Category: Radio Shows

Chapel Veils, Understanding Scripture, Tithing and Debt, and More!

In this episode of Catholic Answers Live (July 12, 2012), I take on the following questions:

  • What is the history of chapel veils? Why did women stop wearing them?
  • What is the best resource for helping Catholics understand Scripture?
  • If I have a lot of debt, should I still tithe 10%? How do we know when to stop tithing and start paying our debts?
  • Do you think the laity’s attitude toward the priest is still that he is a member of the community, or do people just go to him for the sacraments and then ignore him?
  • What must I do to be saved?
  • In The Passion of the Christ, Satan asks, “How can one man bear the full burden of sin?” — how do Catholics address this question?
  • Where can I find proof that the Bible comes from the Catholic Church?
  • What can I do to help my daughter who is dating a Muslim stay strong in her faith?
  • How long does the sacrament of the anointing of the sick last? Can you receive it more than once?
  • What resource do you recommend for information about the permanent diaconate?
  • Is it disrespectful to refrain from bowing during the Nicene Creed and from striking your breast during the Penitential Rite?
  • My 24-year-old son always talks about the Vatican’s “corrupt” police force — can you tell me anything about this?
  • If I enter into the Catholic Church with a lot of spiritual “baggage,” will that be taken care of before I join, or do I bring it to confession after I become Catholic?

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Why Don’t Bishops Excommunicate Bad Politicians? Autistic Children at Mass, Female Pope, Planned Parenthood, and More!

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 get the notion that they can attend or belong to any type church, whereas we believe that Jesus founded the one true Catholic Church?
  • Is it a sin to not take my autistic child to Mass on Sunday because she may misbehave?
  • Are those who commit mortal sins without knowing it at risk of not being saved?
  • Is there a difference between how Protestants and Catholics view missionary work?
  • How powerful is Planned Parenthood within the government given the danger of contraception and the fight that is currently going on for our religious liberty?

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Why is the Obama Abortion/Contraception Mandate a Big Deal? How to Deal w/Anti-Catholics? And More!

On Catholic Answers Live (2/9/12), Jimmy Akin answers:

  • Why is this health insurance mandate such a big issue? — If I’m Catholic and don’t want to use it to buy contraception or abortions I don’t have to.
  • I’m being attacked on Facebook by anti-Catholic Protestants — what is the best way to deal with this?
  • Am I committing a mortal sin by using the pull-out method for birth control, since my husband is not Catholic?
  • Would two men or two women living together (although they are not a couple) send the same message of impropriety as a co-habitating couple?
  • How do I explain the love and mercy of God to someone who has adopted a New Age philosophy?
  • Is American Sign Language an approved liturgical language?
  • Can you explain the meaning of Hebrews 12:18-24?

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Entering the Catholic Church with Doubts; Why the Filioque Is Important; The God-Man-Loaf?; and More!

On Catholic Answers Live (1/26/12) Jimmy Akin answers:

Why does Jesus talk about righteous people in Luke 15, if Romans 3 says that no one is righteous?

Can I enter the Catholic Church if I’m not sure if I believe in a teaching because I still have a lot to learn? Wouldn’t the Eucharist help me believe?

Why does the genealogy of Mary in the Bible differ from our teaching that Joachim was her father?

What are the earliest writings about the first successor of Peter?

What’s the problem with consubstantiation in the Eucharist?

Why was the filioque a big deal?

If we believe that the Eucharist is transformed into the body and blood of Christ, why doesn’t it taste like flesh and blood?

How do I defend the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin to my Protestant friends?

Can you discuss the document released by the Vatican in the early 2000s about how much leeway priests have in saying the words of the Mass?

Who, besides the priest and deacon, is allowed to add the water to the wine at Mass?

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Jimmy Answers Questions from Non-Catholics (CAL 1/25/12)

Jimmy Akin answers:

I want to believe — how do I pray for belief? (NOTE: Here’s the article I mentioned that I wrote on Pascal’s Wager.)

How long do annulments generally take? Before you go through the process, can you get an idea of whether or not you have a chance of getting one?

How can I go through an RCIA program since I travel a lot for my job?

