by Karlo Broussard | Aug 30, 2021 | Articles, Catholic Answers Live, Christian Apologetics
Skeptics often argue that the New Testament authors weren’t concerned with faithfully conveying a historically accurate portrait of Jesus. Rather, the argument goes, these authors cared more about using Jesus of Nazareth as a device to push their respective agendas....
by Karlo Broussard | Aug 16, 2021 | Articles, Sacraments
We as Catholics often present arguments for our beliefs without even considering the assumptions that our arguments rest on. Consider, for example, the argument for the sacrament of confession from John 20:23. Jesus tells the apostles, “If you forgive the sins of any,...
by Karlo Broussard | Aug 4, 2021 | Articles, Philosophical Apologetics
If you bring up the topic of the soul, it’s not uncommon for folks to give you a blank stare. And even if folks do have something to say about it, they often think of it as some separate thing in us that’s interacting with our body—like how a puppeteer might...
by Karlo Broussard | Jul 26, 2021 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
Some Protestants challenge the notion that Peter is the rock by appealing to the distinction that the Greek text makes between the word for Simon’s new name (Petros) and the rock (petra). For example, Protestant apologist James McCarthy argues: Why did not the Holy...
by Karlo Broussard | Jul 8, 2021 | Articles, General Ethics
There are many reasons why people detest organized religion. It might be because it leads to violence. Or perhaps they think organized religion requires blind faith. For Allen Clifton, a self-described liberal Christian and co-founder of Forward Progressives, it’s...
by Karlo Broussard | Jun 22, 2021 | Articles, Sacraments
Jesus’ Bread of Life discourse in John 6 is at the heart of the Catholic Church’s biblical justification for the Eucharist. Jesus identifies the “bread which comes down from heaven” (v. 50) as his “flesh” (v. 51) and commands both the Jews and his disciples present to...
