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...
by Karlo Broussard | Apr 8, 2020 | Articles, Christian Apologetics
The narratives of Jesus’ passion and death are among the most sacred elements of Scripture for Christians. For skeptics, however, they’re often used as a punching bag. The claim is that they’re historically unreliable because the Gospels supposedly contradict...
by Karlo Broussard | Apr 8, 2020 | Articles, Christian Apologetics
Every year during Holy Week, Christians focus on those last and most important moments of Jesus’s life: his passion and death. But for some, these gospel narratives aren’t historically reliable because they apparently contradict each other in certain places. We’re...
by Karlo Broussard | Apr 3, 2020 | Articles, Christian Apologetics
Whenever we’re faced with suffering and death in our lives, especially as we see the suffering and death caused by Covid-19, we can’t help but ask, “Was this how God intended it to be?” We struggle with the idea that God would have willed such suffering and death from...
