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  06:02  - How does one respond to an atheist who says every theist version of evolution puts sin before death, that death didn’t exist until sin. How does one respond?   15:04  - Is divorce a sin? Is it okay to date before an annulment has been given?   22:08  - If you kill 3 people do you have to name them in confession? Do you have to name each individual instance?   29:37  - How can the laity make sense of priests and bishops who speak out against the pope?   33:07  - My wife doesn’t feel loved by me, and I don’t know how to show her. How do I approach her and suggest we go to therapy?   40:36  - I’m a medical student and help with surgeries including tying tubes. What is my culpability in those surgeries?   46:08  - If you’re destined for heaven, why are souls tortured in purgatory?   50:22  - We hear a lot about the second coming, but what was the first coming? Who was that?  

  14:31  - Does atheism lead to nihilism? 21:13  - Why do so many Christians fall into atheism? 23:02  - Is the intelligent design argument against evolution helpful, unhelpful or irrelevant in the debate about God? 33:41  - Why the Judeo-Christian God instead of any other God? 40:58  - What are good resources for atheists who want to get into philosophy? 48:38  - My belief in God stems from my illness. 52:05  - I just discovered the idea that we are born seeking God. Can you comment on that?

  04:08  - I have been struggling with a lot of anxiety. When I pray, sometimes I get peace and sometimes I don’t. I pray the rosary, I do devotions, etc. Can you help me know if maybe I’m missing something so I can be at peace?   12:54  - One version of Matthew 1:25 says Joseph did not have marital relations until Mary had the firstborn son. But does that mean Mary wasn’t a perpetual virgin?   21:52  - Why did the 12 Apostles end with the apostolic age? Why didn’t they keep reinstituting the 12?   35:00  - My wife is a nutritionist and doesn’t fully understand fasting and that it’s harmful for our hormone balance and metabolism. She wants to know how you could be doing something harmful to your body for the sake of spiritual gain.   42:13  - Tim said he used to be pro-death penalty but now that he’s a Catholic, does not because the Pope says it’s a development of doctrine and supersedes the bible. How can he do that?   50:25  ...

  17:05  - I’m worried about my upcoming marriage. Is there any way to accommodate my Protestant fiancé in the way he wants to be married? I just don’t want to be in a state of mortal sin. 22:22  - If I’m doing the Lenten devotional and trying to have it help me with worrying about my vocation. Is there any advice for how to deal with when I do start worrying a lot about my vocation? 30:57  - I’m currently an addict and worried about relapsing. How can I worry less about relapsing? 36:30  - I got your book last year and really devoured it. My husband has been recently diagnosed with throat cancer but because of your book I feel at peace with it. 39:30  - I lost my 18 y.o. son two years ago Christmas morning to leukemia. I just don’t know how to get past it. 49:45  - My work involves being on a temporary contract. Can you give me advice on how not to dwell on my work issues so much?

  Questions Covered: 02:29  - I attend a protestant bible study often and in the coming weeks we’re getting to John 20. What are some common Protestant arguments for it and how can I respond to them? 11:52  - Something Jimmy quotes in The Fathers Know Best on St Ignatius’ letter to the Smyrnaeans is that some people abstain from the Eucharist because they don’t believe it’s the flesh. Since this is in the short version and there is a longer version, how do we know which versions of these early Christian writings are reliable or if any of them are? 21:04  - A fellow parishioner said the Devil must have been surprised at the resurrection. Of course, Satan knew Jesus was the son of God but how can I point him in the right direction? 29:47  - Can you explain how you know Jesus and God exist without making any biblical references? I have adult children who were raised Catholic, left the faith, and nothing I say works to convince them of the existence of Jesus and God...

  Open Forum – Questions Covered: 10:38  - How can we rightly talk about the soul in terms of relational but not physical terms?   20:44  - If we’re not in a state of grace and we’re praying, do the prayers not get through to God because we’re not in a state of grace? Will they then get retroactively answered after confession?   24:13  - Jimmy writes that the verse about cutting sin off is not literal. How are we so confident that if we were to be literal about it that it would not be a grave sin?   33:58  - What’s the difference between Catholic and someone that calls themselves just Christian? Do Catholics believe everything they do but not vice versa?   37:54  - How should we as Catholics respond to the Asbury University revival? Also, can a Catholic receive communion at an Orthodox church and vice versa?   45:54  - In Deuteronomy 21:10-14, is the captive war bride being raped or not?   51:37  - In the gospel of Jo...

  Questions Covered: 05:25  - I’m just entering the Catholic Church. A lot of my friends see me as a spiritual father. These friends will follow me if I convert. That makes me very uncomfortable. Can you offer some advice? 14:40  - What happens if you’re going through RCIA and you can’t find a Confirmation sponsor? 16:41  - How is the presence of Christ in the Eucharist different from the way God is always present to us, as Scripture says? 29:27  - I’m not Catholic. How can I better understand the real presence? Where in the Old Testament does God prophecy that he was going to reveal himself as bread and wine? 38:00  - Does the bible lose its impact when it is translated? 45:59  - I’m not Catholic but I would like to be. Why would being divorced preclude me from becoming Catholic?

  Questions Covered: 13:00  - I grew up Catholic. I had an abortion as a young woman and was told it was no big deal. I felt guilt because of this. All my friends go to an evangelical Church. What church do I go to? 31:35  - I work in a prison and some of the guards were playing with consecrated hosts that fell out of the tabernacle. I have the hosts now, what do I do with them? 36:22  - I’m thinking of converting. Where in the Bible does it say that Mary was assumed into heaven? And where does it say that she was born without original sin? Why go to a priest to confess?