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Product Description Do you want to learn how to defend and explain the existence of God, the reliability of the Bible, and scores of other truths - 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 doctrines and 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. Perfect 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. Review This is a gold mine of apologetic insights... 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 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 From the Back Cover 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? 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-Catholicsabout God, Jesus, Scripture, morality, Mary, history, 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. A Daily Defense is perfect reading before bed, for down time or prayer time, part of a regular routine or picked up on the go. Whatever your day is like, reading just a few minutes a day is guaranteed to equip you with the knowledge and skills you need to defend the Catholic Faith. About the Author Jimmy Akin is an internationally known author and speaker. As the senior apologist at Catholic Answers, he has more than twenty years of experiencing defending and explaining the Faith. Jimmy is a convert to the Faith and has an extensive background in the Bible, theology, the Church Fathers, philosophy, canon law, and liturgy. Jimmy is a weekly guest on the national radio program Catholic Answers Live, a regular contributor to Catholic Answers Magazine, and a popular blogger and podcaster. He is author of the best-selling books The Drama of Salvation , The Fathers Know Best , and Mass Revision , among others. His personal web site is JimmyAkin.com.