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#11905 Ask Me Anything - Joe Heschmeyer

Questions covered: 06:05 – Is the story of the rich young man the same story in Matthew, Mark, and Luke, or is it something that happened frequently enough that they all reported similar but distinct interactions? 15:29 – Exodus says half of the ten plagues didn’t impact Israel, but doesn’t say that about the others. Did they impact Israel, and if so, why? 21:15 – The physical human body is sexed male and female. Is the human soul also sexed masculine and feminine? 34:38 – Can ...

#11902 Overcoming Obstacles to Catholic Belief - Karlo Broussard

Questions Covered: 03:48 – How to respond to Catholics recent teaching on infallibility? 15:00 – I question the validity of annulments? 20:04 – How do we reconcile a dogma taught by Pope Pius XI being counter only a few decades later by Vatican II? 29:25 – I struggle with the teaching on life when it comes to cases of rape or incest? 36:46 – What is the point if only 144,000 will be saved? 44:49 – I struggle with the line “I go and prepare a place for you in H...

#11903 Overcoming Obstacles to Catholic Belief - Karlo Broussard

Questions Covered: 05:39 – Why does the Church teach that there in no salvation outside the Church? 13:29 – I struggle with the statistical proof for faith? 19:57 – My friend has a hard time with the Pope. Why are there disagreements? 30:16 – My friend can’t get over the Queen of Heaven in Jeremiah and Pope Gregory’s teachings on it? 34:06 – I struggle with the lack of clarity in RCIA classes. Should RCIA members participate in the sign of the cross and other parts ...

#11902 AMA - Tim Staples

Questions covered: 08:11 – If you got permission from the Pope to access the secret vatican archives, what’s the one thing you’d want to see? 19:20 – Why does it seem like so many Catholic priests are hard to interact with on a personal level? 24:10 – My granddaughter is being taught that Adam and Eve aren’t real people and that bothers me. What are Tim’s thoughts on that? 35:28 – How did the rosary come to be? And how did it become associated with Mary? 46:05 – Why...

#11901 Rules for Internet Evangelization - John Martignoni

Questions covered: 23:30 – What would be a short, succinct response to the Protestant claim that indulgences aren’t found in the Bible? 32:20 – How can I develop my online outreach and persuasiveness in order to reach peoples’ hearts? 42:20 – How do I evangelize online? 48:07 – How should I go about starting a YouTube channel for Christian apologetics to boost my profile as a DJ?...

#11900 Ask Me Anything - Jimmy Akin

Questions Covered: 01:31 – Is Zachary King’s testimony a legitimate conversion? 05:39 – Why is it not good to receive the Eucharist in your hands? 13:06 – My first wife had abortions; do I still need to confess this? 15:17 – What is the will of the Church regarding Baptism? 19:13 – How do you discern if the traditions you believe are from God? 23:25 – What is the origin of relics in Catholic Altars? 33:34 – Was the Gospel of Luke written as a Classical G...

#11899 Ask Me Anything - Jimmy Akin

Questions Covered: 06:21 – If we know that angelic beings can assume physical bodies, why don’t we just say they have physical bodies? 14:48 – Why didn’t Jesus acknowledge a scenario where He and the demon were putting on a play verses saying Satan doesn’t allow conflict? 17:49 – Why should we have trust in the Papacy based on the historic aspect of having good and bad Popes? 23:21 – To what degree are we expected to defend the Eucharist physically? 33:09 – When we ...

#11989 Roadblocks to Conversion - Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers

Questions Covered: 13:30 – I’ve found the people within the church to be roadblocks to others. 23:00 – What commonalities can I build on with my Protestant friends? 30:19 – I feel called to be a Deacon; can you give any input on next steps? 35:03 – I have had problematic experiences with a priest. How can I trust a priest again? 43:44 – How can I humbly help in the conversions of friends?...

#11987 Ask Me Anything - Colin Donovan

Questions Covered: 03:20 – In Genesis, when God says, “let us make Man in our image”, is He speaking to himself or to the holy angels? 07:47 – Is it okay to wait to convert and what can I do in the waiting? 13:19 – Judaism never had a concept of a “Diunity” of God and Holy Spirit, so how did we get to the doctrine of the Trinity? 20:06 – In Matthew Jesus says to pray in private, so is communal prayer blasphemy? 24:30 – If the Real Presence is the source and summit o...

