#12650 Is It a Sin to Marry Outside Your Faith? Judgement and Grace - Jimmy Akin
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🗓️ 28 March 2026
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“Is it a sin to marry outside your faith?” This question opens a discussion on the nuances of faith and relationships, including interpretations of 2 Corinthians and the concept of being unequally yoked. Other topics addressed include the implications of Matthew 7:6 on sharing scripture, the nature of particular judgment, and the meaning of being poor in spirit.
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Questions Covered:
- 04:45 – When discussing 2 Corinthians where Paul mentions not being unequally yoked, my protestant friend argued is it a sin to marry outside your own faith. I argue that Paul was giving his own opinion and not giving a commandment from God. Is this a proper response?
- 13:33 – Matthew 7:6 says don’t throw pearls to swine. Would giving bibles to the homeless be throwing pearls to swine?
- 18:30 – How would I prove biblically that there is a particular judgement and not a resting in Christ until the final judgement? Do people go to Hades now or do they go to Gehenna?
- 37:05 – How do Catholics combat free grace theology using scripture?
- 45:38 – In John 21:15 Jesus says to Peter, “do you love me more than these?” Who are “these”?
- 48:30 – At the end of Acts, Paul was told he didn’t do anything wrong. Why then was Paul beheaded?
- 53:01 – What does it mean to be poor in spirit?
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| 0:31.2 | Come back. |
| 0:31.2 | Jimmy Aiken, our guest, |
| 0:33.6 | Holy smoke. |
| 0:34.5 | I think I must have been having fun that first hour |
| 0:36.6 | because it felt like it took about five minutes. That was a quick hour for me. But you, again, you were doing all |
| 0:41.8 | the work, Jimmy, so it might go a little slower for you. I don't know. It's a little slower, |
| 0:47.9 | but it wasn't a drag. Okay, good. You can ask Jimmy anything you want about the Bible. It's your |
| 0:53.0 | Bible questions for Jimmy Aiken today. 8883187-884. We talked about the Jimmy, we talked about the Mysterious World podcast, but we didn't talk about the Jimmy Aiken podcast. Those drop on Monday. What do we got at the Jimmy Aiken podcast? Well, this last Monday, as I mentioned last hour, I published a video where I interact |
| 1:15.6 | with Evangelical Apologist Frank Turrick. He was given a lecture tour, and he had an interaction |
| 1:25.6 | with a student named Chase at University of North Florida. |
| 1:32.2 | And Chase is a Catholic gentleman. |
| 1:33.9 | He's also nice. |
| 1:34.8 | Really nice. |
| 1:35.6 | I spoke to him. |
| 1:36.4 | Frank is also really nice. |
| 1:37.5 | I've been on his show. |
| 1:38.4 | He and I have had positive reactions. |
| 1:41.0 | In this exchange, Chase did a really good job standing up for the Catholic faith. |
| 1:46.0 | And Frank, even though he's a really sweet guy, he could have used some improvement on some of the points that he made. |
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