#12693 Can We Have Assurance of Salvation? Apologetics and Evangelism - John Martignoni
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🗓️ 28 April 2026
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Summary
“Can we have absolute assurance of salvation?” This question opens a discussion on the nature of faith and security in salvation. Other topics include responding to Southern Baptist views on the parable of Lazarus, the concerns of a Protestant considering OCIA, and strategies for evangelizing Muslims.
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Questions Covered:
- 02:50 – Can We Have Absolute Assurance of Salvation?
- 12:38 – How do you respond to a Southern Baptist that denies the story of the Lazarus and rich man establishes the immediate judgement?
- 20:13 – I’m protestant and considering OCIA but I hesitate on the rules that change in Catholics. How do we know rules won’t change in the future like attending Sunday mass, women veiling, etc.?
- 32:37 – Is it correct to say the Sadducees and Pharisees had a similar relationship as Catholics and Protestants. Is this true?
- 43:16 – How do we effectively evangelize Muslims especially when they come across as arrogant and even resort to using foul language?
- 50:30 – How do I better explain apologetics to a crowd that is not religious at work?
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| 0:32.9 | I am Cy Kellett, your host. |
| 0:34.5 | You better start dialing now because John Martinone is our guest this hour. |
| 0:38.9 | 8883187-884. You're probably known from Blue Collar Apologetics, how to explain and defend Catholic |
| 0:45.7 | teaching using common sense, simple logic, and the Bible. You've got all those things. You've got |
| 0:51.2 | common sense. You've got simple logic. You've got the Bible. John Martinoni here to help you become a stronger defender of the faith. If you've got questions |
| 0:58.6 | about doing apologetics, 8883187-884. He's the founder and the president of the Bible Christian Society, |
| 1:06.3 | and he's been doing this apologetic stuff for a good long time, a convert to the faith. |
| 1:10.9 | John Martinoni, welcome. |
| 1:13.5 | Revert, actually. |
| 1:14.6 | And thank you, Cy. |
| 1:15.6 | It's good to be with you, as always. |
| 1:18.5 | Again, 8883187884 is the number, 3183188-884. |
| 1:24.1 | You want to talk about apologetics? |
| 1:25.2 | You want to get good at this. |
| 1:26.4 | You would like some pointers. You are welcome to call. 8883187884. You want to talk about apologetics? You want to get good at this. You would like some pointers. You are welcome to call 8883187884. We spoke about you the other day on the air because |
| 1:34.3 | a man called and he was coming into the faith. He had some basic questions he was just struggling |
| 1:41.3 | with and he was in Birmingham, Alabama. We said, well, do you know John Martinone? |
| 1:46.8 | So I know he's going to be looking you up. We sent him to the Bible Christian Society, so I know he's going to be looking you up, but I don't know if he's... |
| 1:55.0 | Excellent. I appreciate that. |
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