins  
Matt Swaim, Ken Hensley, and Kenny Burchard conclude their series on "Dei Verbum," the Second Vatican Council’s document on Divine Revelation. Ken, a former Baptist pastor, Kenny, a former Pentecostal pastor, and Matt, who comes from a Wesleyan background, each take a principle from "Dei Verbum," and show how it has enriched and expanded their understanding of what the Bible is a

On the Journey, Episode 155: Scripture in the Life of the Church - Dei Verbum, Part VIII

Aug 28 2024 57 mins  
Matt Swaim, Ken Hensley, and Kenny Burchard continue their series on "Dei Verbum," the Second Vatican Council’s document on Divine Revelation. They continue their discussion of how God's Word should infuse, inform, and inspire God's people, not only through the formal liturgy of the Church, but also through private study and devotion. Matt, Ken, and Kenny look at how official Cat

On the Journey, Episode 154: The Supreme Rule of Faith - Dei Verbum, Part VII

Aug 21 2024 71 mins  
Matt Swaim, Ken Hensley, and Kenny Burchard continue their series on "Dei Verbum," the Second Vatican Council’s document on Divine Revelation. Given everything that the Catholic Church teaches about the importance of Scripture, how should it function in the lives of Christians, both corporately and individually? Matt, Ken, and Kenny look at what Vatican II says about the role of

On the Journey, Episode 153: The Old is Revealed in the New - Dei Verbum, Part VI

Aug 14 2024 68 mins  
Matt Swaim, Ken Hensley, and Kenny Burchard continue their series on "Dei Verbum," the Second Vatican Council’s document on Divine Revelation. How should Christians understand the New Testament in the light of the entirety of God's revelation to humanity? What does Jesus tell us about what God's plan has been from the beginning? Matt, Ken, and Kenny discuss how they approached th

On the Journey, Episode 152: Jesus in the Old Testament - Dei Verbum, Part V

Aug 07 2024 78 mins  
Matt Swaim, Ken Hensley, and Kenny Burchard continue their series on Dei Verbum, the Second Vatican Council’s document on Divine Revelation.What purpose does the Old Testament serve to Christians, who follow Jesus as the fulfillment of the law? And how does the narrative of salvation history illustrate that the incarnation has been foreshadowed from the beginning? Watch the episo

On the Journey, Episode 151: How Catholics Interpret Scripture - Dei Verbum, Part IV

Jul 31 2024 76 mins  
Matt Swaim, Ken Hensley and Kenny Burchard continue their series on "Dei Verbum," the Second Vatican Council's document on Divine Revelation. Who has the authority to interpret the Bible? What safeguards exist to make sure that Christians of today believe the same things about Scripture that the early Christians believed? What criteria should Christians use when approaching God's W

On the Journey, Episode 150: How God Reveals His Word - Dei Verbum, Part III

Jul 24 2024 75 mins  
Matt Swaim, Ken Hensley and Kenny Burchard continue their series on Dei Verbum, the Second Vatican Council's document on Divine Revelation. How does God reveal his Word to humanity? How did the Holy Spirit and the human authors of Scripture collaborate to transmit the message of salvation? By what means has this revelation been preserved and handed down? And how does the Catholic u

On the Journey, Episode 149: The Word Before the Words - Dei Verbum, Part II

Jul 17 2024 62 mins  
Matt Swaim, Ken Hensley and Kenny Burchard continue their series on Dei Verbum, the Second Vatican Council's document on Divine Revelation. What does it mean to say that Jesus is the Word of God made flesh? And how does that inform the way that Catholics approach the reading and proclamation of Sacred Scripture? Matt, Ken, and Kenny discuss the similarities and differences between