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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, and scores of other truths that we Catholics believe - but you don't have a lot of time? Don't worry. Jimmy Akin has done the hard work for you. All you need is five minutes a day. In A Daily Defense, Jimmy compiles 365 challenges that Catholics often hear from skeptics and non-Catholics - about God, Jesus, Scripture, morality, Mary, and a host of doctrinesand teaches you how to answer them. Combining deep learning with decades of experience explaining Catholic belief and practice on a popular level, he cuts to the heart of each subject, offering pithy but powerful replies that are both effective and easy to master. Pperfect reading before bed or during breakfast, for down time or prayer time, part of a regular routine or picked up on the go-whatever your day is like, spend just a few minutes in these pages to equip you with the knowledge and skills you need to defend the Catholic Faith.

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"""This is a gold mine of apologetic insights. It's a book to read and re-read. Anyone interested in learning how to answer objections to the Catholic faith--which should be every Catholic--should read this book. Common objections to faith and highly readable answers to those objections are served up to readers in a daily reflection format. And its author is one of the best Catholic apologists writing today--Jimmy Akin."" -- Mark Brumley ""President of Ignatius Press"" ""Simple accessible format: one question per day, pithy one page biblical responses. Daily instruction for the novice and reminders for the veterans. This book will be setting on our kitchen counter for everyone to share."" -- Steve Ray ""author and speaker"" ""When I first saw the manuscript for this book, I said to myself, Wow. What a great idea. I wish I had thought of it.' What a delightful and spiritually enriching way for serious Catholics to not only learn about their faith but to do so with an eye toward communicating it to others. This is the New Evangelization at its best."" -- Francis J. Beckwith ""Professor of Philosophy and Church-State Studies, Baylor University. Author of Return to Rome: Confessions of an Evangelical Catholic (Brazos)"""

When I first saw the manuscript for this book, I said to myself, Wow. What a great idea. I wish I had thought of it.' What a delightful and spiritually enriching way for serious Catholics to not only learn about their faith but to do so with an eye toward communicating it to others. This is the New Evangelization at its best. -- Francis J. Beckwith Professor of Philosophy and Church-State Studies, Baylor University. Author of Return to Rome: Confessions of an Evangelical Catholic (Brazos) Simple accessible format: one question per day, pithy one page biblical responses. Daily instruction for the novice and reminders for the veterans. This book will be setting on our kitchen counter for everyone to share. -- Steve Ray author and speaker This is a gold mine of apologetic insights. It's a book to read and re-read. Anyone interested in learning how to answer objections to the Catholic faith--which should be every Catholic--should read this book. Common objections to faith and highly readable answers to those objections are served up to readers in a daily reflection format. And its author is one of the best Catholic apologists writing today--Jimmy Akin. -- Mark Brumley President of Ignatius Press

Simple accessible format: one question per day, pithy one page biblical responses. Daily instruction for the novice and reminders for the veterans. This book will be setting on our kitchen counter for everyone to share. -- Steve Ray author and speaker

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Jimmy Akin was born in Texas and grew up nominally Protestant. At age 20 he experienced a profound conversion to Christ. Planning on becoming a Protestant pastor or seminary professor, Jimmy started an intensive study of the Bible, but the more he found it to support the Catholic faith. Akin is a Senior Apologist at Catholic Answers, a member on the Catholic Answers Speakers Bureau, a weekly guest on the global radio program, Catholic Answers Live, a contributing editor for Catholic Answers Magazine, and the author of numerous books including The Salvation Controversy, The Fathers Know Best, Mass Revision, The Drama of Salvation, A Daily Defense, and Teaching with Authority. His personal blog is jimmyakin.org.

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