#12677 What Convinced Tim to Leave Evangelicalism? Penance, Eucharist - Tim Staples
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🗓️ 16 April 2026
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
“What convinced Tim to leave Evangelicalism?” Tim shares his personal journey and the theological insights that shaped his faith transition. The discussion also touches on the significance of penance in Catholic practice and addresses the nature of the Eucharist, including how it retains its breadlike form while being the body and blood of Christ.
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Questions Covered:
- 01:30 – What Convinced Tim to Leave Evangelicalism?
- 12:54 – Why do Catholics practice of penance?
- 28:50 – How can we call the Eucharist the body and blood when it keeps the breadlike form?
- 32:42 – How do you approach the question, “what is the church” with scripture?
- 39:28 – How can I respond to Hebrew 4 verse 16, “We can boldly approach the throne of God” as a refute against intercessory prayers?
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| 0:34.6 | We're going to have two great wonderful hours with you all. Second, we have William Albrecht. We're going to be taking and ask me anything on Mary. So you have any questions for William on Mary? You know, we have to wait until the second hour. But this first hour, we have the one and only in studio, Tim Staples. Hey, Tim. Hey, man, it is good to be with you. What a great day to be Catholic. It's always a great day to be Catholic. And that's exactly right. That's why I say it, because I'm safe. That's right. You can never be wrong on this, you know? That's right. Well, today we're going to be taking questions on evangelicalism. So if you are an evangelical and you |
| 1:13.2 | want to ask him a question, or you have questions that you've been presented by fellow evangelicals |
| 1:18.6 | and you don't know how to answer, this is a day for you. So give us a call at 8883187884. That's |
| 1:27.2 | AAA 31 Truth to ask your question to Tim. |
| 1:31.2 | And like I said, since we're starting on evangelicalism, Tim, what better place to start |
| 1:35.9 | than your story? |
| 1:37.2 | Because you were in evangelical for many years. |
| 1:40.0 | I was. |
| 1:40.6 | I was raised to Southern Baptist, got saved when I was 10 years old. Not 10 years old, |
| 1:46.6 | 10 years old. Okay. I understand. I'm not really, yeah. I'm from the South, brother. All right. |
| 1:52.6 | But no, I got quote unquote saved when I was 10 years old and changed my life, wanted to be a |
| 2:00.2 | preacher from the time I was 10 years old. I wanted |
| 2:03.0 | to be like Billy Graham, who was to me the greatest preacher. I still say he's one of the greatest |
| 2:08.2 | preachers. Of course, that was before I saw Archbishop Fulton Sheen. Oh, talk about taking it up |
| 2:14.8 | a notch. And then a whole lot others have followed. |
| 2:17.8 | But, yeah, I was evangelical. |
| 2:19.1 | You know what got me to leave evangelicalism was the devil? |
| 2:22.6 | Because in my teen years, I left everything, brother. |
| 2:25.9 | I left Christ, was even professing atheism when I was about 16 years old. |
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