Jimmy Akin Resources

The apostles preached and preserved the Faith they received from Jesus. This is the story of what happened next. In The Very First Fathers, Jimmy Akin (author of the best-selling book The Fathers Know Best) takes you on a tour of the earliest...

The Ancient Foundation of Our Faith What kinds of books are in the Old Testament? Do the laws of the Old Testament still apply to us today? Who were some of its important priests, prophets, kings, and other major figures? Now that we have the New...

What does the Church teach about that? Sometimes this seems like a question with more than one answer. The Catholic Church claims to possess the fullness of Christian truth, but getting to the truth on some matters of doctrine or morals can be a...

Scriptural Head-Scratchers What are the two basic interpretation problems we encounter when we read the Bible? How can we deal with difficulties arising from translation differences, copyist errors, and varying literary genres? Can we really say the...

God Speaks to His People Why did God employ prophets in Scripture? How can we interpret symbolic biblical prophecies and recognize their fulfillment? Who were the major and minor prophets of the Old Testament, and what were their basic messages? What...

The book of Revelation is the most mysterious book of the New Testament—and it’s often used to attack the Catholic Church. Opponents of the Church claim that it is the “Whore of Babylon” and that the pope is linked to “the...

Do you want to learn how to defend and explain… The existence of God… The reliability of the Bible… The Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist… The authority of the pope and the Church… and scores of other...

God’s Written Word What does it mean to say that Scripture is “inspired”? Why don’t Catholics believe that the Bible is the sole rule of faith? Do Christians have to follow all the strange and archaic laws found in the Old...

What Did Early Christians Really Believe? The Answer Will Surprise and Amaze You!The Fathers Know Best: Your Essential Guide to the Teachings of the Early Church is a unique resource that introduces you to the teachings of the first Christians in a way...

What Must I Do To Be Saved? How should we understand the key concepts connected with salvation? Why did Jesus die on the cross? What are “works of the law”? Is there salvation outside the Church? In this booklet...

If God is all-good and all-powerful then why is there evil? This is perhaps the most vexing challenge that non-believers pose to Christians. Our world of violence, greed, and suffering seems incompatible with the God of the gospel. How can we answer the...

Every Christmas and Easter, the publishing industry comes out with a new, sensational story that claims to offer the “truth” about Jesus and the Gospels. Every time, the claim is different, but the common theme is that you can’t trust...