The Jimmy Akin Podcast | Episode 038 (June 16, 2025)

Protestants often argue that Catholic views prevent one from having the assurance that one is in a state of salvation—in contrast to Protestant views that allow one to be fully assured that one is in a state of grace before God.

A Reformed Baptist who recently did this is Jimmy’s friend Gavin Ortlund.

But friends can disagree, and so in this video, Jimmy looks at Gavin’s claims and shows why it’s actually Catholics who have greater assurance than their Protestant brothers do.

Timecodes
00:00 – Coming Up
00:16 – Intro
00:51 – 1 Introduction
02:22 – 2 Assurance of Salvation
03:32 – 3 A Reformation-Era Controversy
04:22 – 4 Appeal to Emotions vs. Evidence
07:04 – 5 Different Levels of Assurance?
07:51 – 6 Gavin’s Opening Statements
10:10 – 7 A Human Element
12:39 – 8 The Conditions for Mortal Sin
13:48 – 9 Anger?
16:25 – 10 Missing Mass
17:58 – 11 Getting to the General Argument
21:34 – 12 A Common Framework
23:03 – 13 Reformed Baptist Understanding
23:43 – 14 Conversion
28:43 – 15 Examination
37:08 – 16 Sin
48:56 – 17 Restoration
58:20 – 18 The End of Life
1:02:03 – 19 Assurance in Both Camps
1:11:48 –20 Conclusion
1:12:45 – Closing/Outro
1:13:38 – End

VIDEO SOURCES:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maljG9PeIis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KV3xmPo5iE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4BoIc2-P8M