How a Calvinist Set on Justifying the "Reformation" Became Catholic (Dr. David Anders) | Ep. 89

In this episode, we interview Dr. David Anders, who played a profound role in Joshua Charles's conversion. After attending the famed evangelical Wheaton College, and pursuing a doctorate in order to disprove the Catholic Faith, he came out Catholic. The reason: he saw that the "Reformation" was not recovering ancient Christianity, but radically departing from it.

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CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro: Dr. David Anders and His Conversion Story

05:02 - Evangelical Roots, Wheaton, Seminary, and the Search for Truth

30:02 - Catholic Coherence, Love of Christ, and the Limits of Protestantism

39:12 - Studying Reformation History and Losing Confidence in Calvinism

51:03 - Reading the Fathers: Seminary, Original Sources, and Historical Reality

1:09:16 - Salvation, Assurance, and the Problem of “Once Saved, Always Saved”

1:18:25 - The Early Church, Mortal Sin, Relics, and Catholic Continuity

1:53:37 - Evangelicalism, Gnosticism, and Sola Scriptura

2:33:03 - Scripture, Deification, Fasting, and Final Reflections on the Church

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