#11638 Ask Me Anything: Catholicism - Jimmy Akin

Questions Covered: 03:06 – How do you rebut James Sterba’s new logical argument from evil? 07:49 – Do you have any resources I could use when returning to the Catholic faith? I feel like I have a heart of stone? 14:19 – How would we prove apostolic succession? 21:22 – What is a good approach to Catholic dating? Could there ever be a Catholic version of shows like the Bachelor? 28:51 – Was Jesus’s death really a sacrifice if he knew he was going to come back from the dead? 31:01 – Mt 27: around 51-52 says that people came out of their tombs and were walking around. How do we make sense of this? 33:35 – If we minimize the risk, would it be morally good to bring back dinosaurs? 39:50 – Do you ever smoke your pipe during prayer. If so, would this make your pipe a sacramental? 44:35 – Jn 19:25-27 refers to Mary and her sisters. Who were these sisters of Mary? 49:16 – What’s the status of the adoption of lay ministry of acolytes and lectors in the US? 52:15 – If Jesus and the Holy Spirit gave authority to the apostles to heal. Who else had this gift? …