One of my first ever guests was Daniel Rogers, who gave perhaps the best answer on the question what's the point anyway that I've heard - to love and to be loved. Daniel is a young and impressive guy who is a Pastor at a Baptist Church that was one of the leading content creators in the world of preterism. Recently, Daniel has ruffled a few feathers by breaking from what some might call 'orthodox' full preterism and instead exploring how ideas he has about eschatology can be congruent with what the early Church Fathers have taught. Daniel hasn't become Catholic, but he's gone on a very similar journey to me with where his studies are leading him so I thought it would be great to bring him back on.

Please note that after 47 episodes in just under a year, I've decided to take a break from the podcast and this will be the last episode for a while. Juggling recordings on the other side of the world where timezones never line up, along with full time work and 3 young kids has been a constant challenge and I just need some time to reset. I've also learned so much personally from the episodes and anyone who has listened to me since the first one will see just how much my position has changed and much of that has been thanks to the conversations I've had. Thanks to everyone for tuning in and please keep in touch - the best way to keep contact remains X, at least for now.

Cheers Luke

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As is probably the case for anyone interested in Catholic or Christian content, I came across some great little videos from Emily Torres AKA Catholic.Converts in my journey to study the Catholic faith and was immediately impressed by her wisdom and intellect. I also saw that as someone in her early 20's, she was very good at using the mediums of this present age like Instagram & TikTok to present things in a way that speaks to a modern audience.

I was thrilled when I reached out to her and she was all too willing to join me on the show. This was a really fun conversation, where we spoke a lot about the youth of today and how things like AI are influencing the way we communicate and learn. She also shared her story on how she came to first believe, then later entered into the Catholic Church and what that means for her now in her day to day life which also includes working at CatholicAnswers.com.

Check out all of Emily's content on YouTube or search catholic.converts across other platforms.

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After my conversation with Dr John Bergsma recently, I was blessed in the process to become acquainted with the team at St Paul Center who were so helpful for that interview and have continued to stay in touch afterwards. I received an email recently from Elisa, who suggested that one of their recent authors Josh Miller would make for a fantastic guest and I wasn't let down.

Josh is an extremely interesting and clever guy, who grew up in a Protestant Christian home but eventually entered the Catholic Church and published the book Converting the Blue Devils about the similar experience of 9 of his college mates.

Like me, in the moments before the conversion he was deeply anti-Catholic but tells the story about how that position changed layer by layer and over a period of years. And now he's doing something that he wouldn't have believed in a million years - undertaking studies to eventually become an ordained Priest. On that topic, we spoke about what it means for a young and highly credentialed guy to choose that path over the lure of family, business or anything else.

I highly recommend checking out the book, which you can pick up at the St Paul Center and be sure to follow them on Instagram for the latest releases at @stpaulcenter and @emmausroadpublishing.

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