#12640 Where Is Purgatory in the Bible? Confession and Prophecies - Jimmy Akin
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🗓️ 21 March 2026
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
“Where Is Purgatory in the Bible?” This question opens a discussion about the biblical basis for purgatory, addressing concerns from those who struggle with its concept. Other topics include the role of confession and the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies, as well as guidance for those considering a return to the Catholic faith.
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Questions Covered:
- 02:00 – I’m not Catholic because I don’t understand purgatory.
- 29:04 – I left Catholicism, I’m Baptist and don’t really go to church anymore but still follow Jesus. I think we should confess directly to God and not have to go through a priest.
- 43:09 – I work with a dispensationalist. I want to talk to her about the Old Testament prophecies but before I do, I would like to know, were all the prophecies fulfilled?
- 49:17 – My children are no longer practicing Catholics. They were never confirmed. If they were to return, what would they have to do?
- 53:08 – I’m on my way to becoming Catholic. How do I answer the Protestant objection that Catholics have no infallible list of infallible dogmas?
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| 1:04.8 | Jimmy, we got the news today that Chuck Norris had passed. |
| 1:08.1 | God bless him and rest his soul. |
| 1:10.3 | He must be one of the most memed people in the history of the internet. |
| 1:13.2 | I don't know if they keep records of this. |
| 1:15.0 | Yeah, well, I assume he's kicking butt in the afterlife now. |
| 1:18.6 | That's got to be on something somewhere, but you know that people, like, people just love |
| 1:24.6 | to make them a Chuck Norris meme. So we, I would, he was, he was 86. So he got up to a nice age. Yeah. And which also coincidentally is a death number, but, you know. I don't know what that means. 86 is a death. Well, it signifies death. If you 86 somebody. Oh, right, because of restaurants, that's an old restaurant |
| 1:44.6 | terminology. If they're out of something, you have to 86 that item, meaning you take it off |
| 1:49.6 | the menu. So when you're not sure that's the origin, but I'll have to look that up. |
| 1:55.7 | Well, that's what I heard. And usually if I hear it, it's true. Like if I hear it from a guy, |
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