James 1:2-4 and Rejoicing in Trials – Marcus Grodi and Ken Hensley
The Epistle of St. James begins with a puzzling statement: “Count it all joy, my brethren, when you meet various trials, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.” What are we...
View ArticleA Damning System of Works Righteousness Part V: But Paul Says, “Not of Works!”
This is part of an ongoing article series from Ken Hensley. Part I Part II Part III Part IV Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. For he who sows to...
View ArticleA Damning System of Works Righteousness Part VI: Seven Steps
This is part of an ongoing article series from Ken Hensley. Part I Part II Part III Part IV Part V How did this Protestant minister come to abandon the classically Reformed (Calvinist) doctrine of...
View ArticleTangible Faith
If I were to describe my faith journey in just a few words, I would say it has been like climbing a tree, starting from the ground up. Ground, meaning I wasn’t born into a faith system, and a tree,...
View ArticleOn the Journey with Matt and Ken Episode 19: A Damning System of Works...
Matt Swaim and Ken Hensley continue to discuss how they wrestled with the doctrine of sola fide, or “faith alone,” on their way into the Catholic Church. Sure, Noah, Abraham and Moses had to believe,...
View ArticleOn the Journey with Matt and Ken Episode 20: A Damning System of Works...
Matt Swaim and Ken Hensley continue their discussion of the Reformation doctrine of “sola fide,” or justification by “faith alone.” Repeatedly, especially in his letters to the Romans and Galatians,...
View ArticleOn the Journey with Matt and Ken Episode 21: A Damning System of Works...
Matt Swaim and Ken Hensley continue to discuss the Reformation doctrine of sola fide, or justification by faith alone, by digging more into St. Paul, specifically what he has to say about the idea of...
View ArticleOn the Journey with Matt and Ken Episode 22: A Damning System of Works...
Matt Swaim and Ken Hensley continue their conversation about the Reformation doctrine of sola fide, or justification by “faith alone.” Much of the conversation about this topic between Catholics and...
View ArticleOn the Journey with Matt and Ken, Episode 29 A Damning System of Works...
What 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...
View ArticleOn the Journey with Matt and Ken, Episode 30 A Damning System of Works...
Ken 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...
View ArticleDivine Grace and Man’s Response – Deep in Christ, Episode 7
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View ArticleOn the Journey with Matt and Ken, Episode 94: Leaving “Faith Alone” Behind
Ken 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...
View ArticlePentecostal Preachers, Catholic Converts – Episode 10
The road from Pentecostalism to the Catholic Church is more direct than you might think! In this episode, Matt Swaim talks to Marcus Peter and Kenny Burchard, who both had radical conversions to...
View ArticleOTJ Short – What Paul Meant By Works
When Paul says in Galatians 2:16 that we are justified by faith and not by the works of the law, what does he mean by “works” in this context? Ken Hensley, a former Baptist pastor, suggests that rather...
View ArticleOTJ Short – Revelation is Handed Down
How did we get the Bible? Before the text of Scripture was written down, how was the Word of God communicated to the People of God? Matt, Ken, and Kenny look at the way the message of salvation has...
View ArticleOTJ Short – Positional vs. Practical Holiness
When someone becomes a Christian, their position in relation to God changes; now that person is set apart in a new and unique way. At the same time, the Christian life necessarily involves ongoing...
View ArticleOTJ Short – Can a Baby be a Christian?
Catholics, Orthodox, and several other Christian traditions believe that Baptism can be performed on infants, and that it affects their very real entry into the family of God. But some Christian groups...
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