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Most Recent Episodes
This year has been a pretty good one for the Satanic Temple. They’ve even gotten a good deal of positive press. So who are they, what do they believe, and are Catholics obligated to battle them in the streets? Karlo Broussard examines their seven tenets to see.
Cy Kellett:
What’s behind the growth of the Satanic Temple? Karlo Broussard next. Welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding, and defending your Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett, your host, and there has been some news out about the growth of the Satanic Temple. So we thought we’d tac…
Questions Covered:
01:32 – Can you explain the Divine Mercy chaplet to me?
12:13 – When someone passes and they don’t receive last rites, what happens to them? My dad died last week and because of covid, couldn’t receive last rites.
21:15 – I heard that in the Old Testament, men could become priests of the tribe of Levi by marriage. Did Zechariah become a priest by marriage?
28:40 – Can a person be fully healed from sin by God? Does one need confession still if this happens?
33:00 – I know a lot of Catholics use 1 Corinthians 3:10 to justify purgatory. Does this passage encourage works and faith?
46:30 – What is the difference between the deity of Christ and the divinity of Christ?
47:40 – What did the cross look like that Jesus carried?
52:48 – How do I explain Mary’s importance to someone who doesn’t believe in free will?
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Questions Covered:
02:48 – Were Adam and Eve able to have kids when they were in the garden?
06:03 – Is it possible for God to not love us? Is he capable of that?
12:20 – Why did early Church fathers, like St. Jerome, believe that the Septuagint is not inspired?
20:11 – What does it mean that Mary was free from original sin?
35:30 – Can my wife and I switch rites within the Catholic Church?
44:53 – When Christ institutes the sacrament of penance, what does it mean when he says, “Whoever’s sins you retain, they are retained”?
50:38 – How do you respond to people who claim that the Immaculate Conception and Assumption are based in Gnosticism?
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Jimmy Answers helps callers with their Bible questions.
Questions Covered:
07:13 – In today’s Bible reading, it seems like Jesus left Zebedee behind. Why didn’t he take him along with his sons?
14:14 – Where in the Bible does it talk about predestination? Do we believe in that?
21:00 – When did Adam and Eve live?
22:16 – What is meant in Galatians 4:9 in the NRSV by “elemental spirits”?
28:49 – I am a Hindu. Why would Jesus die for your sins? Doesn’t that just make people feel like they can keep sinning?
34:55 – If souls have been good in serving God throughout their lives, will they still have to go to purgatory?
36:52 – Ezekiel 34:12-13 and 15-17 has a completely different translation in my Spanish and English Bibles. In English, it says “destroy” and in Spanish “take care of”. Why?
43:45 – Was a one world order predicted in Revelation 13?
49:30 – How are we meant to understand the use of the word “lord” in the Bible?
Resources Mentioned:
Predestination in the Bible by Jimmy
20 Answers End Times
JAMW #84 Private Revelation; #93; #94
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Jimmy Answers helps callers with their Bible questions.
Questions Covered:
04:10 – What are the best Bible verses to defend becoming Catholic?
10:53 – What is subsistence?
14:00 – In Revelation, there is mention of the numbers 666 as the sign of the beast. It is also in 1 Kings, referencing the number of talents that Solomon received each year. Is there any special meaning in this?
21:41 – The writers of James and Hebrews seem to have different beliefs about faith and works. Do they disagree on how salvation is obtained?
28:50 – Is there scriptural evidence for there being different degrees of enjoyment of the beatific vision?
34:14 – How does the Catholic Church go about deciding which books are inspired by God?
36:33 – Towards the end of the book of Daniel, it suddenly begins portraying him as a younger man. Why? Also, there are wars with “the prince of Persia”. Are these actual wars?
45:08 – When Moses and Elijah appear when Jesus is transfigured on the mountain, I have been told that it is necromancy. How can I respond to this accusation?
50:05 – Was Jesus dead for 3 days and 3 nights?
51:51 – In Genesis we know that human nature changed with the fall of man, did Lucifer change as well? When God made Lucifer a serpent, was he changing him?
Resources Mentioned:
Why Be Catholic by Jimmy Akin
The Bible is a Catholic Book
JAMW – #112 On God and the Gods/ #87 The Nephilim
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