Why has the Catholic liturgy in America become so watered-down?

How does the Catholic Church justify its collaboration with the states throughout history?

Are the Assumption and Coronation of Mary metaphors of us being crowned in heaven with our full bodies, or are they just special things that happened to Mary?

Why has the Catholic Church been a hindrance to individual liberty since the Magna Carta?

I saw something on the History Channel that said Jesus married Mary Magdalen and had children — is this possible?

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Jimmy on Catholic Answers Live (Jan. 19, 2012)

Jimmy Akin answers:

  • Can you elaborate on this past Sunday’s Gospel reading?
  • How can I refute the claim that Catholics don’t like sex because we don’t approve of birth control?
  • Will you explain the timeline of the Epiphany?
  • Where does the Church stand on the use of Viagra?
  • What is the proper translation of Matthew 16:19?
  • What does original sin have to do with Mary dying?
  • Are we allowed to receive communion if we are attending a funeral at an Orthodox Church?
  • What is the definition of “pure spirituality”?
  • Is it okay for Catholics to listen to Protestant praise and worship?

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Radio, Radio

RelevantlogoThere is a kind of archetypal image in American culture, of the young teenager, hidden in their room with a battery-powered transistor radio, listening to music that was very, very different from what they heard in their parent’s home. People who grew up in the fifties still recall how hearing Little Richard or Elvis opened up for them a new world (for good or ill).

I still have a vivid memory of hearing Paul McCartney and Wings’ "Jet" on a similar little radio and thinking that my life had changed forever. Having grown up on Hank Williams, church music and Broadway tunes, hearing the Beatles or Stevie Wonder simply was a whole ‘nother universe. It was much more than music, it was the common culture of my generation. Listening to American Top Forty on Sunday afternoons was like picking up a secret signal from Underground Command Central.

But The Rock and Roll became big business and listening to the radio inevitably became boring. ClearChannel is, for me, sure proof of the second law of thermodynamics; the universe is destined to dissipate and run down, becoming a  thinly dispersed, dark cloud of matter at a uniform temperature just above absolute zero (unless Jesus comes back!).

So it was kind of cool to find myself delicately twiddling with the nobs on my radio tuner at home, the other day, patiently trying to pull in the weak signal of a new Catholic station in our area. It reminded me of how I had to finesse that old transistor to try and get my favorite AM station as a kid.

Relevant Radio is a growing network of Catholic stations across the U.S., carrying Catholic talk programming. Radio worth listening to! It’s like Underground Command Central all over again, but without the acne.

We are blessed to have a parishoner who leaped out in faith and got the station (KDUA – 96.5 FM) up and running. They broadcast from our parish hall (Rogers, Arkansas) and have only a few precious watts of signal power, but have plans to beef up in the future.

In the mean time, I get to hear faithful Catholic programs, including Fr. John "Tell It Like It Is" Corapi and Catholic Answers Live!, which frequently features our favorite apologist, Jimmy "Not Bad for a Texan" Akin. The static, for the time being, just adds to the counter-cultural thrill.

You can find out more about Relevant Radio at their WEBSITE, including broadcast schedules and locations.
Start praying! Maybe Relevant Radio will come to your area, too.

Last Week’s Show (August 4, 2005)

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HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Is there such a person as Lillith? Are there female demons and angels?
  • Has the Vatican mandated that we all stand after Communion until everyone has received?
  • How can God is all good, why does he allow us to suffer forever in hell?
  • Where are Scriptural bases for the enthronement of the Sacred Heart?
  • How to respond to someone who says that you won’t get along with someone based on his astrological sign?
  • Has Jimmy ever heard of Fr. Hempsch and "healing the family tree"?
  • If all come to the Father through Jesus, where does that leave those before the time of Christ and those who have never heard of Jesus?
  • A brief follow-up on earlier astrology question.
  • Can the souls in purgatory pray for us?
  • What were the highlights of Pope John VIII’s reign?
  • How do the 95 Theses square with Vatican II? Would Vatican II have prevented the Protestant Reformation?
  • How much of a "hassle" will it be for the caller’s husband to get an annulment?