by Karlo Broussard | Jul 10, 2018 | Articles, Christian Apologetics
In our quest to discover whether Jesus is Emmanuel (God with us), it is necessary that we concern ourselves with Jesus’ miracles. For if Jesus performed miracles, then we have good reason to believe that Jesus is who he says he is: the exclusive son of the Father...
by Karlo Broussard | Jun 26, 2018 | Articles, Philosophical Apologetics
In “Is the Only Real Knowledge Scientific Knowledge?” I argued that scientism—the belief that science is the only source for real and objective knowledge—is a self-referentially incoherent belief. It’s not empirically verifiable or quantifiably measurable, and thus is...
by Karlo Broussard | Jun 11, 2018 | Articles, Sacraments
Some Christians, especially those who call themselves “non-denominational,” criticize Catholicism for its rituals, especially those of the Mass. They may argue that such ritualized forms of worship were only for the Old Covenant. Since we’re in the New Covenant, we...
by Karlo Broussard | May 29, 2018 | Articles, Sacraments
“Are you born again?” Protestants love to ask Catholics this question. Some Catholics fumble their words, not knowing how to respond. But those who study apologetics know to answer with a resounding “Yes,” since Jesus teaches that to be baptized is to be born again:...
by Karlo Broussard | May 18, 2018 | Articles, Philosophical Apologetics
In “A God-Bathed World” we saw that there exists at least one efficient cause of which essence and existence are identical. We called this ipsum esse subsistens—subsistent being itself. Such a being we also call God. But your atheist friend may counter that we still...
by Karlo Broussard | Apr 30, 2018 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
Catholics often appeal to 1 Corinthians 3:11-15 to support the Catholic dogma of purgatory: For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if any one builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay,...
