Jimmy Akin & Mark Brumley | Catholic Answers Live | 09.02.21

HOUR 1: Jimmy Akin - Open Forum
HOUR 2: Mark Brumley - Open Forum

[bethmedina]

Jimmy Akin, you are so knowledgeable. I love hearing your responses! Praise God for your answer on Free Will. I could hear the lightbulb in the Agnostic caller’s mind sizzle as it illuminated!

[deborahkriss]

Great questions and great answers! I learned from each answer.

[joncardenas]

A Jimmy and Mark episode? Sing me up!!!

[Dianadicarta]

the biggest highlight: the little kid who called. So adorable.

[saillynn]

Jesus is your way to heaven, he paid the price for your sins. Once you believe you are sealed and saved forever. Salvation is a free gift.

[masto]

03:00 - Are earrings and tattoos sinful because they damage our bodies without benefit? 

08:20 - Are Christian conceptions of angels derived from Zoroastrian tradition? 

15:30 - Why does the Douay-Rheims Bible list a third and fourth book of Kings? 

18:13 - If our only choices are obey God or go to hell, how do we have free will? Sounds like he’s making us an offer we can’t refuse. 

20:01 - Does a forgotten mortal sin merit purgatory? 

22:00 - Are Catholics required to believe that Mary didn’t suffer labor pains? 

28:05 - Is the man speaking to Daniel in Daniel 10:5 considered to be Jesus? Are there any other appearances of Jesus in the Old Testament? 

34:05 - Where is the Garden of Eden now? 

36:02 - Did the early Christians tamper with the Old Testament? 

41:06 - The Catechism says angels are spiritual, non-corporeal beings, but the Bible seems to depict them as having bodies. How should we understand them? 

49:05 - What does it mean to increase in the state of righteousness after initial justification? 

52:05 - Why does God allow us to have loving relationships with other people if he alone satisfies all our needs and happiness?


1:08:05 - How is it moral or consistent with God’s law for him to command the death penalty for homosexuality in the Old Testament? 

1:21:27 - My friend isn’t Catholic but believes in transubstantiation. He believes he can pray over his food and it’ll become the body of Christ. What can I say to him? 

1:28:40 - Why are there two different versions of the Catholic Catechism? 

1:35:04 - What’s the difference between books with fantasy elements that are condemned, like Harry Potter, and other books with fantasy elements that aren’t? 

1:44:25 - Some Muslim gentlemen showed me in the Q’uran that Joseph wasn’t married to Mary, but just cared for her. How do we know that Joseph was her husband? 

1:51:10 - Am I avoiding lukewarmness?

[ToddJambon]

What kind of dancing satan tattoo did Jimmy see??? LOL