by Karlo Broussard | Sep 1, 2025 | Articles, Christian Apologetics
One of the challenges often raised against the Christian faith is that the gospel portrait of Jesus looks too much like the “mythic hero” archetype. The claim is simple: Since Jesus’ story resembles the recurring pattern of legendary heroes from world mythology, it...
by Karlo Broussard | Jul 31, 2025 | Articles
For many, the mercy of God seems incompatible with the doctrine of hell. If God is all-merciful, then wouldn’t he have mercy on the damned and give them the grace they need to repent? Although the damned wouldn’t be able to reorient their wills to God naturally, given...
by Karlo Broussard | Jul 29, 2025 | Articles
There’s no shortage of critiques Protestants offer when it comes to the Catholic idea of Sacred Tradition. One of the more common ones goes like this: We can’t know what’s in Sacred Tradition the way we can know what’s in Scripture. Protestant scholar Robert Godfrey...
by Karlo Broussard | Jul 9, 2025 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
If I asked you, “What role does the epistle of James play in apologetics?”, you’d probably say something like, “Isn’t that the book people bring up when Catholics and Protestants debate faith and works?” And you’d be right—but there’s actually more to it than that....
by Karlo Broussard | Jul 2, 2025 | Articles, Philosophical Apologetics
Atheists often point to science—especially evolution—as a way to explain the world without needing God. One famous voice to make this case is Christopher Hitchens. In his 2009 debate with William Lane Craig, Hitchens opined, It’s not very much contested any more that...
by Karlo Broussard | Jun 24, 2025 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
The Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) teaches that at the Last Judgment, “the truth of each man’s relationship with God will be laid bare” (1039). This means that the blessed in heaven will know which of their loved ones are in hell. This seems to cause a...
