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audio • Catholic Answers Live

Open Forum

Jimmy Akin • 1/3/2020

Questions Covered:

06:11 - Is it true that Mary remained a virgin? In the gospel of Matthew, it sounds like she had relations with Joseph after Jesus was born.
16:55 - I got married in the Presbyterian church but was raised Catholic. Am I in mortal sin because I am no longer Catholic?
23:14 - I have trouble with the God of the Bible. Why would God make the universe so large and time so vast?
40:58 - How do you know if God is speaking to you or if it is just your own thoughts? How can you discern when the Holy Spirit is speaking?
46:11 - Why don’t Catholics believe that the new Jerusalem of the Bible is a physical place? What do they believe about this?
51:22 - Did the Magi visiting Christ as a baby or the other spectacular events of his childhood affect his ministry as an adult? We don’t hear any reference of these stories when he is an adult.

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