by Karlo Broussard | Oct 22, 2021 | Articles, Sacraments
In a previous article, we said Catholics often present arguments for our beliefs without considering the assumptions our arguments rest on. Today’s example concerns John 6:53-58, which Catholics use to argue for Catholic theology on the Eucharist by assuming that...
by Karlo Broussard | Oct 7, 2021 | Articles, Christian Apologetics
It often happens there exist obstacles that block people from even beginning to take seriously the God question. Several of these obstacles have to do with a disposition to be hostile to or skeptical of religion in general. We’ve already looked at a few in previous...
by Karlo Broussard | Sep 28, 2021 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
We as Catholics often take great pride in what we believe—rightly so, since it is the truth. But that pride sometimes can be challenged when we dabble a bit in theology, reflecting further upon those beliefs only to discover that some of them seemingly conflict with...
by Karlo Broussard | Aug 30, 2021 | Articles, 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...
