Category: Podcasts

Why Was Jesus Resurrected? (and more! Live stream)

resurrection2In this live stream, I tackle the following questions:

00:15 Why was Jesus’ resurrected from the dead? What lessons does this event have for us?

RECOMMENDED RESOURCE: Catechism of the Catholic Church 651-655

10:58 What are the basic differences between Protestant ideas about the book of Revelation–such as in the Left Behind series–and Catholic views?

22:52 Did Jesus die for people that were already in hell before the time of his Crucifixion?

27:18 How is the book of Revelation related to the Mass?

31:19 What does it mean to go to the Father “through” Christ? Do you have to pray to Christ to get a message to the Father or can you pray to the Father directly?

35:05 How does the Catholic view of Christ’s two natures relate to the views proposed by other Christians?

39:00 Was the Old Testament figure Melchizedek the same person as Noah’s son Shem?

43:05 What is the Sacramentary?

44:39 How can we help a Protestant Christian who has committed a mortal sin? Is there a way for him to be forgiven even though he probably won’t convert or go to confession?

53:43 Why does the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) still exist when the Tridentine Latin Mass is more freely available today?

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Jesus’ Mysterious Resurrection Appearances (and more! Live Stream)

resurrectionIn this live stream, I tackle the following questions:

00:02 How should we understand the differences in the Gospels’ accounts of Jesus’ resurrection? Do they contradict each other?

RECOMMENDED ARTICLE: How the Resurrection Narratives Fit Together

18:38 When did incense begin to be used in the liturgy?

20:25 When and in what order were the Gospels written?

RECOMMENDED BOOK: The Gospels for All Christians

RECOMMENDED BOOK: The Case Against Q

35:28 Have you heard of Catholic integralism as a political philosophy and what role will it play in American politics in the future?

37:31 John and Mark seem to indicate Jesus was crucified at different times. How do we explain this?

RECOMMENDED BOOK: A Daily Defense

42:20 Did Pope Francis deny the existence of hell in an interview with an Italian newspaper publisher?

45:10 Why doesn’t Francis more directly contradict what the newspaper publisher says?

46:50 Did you consider becoming an Eastern Catholic when you decided to join the Catholic Church?

52:14 What translation do you generally use for Bible study?

53:32 How common is the idea among scholars that John’s Gospel was written by a “community” rather than a single individual?

RECOMMENDED BOOK: Jesus and the Eyewitnesses

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Secret Identities in the Gospel of Mark! (And More! Live stream)

In this live stream, I tackle the following questions:

00:01 Why does the Gospel of Mark contain references to people whose identities are mysteriously concealed? Why does Jesus give his disciples unusual commands that let people have plausible deniability? What do we know about the people involved?

18:41 Who was the young man who ran away naked? (It probably wasn’t Mark!)

32:32 How to answer people who say the Gospels were written far too many years after Jesus to be reliable?

36:21 If the earth is 6000 years old, how can we justify dinosaurs?

44:24 Did Jesus mean it literally when he advised the disciples to buy swords? Can we use weapons in self-defense?

46:42 Why do Catholics allow baptism by pouring when some other Christians insist on immersion?

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The Mystery of the New Covenant (And More! Live Stream)

new covenantIn this live stream, I tackle the following questions:

00:01 What is the “New Covenant” that we hear about every week in church?

06:06 Does the doctrine of original sin just make things more complicated? Should we not have it?

09:29 Is it sinful to attend a Mass at an SSPX chapel?

13:09 How to understand Paul’s statements regarding women’s head coverings and women teaching?

17:14 Does Jesus transforming water to wine symbolize the New Covenant replacing the Old?

22:42 Why do some Bible not capitalize divine pronouns (e.g., by referring to God as “he” rather than “He”)?

29:33 Can a Protestant who believes in transubstantiation take Communion in a Catholic Church?

31:34 What is Jimmy’s personal preference on how to receive Communion? (On the tongue? In the hand? Standing? Kneeling?)

34:03 Should we be wary of dangers with the New American Bible?

47:24 How can we explain the sacrifice of the Mass?

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What kind of prayers for sports teams are okay? (Weird Wednesday strange questions about faith!)

Tim-Tebow-Jets-Bills-Praying00:29 Remembering Stephen Hawking on the occasion of his death.

04:53 What kind of prayers for a sports team are appropriate?

12:42 Is it true that a medieval pope had a previous pope dug up and put on trial?

16:14 Have some saints and popes used tobacco?

20:46 If life exists on other planets, did Jesus incarnate there also?

28:18 Today would we keep a beheaded John the Baptist alive with pumps and stuff?

29:50 How much of your body mass can you lose before you lose your soul?

33:14 If a Catholic is eating a hot dog on a ship and crosses into a time zone where abstinence is required, is it a sin to finish the hot dog?

41:22 Could an artificially intelligent and sentient creature be saved? What is required to have a rational soul?

48:32 Throughout the series Black Mirror, a recurring theme is digital duplicates of human consciousness getting treated with cruelty as they are enslaved by and pitted against actual body-and-soul human beings. As Catholics, who are we rooting for? The humans or the AIs?

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Does the Second Coming Mean We’ll Never Have Space Colonies? (And More!)

space colonyIn this episode of Catholic Answers Live (March 8, 2018, both hours), Jimmy answers the following questions:
 
00:07 What are the Orthodox objections to the Filioque (“and the Son”) clause in the Creed, and what are reasonable responses?
 
09:52 What is the history of sacrificing animals to God?
 
17:14 Were the Great Flood and other Bible stories ripped off from the Sumerians?
 
