The Incredible Shrinking Apologist

BACK IN THE DAY:

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THEN:

me-old

NOW:

me1 me2
me4 me6

MORE TO COME IN A FEW MONTHS!

Author: Jimmy Akin

Jimmy was born in Texas, grew up nominally Protestant, but at age 20 experienced a profound conversion to Christ. Planning on becoming a Protestant seminary professor, he started an intensive study of the Bible. But the more he immersed himself in Scripture the more he found to support the Catholic faith, and in 1992 he entered the Catholic Church. His conversion story, "A Triumph and a Tragedy," is published in Surprised by Truth. Besides being an author, Jimmy is the Senior Apologist at Catholic Answers, a contributing editor to Catholic Answers Magazine, and a weekly guest on "Catholic Answers Live."

35 thoughts on “The Incredible Shrinking Apologist”

  2. Nice, Jimmy. Seriously, you don’t look a day over twenty-five in those pics. I do vote for keeping the one on the template, though. You just look way retro.

  7. What’s the deal with the portfolio, JA? Will we be seeing you in the Sears Catalog?

  10. Congratulations Jimmy; you’re looking good.
    If you’re going to put up a new photo, though, I vote for the one with the hat and the green T-shirt. Definitely, keep the hat. It makes you look as though you are Not To Be Messed With.

  11. Thanks for all the support, folks! I really appreciate it!
    Jamie: I may post a more retro pic in the future, but for now I wanted a thin one. In the future I’ll look at getting one that’s both retro and thin.
    Robert: I crushed a number when I was on my trip. Didn’t want them littering up the cab of my pickup and didn’t want the litter bag to overflow. Took more than gazing at them, though.
    Noemie: Not a portfolio per se. I needed a new work picture (in a suit) and a new blog picture (not in a suit), so I had a bunch taken I could then pick the good ones from. My old work picture (“Back In The Day”) and my old blog picture (“Then”) weren’t accurate any more.

  12. Good work Skinny Jimmy! From James to Jimmy to Skinny. Janet and I can tell a difference even from the time you were here. Sticking to the diet is a tremendous effort and we are proud of you! Janet says, “What a handsome guy!” (I think even Monk would be proud of you, and maybe even shake your hand without a wipie!)
    Steve Ray

  14. Looking great, but what happened to the smile?
    The old photos showed you smiling (or at least with a smirk), the new ones all look way to serious!

  17. I second Justin’s motion (though the Texan in me also likes the hat). Time to replace the current “blog head” shot, which just doesn’t reflect your changing state of fitness — and it brings to mind Brian Keith’s own “Before Look” in “The Rare Breed”! ;^)
    Your perseverance is bearing fruit. Muy buen hecho, Jimmy!

  21. Jimmy,
    Have you heard of Light Weigh Program? It is different than any other diet program around…look into it!

  24. Don’t lose too much weight Jimmy. You could end up looking like Willie off “The Simpsons”.

  25. You look wonderful (as always), but the important thing is, you probably feel better at a lighter scale-weight.
    Well done. 🙂

  26. Jimmy, I can’t stop laughing!! You look really great…but I just get a kick how you “saved” those pics…me -really old; me-older, etc.
    I bet you are a hoot in person.
    Isn’t it time to update these?

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