by Karlo Broussard | Oct 5, 2016 | Articles, Christian Apologetics
In a recent article posted at the Catholic Answers blog, I showed why the hallucination and vision theories fail as explanations of Jesus’ resurrection. One of the arguments I gave is the empty tomb argument: if the apostles were hallucinating or only having a vision...
by Karlo Broussard | Sep 27, 2016 | Articles, Christian Apologetics
Suppose your ninety-year-old grandmother tells you she sees leprechauns dancing in the butter dish in the cafeteria at her assisted living home. Would you think her perception conforms to objective reality? Or would you think she’s hallucinating? My guess is the...
by Karlo Broussard | Sep 13, 2016 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
St. John’s letters are numbered among the New Testament epistles commonly referred to as the Catholic epistles. But it would seem that his first letter, in particular, is far from Catholic. For example, he seems to teach the Protestant doctrine of the inner testimony...
by Karlo Broussard | Sep 6, 2016 | Articles, General Ethics
Are you tired of being charged with intolerance? I know I am. Anyone who believes in absolute truth has felt the sting of this charge. “We should accept everyone’s opinions as equally valid,” say the relativist. “Since you absolutists don’t, you’re intolerant.” Let’s...
by Karlo Broussard | Aug 19, 2016 | Articles, General
Catholics claim Christ constituted his church as a visible society with a hierarchical structure. And as Dominus Iesusteaches, this society “subsists in the Catholic Church, governed by the successor of Peter and by the bishops in communion with him” (16). Catholics...
by Karlo Broussard | Aug 16, 2016 | Articles, Philosophical Apologetics
That God demands man—indeed, created man—to worship him is a fact. He desires the praise and worship of every man and woman without exception. What does this tell us about God’s character? Is his demand and desire for worship unreasonable? An article at the Richard...
