Questions Covered:

03:06 – How do you rebut James Sterba’s new logical argument from evil?
07:49 – Do you have any resources I could use when returning to the Catholic faith? I feel like I have a heart of stone?
14:19 – How would we prove apostolic succession?
21:22 – What is a good approach to Catholic dating? Could there ever be a Catholic version of shows like the Bachelor?
28:51 – Was Jesus’s death really a sacrifice if he knew he was going to come back from the dead?
31:01 – Mt 27: around 51-52 says that people came out of their tombs and were walking around. How do we make sense of this?
33:35 – If we minimize the risk, would it be morally good to bring back dinosaurs?
39:50 – Do you ever smoke your pipe during prayer. If so, would this make your pipe a sacramental?
44:35 – Jn 19:25-27 refers to Mary and her sisters. Who were these sisters of Mary?
49:16 – What’s the status of the adoption of lay ministry of acolytes and lectors in the US?
52:15 – If Jesus and the Holy Spirit gave authority to the apostles to heal. Who else had this gift?

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#11638 Ask Me Anything: Catholicism - Jimmy Akin

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Questions Covered:

03:22 – Why was limbo taught in the past but not now?
16:14 – I’ve heard that Catholics put the authority of the Church over the bible?
30:18 – How did the switch to celebrating on Sunday happen?
35:25 – Why is it that Catholics say a person was ‘molded after God or Mary’s own heart?”
38:38 – If you need to believe to have salvation, then how does this apply to infant baptism?
49:24 – What are the logistics of the spiritual world? How can an angel be with a person and be in the presence of God?

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#11700 Questions From Non-Catholics - Joe Heschmeyer

Questions Covered:

05:11 – Is Mary being the new Eve and Jesus the New Adam a strictly Catholic belief?
13:48 – Is it ok to read Protestant theologians?
22:22 – What is the Catholic answer to how do I get to heaven?
39:08 – Christians should love abortion since it guarantees heaven
45:44 – My non-Catholic friend asked: If Christ finished the sacrifice but the mass is ongoing, how is it actually finished?

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#11699 Questions From Non-Catholics - Joe Heschmeyer

Questions Covered:

02:09 – How can I better interact with Protestants when they insult and slander the Catholic Church?
07:17 – Is Elohim in Hebrew a plural word?
16:43 – Exodus says Moses begged God to not destroy Israel. How would it have been possible for God to destroy Israel if Jesus was supposed to come through the tribe of Judah?
21:38 – How do we reconcile Mary being a perpetual virgin and Matthew 1:25?
28:31 – Did the pope send a representative to the 1st Council of Constantinople? How Does the fact of the pope not being in attendance fit with the Catholic claim of Papal authority and infallibility?
34:48 – Could you explain how anger is not a sin?
41:49 – Regarding the James White Debate and James’ comments on indulgences. What is defined dogma?
49:48 – Can you be a Catholic and believe in the real presence at Mass but not during adoration?
51:34 – Are you familiar with the story of Lilith, Adam’s first wife? What are your thoughts?
53:16 – Who are the Nephilim?

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#11688 Ask Me Anything - Jimmy Akin

Questions Covered:

03:05 – Is it necessary to not act on a doubting conscience if something is avoidable?
07:29 – Does God violate the Pauline principle?
14:13 – What does it look like when demons and angels fight each other?
17:59 – How do we clearly differentiate between mortal and venial sin?
22:10 – My Spanish teacher claimed that we are all God. He mentioned Jn 10:34, Psalm 82 as evidence. What’s the response?
28:33 – How do we know when marriage becomes an idol?
33:08 – Was Moses assumed into heaven?
40:55 – My husband and I were married in a Lutheran Church. We’re baptized in the Catholic Church. Do we have to abstain from intercourse while we wait to get our marriage blessed?
44:34 – If God is outside of time and space, could Abraham have received the eucharist by Melchizedek?
47:01 – Would it be moral for the scientific community to pursue artificial wombs in order to protect life?
49:37 – The idea that angels fell at the moment of creation contradicts the book of Enoch. How do we understand this seeming contradiction?

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#11697 Ask Me Anything - Jimmy Akin

Questions Covered:

05:22 – Is there light or ‘a light source’ in purgatory?
12:51 – If a leader is not following the bible’s teaching, how is that going to affect the next generation?
16:42 – Can you clarify the Catholic view on the Holy Spirit?
23:26 – What did Jesus mean when he says ‘The flesh is of no vail’ in John 6?
28:48 – Are we supposed to have a second baptism to receive our gifts from the Holy Spirit?
39:39 – If IVF is a sin, then why would God provide a soul?
44:48 – I’m having a hard time reconciling the God of the OT and the God of the NT. Can you explain?
52:39 – How do I bring up Purgatory to my Southern Baptism friends?

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#11638 Ask Me Anything: Catholicism - Jimmy Akin

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