October 28, 2004 Show

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Highlights:

  • Should bishops be directly advising Catholics to vote for Pro-Life candidates?
  • Is it correct to ask departed souls and unborn children for their
    intercession?
  • Can a present prayer affect a past event?
  • Is everyone who is not part of the Catholic Church doomed to hell?
  • Countering the Protestant notion of "once saved, always saved."
  • How do we know that the gates of Heaven were closed until Christ’s
    death?  Where
    does the Bible teach that Christ preached to the dead?
  • Must Catholics register at a parish?
  • Does disagreement with a small number of Church teachings preclude
    one from entering the Church?
  • Are financial concerns the only factor preventing the Church in
    America from abandoning its non-profit status?
  • Inviting political candidates to speak from the pulpit: Protestant
    vs. Catholic approaches.
  • What in the Catholic Church’s biblical basis for purgatory?
  • How does civil divorce affect one’s ability to receive the Eucharist?

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."