{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Living Through the Word","title":"021: Dr. Chris Castaldo: Evangelicals and Rome","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2514,"description":"Back from our hiatus, LTTW returns!\n\nIn the present Christian climate, many questions exist about Protestant Christians' relationship with the Roman Catholic Church.\n\nWe asked Dr. Chris Castaldo, a former Roman Catholic and expert on Protestant/Catholic relations to speak about what divides and unites us. \n\nWhen should we defer to tradition? When should we defer to Scripture?\n\nWhat does it mean to \"swim the Tiber?\"\n\nChris Castaldo (BA, Moody Bible Institute; MDiv, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary; PhD, London School of Theology) was raised on Long Island, New York. For the last seventeen years, he has served in the Chicagoland area, at College Church in Wheaton and then at Wheaton College where he directed the Ministry of Gospel Renewal, a ministry devoted to equipping evangelicals for constructive engagement with Catholic friends and loved ones. Since November of 2014, Chris has served as Lead Pastor of New Covenant Church, Naperville.\n\nChris has authored and contributed to several books including:\n\nThe Unfinished Reformation: What Unites and Divides Catholics and Protestants after 500 Years (cowritten with Gregg Allison)\n\nhttps://amzn.to/38ATSWA\n\nTalking with Catholics about the Gospel: A Guide for Evangelicals (Zondervan, 2015)\n\nhttps://amzn.to/36pUoFs\n\n Journeys of Faith: Evangelicalism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, and Anglicanism (Zondervan, 2012)\n\nHoly Ground: Walking with Jesus as a Former Catholic (Zondervan, 2009). \n\nhttps://amzn.to/37nBHUh\n\nHe has written articles for publications such as Religion News Service, Christianity Today, Touchstone Journal, Credo Magazine, Themelios, First Things, and The Gospel Coalition.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/iedo8XmjdMYOKstgYk-rOft9VcnCGO8cfbXpv1HT_MI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xMzdm/N2FhNmY4NzVjM2Vm/NzE4OWRjNzlkMmVm/ZDJkNS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}