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Jimmy Akin DESTROYS James White | Last Call Ep. 32

Pints with Aquinas · 17 September 2026 · 28m · 2 Egleze moments

What happened in this episode?

Matt Fradd brings Catholic apologist Jimmy Akin on to respond to short clips of Protestant Reformed polemicist James White, focusing on disputes over justification, authority, and the biblical canon. Akin argues White’s critique of Catholicism assumes distinctively Calvinist premises (including perseverance of the saints) while, in Akin’s telling, glossing over disagreements among non-Calvinist Protestants. Discussing the ‘finished work’ and ongoing mediation, Akin says an ongoing application of Christ’s work (including Christ’s present intercession) does not, by itself, imply the Cross was insufficient.

Akin then addresses White’s ‘blessed man of Romans 4’ question as a rhetorical ‘gotcha’, saying the passage itself answers that it refers broadly to anyone forgiven. On sola scriptura, Akin contends White overstates how Jesus argued, and says Jesus expected acceptance of authoritative teaching beyond written Scripture, pointing to ‘You have heard… but I say’ as an example.

Later, Akin calls White’s comments about the Apocrypha/deuterocanon dependent on outdated scholarship, disputing the notion of a Temple registry of canonical books and arguing Second Temple Judaism had multiple, partly overlapping ‘canonical traditions’. The episode also includes several promotional reads (CatholicMatch, Exodus 90, and the St Paul Center).

What are the key points?

Akin says White’s critique of Catholicism imports Calvinist assumptions and downplays that many Protestants reject them.
Akin argues ongoing mediation (including Christ’s heavenly intercession) does not imply the Cross was ‘unfinished’.
Akin calls White’s ‘blessed man of Romans 4’ line a ‘gotcha’ question and says the text answers it directly.
On sola scriptura, Akin argues Jesus appealed to authoritative teaching beyond written Scripture (e.g., ‘You have heard… but I say’).
Akin disputes White’s Apocrypha argument, naming Roger Beckwith and rejecting the idea of a Temple canon ‘registry’.
Akin claims Second Temple Judaism had multiple competing canons/traditions rather than one settled list.
Episode contains ad-style segments for CatholicMatch, Exodus 90, and the St Paul Center.

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Jimmy Akin

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Faith & Spirituality

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Programme: Pints with Aquinas
Published: 17 September 2026
Duration: 28m
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Jimmy Akin alleges James White’s Apocrypha argument relies on outdated scholarship

Jimmy Akin · at 24:24 · Attributed speaker claim

James White is relying on the views of one particular author named Beckwith who um wrote several decades ago and that's a long time in scholarship. He was like writing back in the 1980s. And Beckwith uniquely among compared to other scholars argued that the Jews had a registry of some kind in the temple of all of the books that they considered scripture.

Catholic apologist Jimmy Akin alleges Protestant apologist James White’s claim about Jews “laying up” books in the Temple relies on 1980s scholarship by Roger Beckwith. Akin says Beckwith’s Temple “registry” idea is widely rejected and argues Jewish views of Scripture were not settled in that period.

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Jimmy Akin argues Second Temple Judaism lacked a single agreed canon

Jimmy Akin · at 25:40 · Attributed speaker claim

Nonsense. Uh there was no single Jewish view of what counted as scripture. There were at least five different canonical traditions. Uh there was the uh Sadducee tradition, the Samaritan tradition, the Pharisee tradition, the Dead Sea Scrolls tradition, and the Septuagent tradition at a minimum.

Jimmy Akin argues that Second Temple-era Judaism did not have one consolidated canon, disputing claims that Jews never accepted the Apocrypha. He says there were at least five scriptural traditions, including Sadducee, Samaritan, Pharisee, Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint collections, with often unclear boundaries.

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