#11896 Questions from Non-Catholics - Tim Staples

Questions Covered: 01:49 – Is a Lutheran Baptism valid in the Catholic church? 09:36 – Why do you believe in the Bible when the Bible makes claims disproved by modern science? 20:22 – Catholic views on the end times, do Catholic prescribe to postmillennialism or has the church changed? 23:40 – Can you explain works and faith based on Canon 24 in Council of Trent and 2010 CCC? 50:16 – How can we differentiate between God and Spirit talking to us or own personal thoug...

#11895 Questions from Non-Catholics - Tim Staples

Questions Covered: 05:18 – When did the Bible go from Full of Grace to Highly favored one? Why do we believe Mary was sinless? 29:28 – Can you explain the Stations of the Cross? 42:03 – How can I trust the church when the Pope makes statements undercutting the Catholic positions?...

#11892 Game Show - Karlo Broussard

Cy is joined by two John Paul the Great Catholic University students to face off in this game show episode!

#11891 Ask Me Anything - Karlo Broussard

Questions Covered: 04:25 – What does it mean when the book of Samuel says that God’s evil came down? 07:50 – What should be the relationship between faith and politics? 14:48 – There have been a lot of apparitions where few people go to heaven. It feels very discouraging. Is this accurate? 20:10 – Are the dead that will be lifted up in 1 Thess. 4:17 saved? If not, who are they? 23:50 – If you went to confession do you still have to go to purgatory? 31:18 – Are...

#11890 Ask Me Anything - Jimmy Akin

Questions Covered: 01:53 – Why was Judas necessary? 10:21 – Is abortion wrong just because a uterus is for the purpose of fostering children? 16:30 – Nondenominational people in my area have begun believing the idea that the pope is going to make a one world religion that will usher in the end times. Are you familiar with this idea and where it stems from? 23:11 – You mentioned earlier that you didn’t think very highly of the author Dan Brown. I’m genuinely curious ...

#11889 Ask Me Anything - Jimmy Akin

Questions Covered: 03:34 – What are the necessary contrition, motivations and resolutions needed for a valid confession? 07:59 – My protestant friend claims that St. Augustine’s said that being born of water and spirit means a physical birth, not baptism. Is this true? 14:16 – Is it socially acceptable in Catholic circles to make up Marian apparitions for writing science fiction? 19:00 – Can you clarify the meaning of Luke 11:15-26? 23:32 – Are coincidences ne...

#11888 Ask Me Anything - Mark Brumley

Questions Covered: 07:41 – What should Catholics take into consideration when voting? 19:45 – The Council of Carthage claims that babies don’t go to heaven. Was that rejected or was that authoritative and how does that relate to the line in the Creed we believe in one baptism in the remission of sins 24:42 – Is Nestorian considered Christianity in the sense that Lutheranism and Calvinism is? 32:29 – Can an Orthodox person receive communion in the Catholic Church? 36...

#11887 Ask Me Anything - Tim Staples

Questions Covered: 02:54 – What are your thoughts on Matthias being appointed to replace Judas? 13:48 – If I could learn a language to read the bible, which should it be, Ecclesiastical Latin or Biblical Greek? 17:17 – Why doesn’t the Church gather frequently to infallibly define everything? 28:45 – How would I explain that there is only one God to a Mormon? 41:14 – What is your best argument for the Assumption of Mary?...

#11886 AMA: Septuagint vs. Old Testament, Catholicism as the True Faith, and Witchcraft in Haiti - Joe Heschmeyer

Questions Covered: 03:30 – Gal.3:13 mentions Jesus became a curse on the cross. How do we properly understand the term curse in that context? 15:05 – Is there a difference between the Septuagint and the current translation of the Old Testament? 19:58 – My friend is a traditional Catholic and has a 1st class relic. She said she got it after the Church cleared out the churches after Vatican 2. Is this true? 29:35 – I’m Catholic but how do I know that Catholicism is the one ...

#11885 AMA: The Effects of Grace, Power of the Eucharist, & Apostolic Succession - Joe Heschmeyer

Questions Covered: 03:25 – What’s the actual effect of Grace? What does receiving the Eucharist do practically? 13:50 – How does the Catholic community define and practice worship and prayer? 21:03 – In Anglican. If the claim that Peter’s successors retain the same power and status, why don’t the successors of the other apostles hold the same? 29:33 – I’m almost finished reading the book of Numbers. How am I supposed to read the story of Balaam and Balak...

