The first century of Christianity was often a raucous argument. Essential truths were constantly under threat, and confusion was common. Jimmy Akin joins us to discuss what the great arguments of the first century were about and what we can learn from them.
Cy Kellett:
Hello and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers Podcast for living, understanding, and d ... Show More
Apr 2024
#536 You Gotta Use Words - Thomas Heyne, MD, M.St
As a student at Oxford and an instructor at Harvard, he tried living by the maxim, “Preach always, and when necessary, use words.” It didn’t work. Then he started talking about Jesus, and people responded. Some by coming into the Church. Now, Dr. Tommy Heyne is on a mission to ge ... Show More
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Apr 2024
#535 Suffering 101 - Mark Giszczak
The fact of suffering poses real intellectual challenges to the Christian message. So how do we share the gospel of a loving God, when suffering seems to reflect so poorly on him? Mark Giszcack, author of Suffering: What Every Catholic Should Know, joins us. Cy Kellett: Hello and ... Show More
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Aug 2022
Let Christ Light a Fire in You
<p>Friends, the readings for this weekend are tough. Here is the principle behind them, one that is simple to state, but difficult to take in: in a world gone wrong, those who come to us speaking and embodying the truth are going to be opposed. In our first reading from Jeremiah ... Show More
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Feb 2023
The Sinner's Prayer and the Pastor's Dilemma
<p>Jimmy is back in town and today the guys get into an associate pastor’s frustration with his church's embrace of the sinner’s prayer. The guys chat briefly about what the sinner’s prayer is, where it came from, how it goes wrong, and what this pastor should do who find him ... Show More
22m 29s
Aug 2023
When God’s Ways Are Confusing
<p>Friends, I do a lot of debating and dialoguing with agnostics and atheists, and very often, when they attack the faith, it's along the lines of: How could an all-knowing and all-good God allow (fill in the blank)? Why does he allow childhood leukemia, or natural catastrophes, ... Show More
14m 21s
<p><img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/MYS388-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />For thousands of years, people have sought to communicate with spirits in ... Show More
