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Just wanted to let folks know that the transcript of show 032 is now available. It deals with whether God hates sinners and how to use the Internet without violating canon law (specifically: in terms of imprimaturs). To read the transcript, just click the big, friendly red button. Or, if you’d like to you listen [...]

Recently an article on the Internet that claims same-sex “marriage” used to be a Christian rite has been trending. It’s been cited repeatedly, in many different places, and Jimmy has gotten multiple queries about how to respond to it. In this video episode of the Jimmy Akin Podcast, Jimmy discusses the piece, where it came [...]

This week the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in Rome mandated a thoroughgoing reform of the largest leadership conference for women religious in the United States. In an exclusive interview, Ann Carey joins Jimmy Akin to go in-depth on this dramatic announcement, why it happened, what it means, and what may happen next. [...]

Did Elijah go to heaven before the gates of heaven were officially open? If Jesus and Mary have their bodies in heaven, do all the saints have bodies in heaven–right now? Does time exist for human souls in the afterlife? When will the resurrection of the dead occur? At the moment of death or the [...]

Where did we get the phrase “pearly gates”? Why are heaven and hell depicted as if they have “gates.” What role did gates play in the ancient world? Where do battering rams come from? What did Jesus mean when he said that the gates of hell will not prevail against the Church? If the gates [...]

Does God *HATE* sinners? If not, why does the Bible seem to say he does? Why do other passages say he loves sinners? How are we to reconcile these statements? Just how biblical is the saying “Love the sinner but hate the sin”? Who said that? And what were they talking about? Does God “hate” [...]

Jimmy is raising funds to help transcribe a year’s worth of the episodes of the show so that they can be available in written form for everyone to benefit from–making it easier for people to learn from the information provided on the show. Click Play to listen . . .   In this special mini-episode, [...]

On Catholic Answers Live (2/16/12), Jimmy Akin answers: Have you heard about a female pope? In regard to the HHS mandate, why don’t the bishops resort to excommunication of politicians? I’m thinking about becoming a Catholic, but I’ve been divorced and remarried – what steps should I take? What do the Masons believe? Where do Protestants [...]

Why does the Apostles Creed say that Jesus descended into Hell? Why would he do this? Wasn’t the Crucifixion enough? Did he have to suffer even more? What did he do while he was “down there”? Did he preach to the dead? Which dead? Why? Do we have a second chance at salvation after death? [...]

Can You Help Me Help *MORE* People?

by Jimmy Akin on February 26, 2012

in +Religion, Podcasts

Dear Friend, If you’re a regular reader of one of my blogs, or a Facebook friend, or if you encounter me in other ways, you know that I have a podcast–what you might think of as an Internet radio show. Every week I sit down in my home studio and record a new episode. I do [...]