Jimmy Akin

In this live stream, I tackle the following questions:

00:01 What does the Gospel of John reveal about the sacrament of confession and the conversion of St. Thomas the Apostle?

RECOMMENDED RESOURCE: Jesus and the Eyewitnesses

12:55 Why do some Protestants believe that the time of miracles ended with the apostles?

18:08 Were Mary Magdalen and Mary of Bethany the same person? If Mary Magdalen was from a rich place, does that mean she couldn’t have been a prostitute?

22:23 How can the practice of priestly celibacy be reconciled with the fact St. Peter was married and St. Paul’s statement that a bishop should be the husband of one wife?

29:04 Why are various passages translated as “sitting at table”? Isn’t that bad English? Shouldn’t it be “sitting at the table”?

31:02 How can we answer Bart Ehrman’s claim that Matthew and Luke contradict each other about Jesus’ early life?

33:14 Did Simon of Cyrene carry Jesus’ cross or just help share some of its weight? Also, what exactly was being carried?

34:43 I find some of St. Faustina’s writings to be strange. Can a private revelation be true overall and contain errors?

RECOMMENDED RESOURCE: Colin Donovan’s piece on private revelation

38:15 If receiving Communion is a good thing, why can we receive it only twice a day?

41:24 What’s the difference between using natural family planning and using contraception if the goal in both is not to have a baby?

45:51 Why is Christ referred to as the “Word”? What does that mean?

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In 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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In 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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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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