06 August 2026

A Former Evangelical Seminary Professor Explains Why the Bible Made Him Catholic

From Catholic Bible Highlights


Can the Bible take you out of the Catholic Church? Former Evangelical seminary professor Doug Beaumont thought so — until he started reading it more carefully. In this episode of Catholic Bible Highlights, Kenny Burchard sits down with Doug, author of Evangelical Exodus and With One Accord, to examine the two verses at the heart of the Catholic-Protestant debate on salvation. James 2:24 — the only verse in all of Scripture containing the phrase "faith alone" — directly contradicts the foundational dogma of Protestantism. And Romans 3:28, the verse Luther used to build sola fide, had the word "alone" added to it by Luther himself. The Bible didn't lead Doug out of Catholicism. It led him in.

0:00 Intro: The Bible Made Me Catholic (Meet Doug Beaumont) 2:10 Doug's Conversion Story 10:10 James 2:24: The Only "Faith Alone" Verse in the Bible 15:49 "Justified in the Eyes of Men"? 20:52 Luther's "Epistle of Straw" 25:48 Thin vs. Robust Faith (Ratzinger's Accordion) 36:02 Romans 3:28: Luther Added "Alone" to the Text 41:31 "Works of the Law" = Circumcision, Not Obedience 47:14 Everybody Interprets by Tradition — Which One? 54:17 Other Verses (1 Timothy 3:15) & Encouragement 56:22 Outro

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