Biblical Evidence for Catholicism: Conversion and Converts (Catholic) (Index Page for Dave Armstrong)

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Individual Conversions

Yet Another Lying, Dishonest Catholic Convert: John Henry Newman (+ Part II)

Why I Returned to the Catholic Church: Including a Searching Examination of Various Flaws and Errors in the Protestant Worldview and Approach to Christian Living (Al Kresta; edited and transcribed by Dave Armstrong)

Marvelous DVD / Audio / Written Catholic Conversion Resources / Recent Lutheran Converts to Catholicism and Orthodoxy

Newman's Conversion Story in His Own Words (Brief)

G.K. Chesterton's Conversion Story

Ronald Knox's Conversion Story

Malcolm Muggeridge's Conversion Story

Fr. Al Kimel (former Episcopal and Catholic priest) Has Now Become Orthodox (ROCOR) [Facebook discussion thread]

Another "Lousy Catholic" Convert to Protestantism

Prominent Evangelical Philosopher and Ethicist Dr. Francis J. Beckwith Has Returned to the Catholic Church

Reply (at His Request) to James White's Aspersions Upon Dr. Francis Beckwith With Regard to the Latter's Return to the Catholic Church

Is Dr. Francis Beckwith Being Personally (Not Just Theologically) Maligned and Attacked for Becoming a Catholic? You be the Judge

Protestant Apologist Jason Engwer Grants the Possibility That Catholic Convert Francis Beckwith Might be Saved

"Orthodox" Lutheran Internet Apologist Darel E. Paul "Popes" / Lutheran Apologist Josh S's Ingenious Rationalizing Explanation of Catholic Converts

Another High-Profile Conversion to the Catholic Church: Lutheran Philosopher Robert C. Koons

Bill Cork's Catholic-to-Adventist Conversion: If You Have No Reason to Stay in a Communion, or to Join Another, Why Stay (or Leave?)

Former Catholic, Now (Again) Adventist Bill Cork's Bad Reasons For Leaving Catholicism (Redux)

Is Dinesh D'Souza a "High Profile" Fallen-Away Catholic? (vs. Steve Hays)

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My Conversion

My Odyssey From Evangelicalism to Catholicism (original Surprised by Truth version)

Audio Version of my Conversion, and Discussion of A Biblical Defense of Catholicism, on Faith and Family Live, with Host Steve Wood (EWTN): 10 July 2003 [audio link: 55 minutes]

How Newman Convinced me of the Apostolicity of the Catholic Church

My Conversion to the Catholic Church (Transcript of a Radio Interview with Al Kresta)

[Second spoken account of my conversion story, from a forty-minute radio interview on 30 April 2002]

Documentation of My Pre-Evangelical, Pre-Catholic Pagan, "Practical Atheist," Occultic, and Nature-Mystic Period (1967-1977)

150 Reasons Why I am a Catholic (Revised) [+ Spanish version]

My Two Conversions: An Interview with Spanish Journalist Itxu Díaz, of the Dicax Press Agency

My Conversion Story in a Nutshell (+ Funny Baptism Trivia)

Neither Fish Nor Fowl: My "Hybrid" (??) Post-Conversion Faith

Am I a "Protestantizing" Catholic Now Or Was I Formerly a "Catholicizing" Protestant?

Yet Another James White Hit Piece / Correction of Erroneous Blurb Concerning My Catholic Conversion

I Certainly Waited (To Do Apologetics After My Conversion to Catholicism)

Reply to Nice Words From a Protestant Critic, With Corrections Concerning My "Superficial" and "Anti-Intellectual" (??) Evangelical Protestant Past

The Epistemology of My Conversion / My (Protestant) Letter to Karl Keating in 1990 / How I Became an Apologist

Gratefulness For My Evangelical Protestant Background and the Wonderful Teachings and Blessings Obtained Therefrom (Rev. Dick Bieber et al)

General Observations

Potential Converts One Way or Another: My "Hands Off" Approach

Conversion to Catholicism: General Observations (Pelikan, Belloc, Chesterton)

"Official" Catholic Use of the Term "Convert" to Describe Non-Catholic Christians Who Are Received Into the Church

Dialogue: Is This Why You Converted (to Catholicism)? (vs. Steve Schlissel)

St. Augustine's Confessions as the Prototype of Today's Widely Disseminated Catholic Conversion Stories

How Protestants Explain (or Explain Away) Conversions to Catholicism: a Collection of Links

Latest Wiseacre Theory on Catholic Conversion: Filthy Lucre

Presbyterian Church Historian Mark Noll on Differences in Converts

Random Thoughts on Conversion, Development of Doctrine, Ecumenism, Etc.

Catholic Fundamentalism and "Insufficiently Converted Catholics"

Ruminations on the Pain and Difficulty of Mixed (Catholic-Protestant) Marriages

Did Pastor Paul T. McCain (LCMS) Compare Lutheran Pastors Who Become Catholic or Orthodox, to Judas Iscariot?

