Open Forum

Questions Covered:

• 00:55 - Tim comments on the recent changes to canon law. 
• 06:53 - How can I respond to someone who says that there is no merit or holiness gained from abstaining from sin? Do I have an obligation to respond? 
• 18:43 - If God told Ishmael that he would make of him a great nation and that nation is now Islam since Mohammed is descended of Ishamel, then how can we say that Mohammed was a false prophet? 
• 22:28 - If the orthodox reunited with the Catholic Church, would the Vatican acknowledge all their books of the Bible as a part of the canon and valid? 
• 24:52 - Does Galatians 3:13 teach penal substitutionary atonement? 
• 34:35 - Why should we appeal to natural law in moral debates? 
• 42:32 - Since the Church doesn’t recognize gay marriage, if a person receives a civil marriage to a person of the same sex and then realizes they’re not gay, do they need an annulment before they can marry someone of the opposite sex in the Church? 
• 47:00 - I am a revert to the faith, very eager to evangelize to my Protestant in-laws. My fiance says I am too eager. How can I strike the right balance with this?