by Karlo Broussard | Nov 25, 2024 | Articles, Philosophical Apologetics
We all know from experience that an acorn develops into an oak tree. It’s as if the mature oak shapes or molds the acorn’s growing activity, influencing the acorn to act in one way rather than some other way—say, developing into a banana tree. And the fact that an...
by Karlo Broussard | Nov 15, 2024 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
Some Protestants argue against the Catholic belief that grace is given through the sacraments, saying that this takes away from God being the giver of such grace, thereby usurping the glory and sovereignty of God. If it’s the sacraments that give grace, so they argue,...
by Karlo Broussard | Nov 1, 2024 | Articles
The Catholic practice of invoking the intercession of the saints assumes that the souls in heaven can know our interior thoughts. But for some Protestants, this is a problem, because it attributes to the saints a power that the Bible says belongs to God alone. In 2...
by Karlo Broussard | Oct 23, 2024 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
If there’s one thing Catholics and Protestants can agree on, it’s that whatever we believe can’t contradict Scripture. But some Protestants think the Catholic belief in Mary’s bodily assumption into heaven contradicts John 3:13. There, Jesus says, “No one has ascended...
by Karlo Broussard | Oct 23, 2024 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
When talking about the Catholic practice of asking the saints to pray for us, a question arises from both Catholics and Protestants: “Why seek the help of saints when we can go straight to Jesus?” Protestants often pose this question as an objection. For Catholics,...
by Karlo Broussard | Oct 16, 2024 | Articles, Sacraments
In a previous article, I defended rebirth by water baptism in John 3:3-5 against several challenges. But there are a couple of more I think are worth considering. I’ll address each in turn. For example, some Christians deny the “water” because it doesn’t fit with the...
