On the Journey

By The Coming Home Network: A Network of Catholic Converts

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 i... more

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December 03, 2025 Embracing the Catholic Gospel, Part VII - On the Journey, Episode 183
Matt, Ken, and Kenny continue their discussion about one of the most important questions a Christian can ask: what is the Gospel?

Reformed theology argues that Abraham was justified by faith alone the moment he first believed.

But when was that moment?

When he left his home in Ur to follow God? When he believed in God's promise of offspring twenty-five years later? When he was willing to sacrifice his son Isaac?

All these are pointed to in the New Testament as moments when Abraham was considered righteous by God for his faithful action.

Former Baptist pastor Ken Hensley unpacks what these three distinct events mean for the Biblical understanding of salvation and justification.

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1h 8min
November 19, 2025 On the Journey, Episode 182: Embracing the Catholic Gospel, Part VI
Matt, Ken, and Kenny continue their discussion about one of the most important questions a Christian can ask: what is the Gospel?
Former Baptist pastor Ken Hensley shares some of the things he began to discover about Luther's development of the doctrine of salvation by faith alone.

Ken started to see that Luther's teaching was based on a specific set of key verses, but whenever Luther's conclusions were contradicted by some other part of Scripture, it required him to either dismiss those verses, or somehow modify their meaning so that they could fit into Luther's teaching.

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1h 16min
November 12, 2025 On the Journey, Episode 181: Embracing the Catholic Gospel, Part V
Matt, Ken, and Kenny continue their discussion about one of the most important questions a Christian can ask: what is the Gospel?

Former Baptist pastor Ken Hensley shares how one of the most important distinctions a Christian can make in regard to faith and works is this: are we employees, working for a wage from God for our efforts, or are we patients, willingly allowing ourselves to be treated, and taking the steps to make healthy decisions as prescribed by our Great Physician?

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November 05, 2025 On the Journey, Episode 180: Embracing the Catholic Gospel, Part IV
Matt, Ken, and Kenny continue their discussion about one of the most important questions a Christian can ask: what is the Gospel?
Throughout his letters, especially in his messages to the Galatians and Romans, St. Paul warns against boasting in a works-based righteousness.
So what kind of "works" was Paul talking about?
Former Baptist pastor Ken Hensley dives into the text to demonstrate what it is that Paul was actually condemning when he spoke against the idea of salvation by works of the law.
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October 29, 2025 Embracing the Catholic Gospel, Part III - On the Journey, Episode 179
Matt, Ken, and Kenny continue their discussion about one of the most important questions a Christian can ask: what is the Gospel?

As a Baptist pastor, Ken Hensley was becoming more and more aware of the prominent Old Testament pattern of faith, followed by obedience, followed by reward, and he wondered: did this pattern continue in the New Testament, or was it replaced by "faith alone"?

Ken shares what he found when he looked more deeply into the teachings of Jesus in the Gospels, and St. Paul in his epistles, regarding the relationship between faith and works in the plan of salvation.

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October 22, 2025 Embracing the Catholic Gospel, Part II - On the Journey, Episode 178
Matt, Ken, and Kenny continue their discussion about one of the most important questions a Christian can ask: what is the Gospel?
As a Baptist pastor, Ken Hensley began to discover that his Reformation-inspired understanding of faith being rewarded by salvation, and followed by obedience, didn't match up with the pattern he saw in the Old Testament, of faith, followed by obedience, and then reward.
He shares how this began to shift his thinking as to what the Bible really taught about what it means to be saved.
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October 15, 2025 Embracing the Catholic Gospel, Part I - On the Journey, Episode 177
Matt Swaim talks to former Protestant pastors Ken Hensley and Kenny Burchard about one of the most important questions a Christian can ask: what is the Gospel?

As a Baptist pastor, Ken Hensley believed and preached that salvation was by faith alone, apart from works, and that it is accomplished entirely by God; otherwise we could boast about our role in the process.

Ken shares how Martin Luther came to develop his theology of salvation by faith alone, the Scriptures he used to argue for it, and how it came into conflict with the prevailing historic Christian idea of humans cooperating with God's grace on the path to salvation.

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September 24, 2025 On the Journey, Episode 176: Purgatory, Part IV
Matt, Ken, and Kenny conclude their series looking at the formal teaching of the Catholic Church on the doctrine of Purgatory.

They wrap up the discussion by focusing on how the Catholic Church really sees Purgatory at the end of the day: as a final purification in the presence of a person, that person being Jesus Christ, whose light dispels all darkness, and who desires eternal fellowship with us all.

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September 17, 2025 On the Journey, Episode 175: Purgatory, Part III
Matt, Ken, and Kenny continue their series looking at the formal teaching of the Catholic Church on the doctrine of Purgatory.

This time they address one of the biggest objections to the concept of Purgatory: the story of the thief on the cross, who died alongside Jesus and was promised paradise. He wasn't even baptized!

So how should we think of the Good Thief's story in the context of Catholic teaching on Purgatory?

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September 10, 2025 On the Journey, Episode 174: Purgatory, Part II
Matt, Ken, and Kenny continue their series looking at the formal teaching of the Catholic Church on the doctrine of Purgatory.

This time they address three key questions that people often have about Purgatory: Is it mentioned in Scripture? Is it a second chance for salvation after death? Is it a third place for those who neither merit Heaven nor deserve Hell?

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