#11884 The Last Things: Death, Judgment, Heaven, Hell - Karlo Broussard

Question Covered: 06:49 – Can you explain the concept of a new Heaven and a new Earth? 15:19 – How can I help my Christian Grandmother’s salvation without hurting her feelings? 21:19 – Can you explain what Paul meant by handing a sinner’s flesh to Satan so his soul can be saved in 1 Cor 5:5? 30:50 – Can you explain why temporal sinfulness can merit eternal punishment? 43:47 – How does Purgatory work and how can we get out? 47:19 – My priest wrote that th...

#11883 The Last Things: Death, Judgment, Heaven, Hell - Karlo Broussard

Questions Covered: 06:29 – Can a believer who is not Baptized in the Catholic church go to Heaven? 13:51 – What was the first recorded miracle with a relic? 16:09 – When did people stop believing in Purgatory? 22:28 – What is the scriptural basis for purgatory? 32:46 – How can we explain ghosts or spirits on Earth if there are only three paths after death? 36:30 – My son died as a teen, but I didn’t Baptize him. Can he be saved since it was my choice? 43:48 – ...

#11882 Your Bible Questions - Jimmy Akin

Questions Covered: 02:10 – How can I respond to claims that Matthew 4 and Jesus’s temptations prove Sola Scriptura? 06:31 – Can you explain the new and the old wine skin parable? 12:53 – When is the completion of the Eucharist on the Cross? 16:17 – What is a good response for any problematic study notes in the New American Bible? 22:25 – Was there any time in the Bible where the Eucharist looked like the Mass today or was it a communal dinner? 30:37 – Does Act...

#11881 Your Bible Questions - Jimmy Akin

Questions Covered: 06:56 – Did the apostles receive the same Baptism of Jesus based on Act 19: 3-4 and Matthew 28:19? 15:15 – Does scripture rule out God being incarnated previously in another world? 16:58 – Based on the different descriptions in Isaiah, Daniel, and John are there quantifiable things in heaven? 22:22 – Was John 6 taken literally by those following Jesus? 31:56 – Why does Jesus take Peter, James, and John specifically in Mark 5, 6, and 14? 35:09 – Are ther...

#11880 Weird Questions - Jimmy Akin

#11879 Weird Questions - Jimmy Akin

#11787 Ask Me Anything - Tim Staples

Questions Covered: 01:20 – Why did they stop writing books into the bible? 15:45 – Doctrinally how do the differences work in the east and west regarding infant communion? 30:51 – How would a protestant align intercession of the saints and a belief in soul sleep? 45:39 – Why doesn’t the 9th commandment state coveting thy neighbor’s husband only thy neighbor’s wife? 50:06 – In cases where one has discerned that certain media doesn’t impact one...

#11877 Ask Me Anything - Tim Staples

Questions Covered: 02:23 – How do we make sense of how we are not crucifying Christ during the mass? 18:38 – I’ve noticed that some Catholics and Protestants are acting as though we are in the end times. How do I go about talking with them? 35:19 – I need help responding to some saying that Mary disproves the Eucharist? 47:41 – Why does a bishop have to give permission to perform an exorcism?

#11876 Ask Me Anything - Joe Heschmeyer

Questions Covered: 02:34 – When we choose our investments for retirement, can a Catholic invest in companies who we know are contributing money to Planned Parenthood? 11:26 – Since James was writing before the events of Acts 15, did he fully understand the gospel? 17:14 – How would you talk to someone for the World Mission Society, Church of God? 22:34 – How do I evangelize my agnostic brother? 29:19 – Can you recommend a source on the history of communion? 34:18 &#...

#11875 AMA: Marian Consecration, Explaining the Sign of the Cross, Pro-Abortion Politicians, and Celebrity Conversions - Joe Heschmeyer

Questions Covered: 07:35 – What is Marian Consecration and how do I go about doing it? 14:40 – How do I explain the sign of the cross to a 4-year-old from a different faith background? 20:19 – Considering the Church calls abortion evil, why hasn’t the Church sanctioned Catholic politicians who are vocally pro-abortion? 31:52 – Where do Catholics get the idea of honoring Mary in the rosary? 41:19 – Why is it that it takes ordained ministry to celebrate most sac...

#11874 The Why’s of Catholic Belief - Karlo Broussard

Questions covered: 02:17 – It seems like a lot of non-Catholic religions in which people speak in tongues. Why don’t Catholics do that? And what is the Catholic position on speaking in tongues? 11:49 – What must one do to be saved? 16:49 – What are the rewards that we can obtain in heaven? 19:29 – Why are we still split with the Orthodox over the filioque when Greek is no longer the dominant language in the Church? 24:53 – Can you help me understand the Church’s cur...