#086 Can Christians Believe in Ghosts? - Jimmy Akin

About this episode

Jimmy Akin critiques Gavin Ortlund’s video about ghosts and related topics using various forms of evidence.

In this episode, Jimmy Akin critiques Gavin Ortlund’s video with biblical, historical, and real-world evidence about ghosts, purgatory, apparitions, and after-death communications.

People in this episode

Host: Jimmy Akin

Topics covered

• ghosts
• purgatory
• apparitions
• after-death communications
• Christian beliefs
• biblical evidence

Keywords

• ghosts
• Christianity
• purgatory
• apparitions
• after-death communications
• biblical evidence
• historical evidence

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