by Karlo Broussard | Jul 28, 2020 | Articles, Philosophical Apologetics
St. Thomas Aquinas is famous for seeing the most mundane things in our human experience as starting points for reasoning to God’s existence. For example, in the first of his famous “Five Ways” he starts with motion (Summa Theologiae I:2:3). In the second, he starts...
by Karlo Broussard | Jul 13, 2020 | Articles, Sexual Ethics
There’s yet another uproar over Catholics opposing the celebration of same-sex sexual activity. Recently, Fr. Andre Metrejean, pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Erath, Louisiana, criticized the New Orleans Saints for their decision to light up their...
by Karlo Broussard | Jun 29, 2020 | Articles, Sexual Ethics
The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches that the desire to be sexually involved with a member of the same sex is “objectively disordered” (2358). But for some, them’s fightin’ words. Take Fr. James Martin, S.J., for example. In a 2017 interview with columnist...
by Karlo Broussard | May 21, 2020 | Articles, Sacraments
Often, Acts 2:38 is a go-to passage for Christians who want to give biblical support for the belief that baptism is more than a symbol. The verse reads: And Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness...
by Karlo Broussard | May 18, 2020 | Articles, Philosophical Apologetics
John Calvin is famous for teaching that God doesn’t just permit moral evil, but he positively directs sinners to sin. Of “wicked” and “obstinate” men, Calvin claimed that [God] bends them to execute his judgments, just as if they carried their orders engraven on their...
by Karlo Broussard | May 3, 2020 | Articles, Christian Apologetics
In a previous article, I argued that John’s phrase “the day of preparation of Passover” (John 18:28) doesn’t refer to the day on which Jews prepare for Passover, but the Friday of Passover week. This resolves what some have said is a contradiction between John and the...
