Daily Defense Podcast

Jimmy Akin, a speaker and author in the field of Catholic apologetics, recommends additional resources on topics like Christianity, miracles, Bible difficulties, the Church Fathers, and salvation to aid listeners in their studies.

Expert in ancient scriptures, Jimmy Akin, discusses the value and truth of the Bible despite its age. He explores the religious truth it contains beyond natural reason and provides evidence for God's existence and miracles.

Jimmy Akin, a podcaster and author, joins the show to discuss the 'Cosmic Teapot' argument used by atheists to challenge the burden of proof for God's existence. They explore why this argument is unnecessary and emphasize the importance of engaging with the merits of the case when arguing against God's existence.

Apologist and author Jimmy Akin joins to tackle the claim that there can't be an unbroken line of popes. They discuss the role of vacancies and antipopes in this context, exploring the historical succession of popes going back to Peter.

Jimmy Akin, expert in classical paganism, discusses the concept of multiple superhuman beings. In classical paganism, gods were finite, not infinite. It is possible for there to be multiple superhuman beings. Exploring the concept of multiple gods and their limitations.

Jimmy Akin, an apologist and author, explores the reality of marriage as a union between a man and a woman, focused on the well-being of the spouses and the upbringing of children. He highlights the physical and psychological complementarity between men and women.

Jimmy Akin discusses the benefits of religion and challenges the notion that religious beliefs are false. He explores the idea that evolution may have favored the development of religion, but highlights that having evolutionary benefits does not determine the truthfulness of a belief.

DAY 359 CHALLENGE “Why do Catholics worship on Sunday instead of keeping the Sabbath? The (Saturday) Sabbath is part of the Ten Commandments, which Catholics recognize as expressing the moral law (CCC 1962).” DEFENSE The Sabbath command is unique among the Ten Commandments in that it incorporates both moral and ceremonial aspects. The Catechism of Trent states: The other commandments of the Decalogue are precepts of the natural law, obligatory at all times and unalterable. Hence, after the abrogation of the Law of Moses, all the commandments contained in the [Ten Commandments] are ob...

DAY 358 CHALLENGE “There is no one argument that demonstrates the Christian God exists. At most, each points to only a single aspect of the Christian God.” DEFENSE The arguments are not meant to be used individually. They’re meant to be combined in a cumulative case. It would be possible to combine all the arguments into a single, highly complex argument, with many subarguments (similar to the way a computer program contains many subroutines). However, such an argument would be excessively difficult to follow. Consequently, apologists through the ages have broken the overall argument ...

Jimmy Akin, a podcast guest discussing Christianity and Pacifism, explores Jesus' teachings on pacifism and self-defense. The chapter delves into the context of Jesus' statement about turning the other cheek and analyzes the moral permissibility of self-defense based on examples from the New Testament.