28:47 What should one make of Fr. Raymond Brown and the Jerome Biblical Commentary?
 
34:58 Are all our future sins forgiven? How to answer this claim?
 
44:51 What is the status of the Johannine Comma? Is it inspired and part of the Bible?
 
51:51 What are some recent philosophers that we can learn from the same way that Aquinas learned from Aristotle?
 
1:02:14 Does Jesus returning to earth for the Second Coming mean that mankind will never establish colonies on other planets?
 
1:09:50 How to disagree with the pope without making it seem we’re anti-pope or “popier-than-the-pope”?
 
1:20:48 Could the Internet cloud be the Beast and our smart devices be the mark of the Beast?
 
1:29:53 If Mary was conceived without original sin, why did she die? Would Jesus have been spared a natural death if he hadn’t been crucified?
 
1:34:54 Does everything that occurs in our lives have a special divine purpose or do some things not have a special purpose?
 
1:39:34 What is the difference between development of doctrine and changing doctrine? Can doctrine ever change and become the opposite?
 
1:46:58 Did God instruct Abraham to perform an intrinsically evil act with the sacrifice of Isaac? How does this relate to God’s goodness?
 

Jesus and the Mystery of the Bronze Serpent

7_brass-serpent-crucifixionIn this live stream, I tackle the following questions:

00:01 How to understand Jesus’ reference to the bronze serpent in the desert? (John 3)

07:39 How can a Protestant with an illness receive healing through the Catholic sacraments?

18:09 If God used evolution to produce the human race, were Adam and Eve’s parents non-humans, and would they have had souls?

21:15 If a Catholic wants to marry an atheist, what does the Catholic need to do in terms of the wedding, etc.?

23:30 Should the Church mandate the Tridentine, Latin Mass for everyone to restore reverence?

29:27 Did Jesus appear to Mary after the Resurrection?

31:44 What’s the difference between being unworthy to receive Communion and receiving Communion unworthily?

34:43 What does Paul mean by “works of the Law” in Romans 3:28, given that he talks about sin and morals earlier in the chapter?

44:25 Who is the greatest member of the Legion of Super-Heroes?

45:34 Who created the Nefilim or giants in the Old Testament?

49:24 Is danger of death the only situation in which Protestants can receive Communion in a Catholic church?

52:05 How to answer Bart Ehrman’s charge that the New Testament contains contradictions that undermine Christian claims?

1:02:08 Why did John the Baptist call Jesus the Lamb of God? How did he know this title?

What to Do if You Want to Believe but Aren’t Sure? And More! (Live Stream)

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In my first live streaming from home, I tackle these questions:

03:53 Why did Jesus tell the disciples to take swords but then stop them from using them?

08:25 Why do we trust the Eucharist for eternal salvation?

09:08 What should you do if you want to believe but feel torn between Christianity and skepticism?

18:09 Why the fish on Fridays rule?

21:04 If you aren’t sure whether you believe, can you go to Communion?

23:49 What to make of total consecration according to St. Louis de Montfort?

25:14 What to make of Pelagius?

27:06 How to reconcile the accounts of Saul’s conversion in Acts?

29:46 How to explain we need the Church for the Real Presence?

31:50 How can the Woman in Revelation 12 be Mary when others think she’s Israel? How can she experience pain in childbirth if Mary didn’t?

Do Dogs Go to Heaven? And More!

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In this episode of Catholic Answers Live (July 11, 2017, 1st hour), Jimmy answers the following questions:

0:15 What are some of Cy’s favorite books?

2:30 What’s significant about John Paul II’s book “Crossing the Threshold of Hope”? (Hint: One thing is that he basically revealed the Third Secret of Fatima in it!)

4:50 Did Joseph Ratzinger ghostwrite many of John Paul II’s writings?

6:35 How to find hidden treasures in John Paul II’s and Benedict XVI’s Wednesday audiences.

11:50 How to respond to the challenge that Catholicism is false because it bases its teachings on things other than the Bible–the word of God.

16:00 What is the new path that Pope Francis has instituted for people becoming saints?

25:17 – What are some early church sources about the immaculate conception?

31:26 – Can a pope be a heretic personally?

33:40 – What is the earliest evidence for Purgatory?

37:50 – In Acts 11, St. Paul says his proof for the Gentiles in the Church is that the Holy Spirit falls on them. Is this analogous to the Holy Spirit working in other churches today?

44:06 – What are we supposed to be doing in the afterlife?

46:30 – How do we define grace? Someone told me we merit grace, but we also receive initial grace free of merit. So what are the different kinds of grace, where are some places we can find them in the Bible?

54:55 – Can a non-baptized person, who’s married to a Catholic, receive a Catholic funeral and burial?

57:50 – Do dogs go to Heaven?

Resources Mentioned:

The Drama of Salvation by Jimmy Akin

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How to Use the Internet for Evangelization–And More!

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In this episode of Catholic Answers Live (July 13, 2017, 2nd hour), Jimmy answers the following questions:

4:25 How to responding to the challenge that Acts isn’t reliable history because it was written long after the events it describes.

12:11 – How can we use the internet for evangelism?

20:40 – In Revelation what does it mean at the end when it gives a curse to people who add or subtract?

29:39 – I’m wondering if there’s a definitive description of Heaven and Purgatory.

34:45 – Why is it that God can strike someone dead with no warning?

44:50 – Do you believe that Catholics and Protestants can be reconciled? And what form might it take?

51:32 – I’m marrying a non-Catholic and he has some weird history questions, why is the Vatican surrounded with walls? Where did all the treasure from the Crusades go?

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