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Your Bible Questions

Jimmy Akin

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? 

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