The Jimmy Akin Podcast | Episode 102 (September 21, 2026)

Gavin Ortlund says the Protestant position is “pray to God alone.” Jimmy Akin shows that’s not the full story—and that Scripture never forbids asking the saints to intercede.

Jimmy walks through Luther’s own Hail Mary, Anglican and Lutheran practice, Pew data on after-death contact, Revelation’s heavenly intercessors, Hippolytus in A.D. 204, and why an argument from silence collapses. He distinguishes “divine prayer” from simply asking fellow Christians—living or departed—to pray for you.

Clear, sourced, and fair: where Gavin is right and where the case falls apart.

Timecodes
00:00 – Coming Up
00:18 – Intro
00:42 – 1 Introduction
01:22 – 2 “The” Protestant Position
12:24 – 3 What Do We Mean by “Prayer”?
19:58 – 4 Gavin’s Main Argument
25:03 – 5 Supporting Gavin’s Second Premise
32:04 – 6 The Argument from Silence Fallacy
33:46 – 7 “No Evidence”?
36:06 – 8 The Evidence of Revelation
44:10 – 9 “Necessary” Inference
56:30 – 10 A Historical Objection?
1:03:36 – 11 The Late Third Century?
1:20:21 – 12 Asking the Living For Intercession
1:25:03 – 13 “It Looks Different”
1:35:56 – 14 Conclusion
1:40:53 – Closing/Outro
1:41:56 – End