About Worldview of Jesus

As a trained Christian apologist with over twenty years of study—both formally and informally—and roughly eight years of involvement in church ministry, I was firmly committed to my Protestant presuppositions. I was educated and trained within an evangelical framework, and I found my home in churches where liturgy was largely foreign.

During that time, I developed strong skills in apologetics and learned how to clearly and confidently communicate my faith with skeptics. But over time, I began to realize something unsettling: my intellectual assent to faith was not the same thing as saving faith. After all, even the demons believe in God. There was also something I had been praying for, for years, that I never saw fully realized in my life—intellectually or spiritually. I prayed for a Church.

When Pope Francis passed away, I knew a conclave would follow, and that Catholicism would be in the news in the coming weeks. I had looked into Catholicism before, but only superficially. I never took it seriously enough to study it deeply. As an evangelical Protestant, I assumed my theology already ruled it out. My mindset was simple: “I have a graduate degree in Christian Studies, I’ve studied theology for two decades, and I’ve been in ministry for years—if Catholicism were true, I would know by now.”

But Pope Francis’ passing gave me the push I needed to actually investigate the claims of Catholicism for myself—this time using the very tools I had developed over years as a Christian apologist.

What happened next was not what I expected.

I assumed I would reaffirm my presuppositions and move on, unchanged. Instead, the opposite happened. I was wrong—and it upended my life in the best possible way. It reshaped how I understood Christianity.

Pope Francis passed away on April 21, 2025. On May 22, 2025, I called a local priest to express my desire to become Catholic. Given my background in Scripture, theology, history, and apologetics, I was able to carefully examine the evidence in a relatively short amount of time. What I found was this: my reasons for rejecting Catholicism were no longer sufficient. At a certain point, I realized that willfully remaining outside of the Church would be an act of disobedience.

I didn’t need to turn over every rock or resolve every theological question. I had enough to answer the central one: Is the Catholic Church the Church Christ instituted? I came to believe that it is.

Moving forward, all of my content will be written from a Catholic perspective. My goal is to speak to all Christians—Catholic and non-Catholic alike—as well as to those outside the faith. Because of this significant shift in my life, I want to be completely transparent, especially with those who share my Protestant background. My hope is that this will lead to meaningful and charitable dialogue about Catholicism.

I am also working on a book devoted especially to my brothers and sisters in the Protestant tradition. Its purpose is to help you better understand Catholicism and to walk through how I came to accept doctrines that I once found difficult. As I became convinced of Catholic teaching, I also began to recognize certain deficiencies in Protestant theology—particularly in areas like sola scriptura and sola fide.

The book will also include a full section addressing common Protestant objections to Catholicism—many of which, I’ve come to believe, have strong and reasonable answers.

I will also be launching content on TikTok alongside this blog as I prepare for the book’s release. There is much more to come.

I’m grateful to God for what He has done in my life and for the opportunity to share this journey with you.

With love,
Alan Anderson
Worldview of Jesus