Response to Anglican Edwin Tait, on Conversion and Historical Ecclesiological Arguments

Second Reply to Anglican Edwin Tait on Historical Ecclesiological Arguments and Development of Doctrine

Reply to James White's Top Ten Questions for "Romanist" Converts

The Anti-Convert, Anti-Apologetics, Anti-Newman Mentality of the Reformed Catholicism Blog (vs. Kevin Johnson)

Last updated: 9 April 2013.

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Thanks again for the great work you're doing for Christ and His Church . . . the Lord clearly has you right where He wants you.

--- Dr. Scott Hahn (Catholic apologist)

I admire, as ever, your fantastic and penetrating work.

--- Patrick Madrid (Catholic apologist)

All of your books are now incorporated into my Logos [Bible Software] program. You have a very impressive body of apologetics. Bravo!

--- Steve Ray (Catholic Apologist; personal letter of 17 May 2012)

You utterly amaze me! Such good stuff . . . Dave, keep up your effective and eternally valuable apologetic journalism!

--- Marcus Grodi (director of The Coming Home Network, and host of the EWTN television show: The Journey Home)

I highly recommend his work, A Biblical Defense of Catholicism, which I find to be thoroughly orthodox, well-written, and effective for the purpose of making Catholic truth more understandable and accessible to the public at large.

--- Servant of God Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. (eminent author, catechist, advisor to Pope Paul VI and Blessed Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity)

God bless you in your indefatigable labors on behalf of the Faith! Only God knows how many lives your efforts have touched with the truth. . . . God bless you and give you joy and strength in persevering in your important ministry.

--- Fr. Ray Ryland (advisor to Catholic Answers and Coming Home Network)

There is someone out there who says what I have to say much better than I ever could -- the smartest Catholic apologist I know of -- Dave Armstrong.

--- Amy Welborn (Catholic author and blogmaster)

I love your books, love your site, love everything you do. God bless you in your work. I'm very grateful for all you've done, and for all you make available. If someone pitches a hard question at me, I go first to your site. Then I send the questioner directly to the page that best answers the question. I know it's going to be on your site.

--- Mike Aquilina (Catholic apologist and author of several books)

People regularly tell me how much they appreciate your work. This new book sounds very useful. Your website is incredible and I recommend it regularly to new Catholics.

--- Al Kresta (Host of Kresta in the Afternoon [EWTN], author of Why Do Catholics Genuflect? and other books)

Dave Armstrong's book A Biblical Defense of Catholicism was one of the first Catholic apologetics books that I read when I was exploring Catholicism. Ever since then, I have continued to appreciate how he articulates the Catholic Faith through his blog and books. I still visit his site when I need a great quote or clarification regarding anything . . . Dave is one of the best cyber-apologists out there.

--- Dr. Taylor Marshall (apologist and author of The Crucified Rabbi)

I love how Dave makes so much use of the Scriptures in his arguments, showing that the Bible is fully compatible with Catholicism, even more plausibly so than it is with Protestantism.

--- Devin Rose (apologist and author of If Protestantism is True, 28 May 2012)

Dave Armstrong['s] website is an amazing treasure trove representing hours–yea a lifetime of material gathered to defend Catholic doctrine. Over the years Dave has gathered the evidence for Catholic teaching from just about every source imaginable. He has the strength not only to understand the Catholic faith, but to understand the subtleties and arguments of his Protestant opponents.

--- Fr. Dwight Longenecker (author and prominent blogmaster, 6-29-12)

You are a very friendly adversary who really does try to do all things with gentleness and respect. For this I praise God.

--- Nathan Rinne (Lutheran apologist [LC-MS] )

You are one of the most thoughtful and careful apologists out there.

--- Dr. Edwin Tait (Anglican Church historian)

Dave Armstrong writes me really nice letters when I ask questions. . . . Really, his notes to me are always first class and very respectful and helpful. . . . Dave Armstrong has continued to answer my questions in respectful and helpful ways. I thank the Lord for him.

--- The late Michael Spencer (evangelical Protestant), aka "The Internet Monk", on the Boar's Head Tavern site, 27 and 29 September 2007

Dave Armstrong is a former Protestant Catholic who is in fact blessedly free of the kind of "any enemy of Protestantism is a friend of mine" coalition-building . . . he's pro-Catholic (naturally) without being anti-Protestant (or anti-Orthodox, for that matter).

---"CPA": Lutheran professor of history [see his site]: unsolicited remarks of 12 July 2005

I am reading your stuff since I think it is the most thorough and perhaps the best defense of Catholicism out there . . . Dave has been nothing but respectful and kind to me. He has shown me great respect despite knowing full well that I disagree with him on the essential issues.

--- Sam Shamoun (Reformed Protestant apologist who specializes in outreach to Muslims)

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