by Karlo Broussard | Jul 21, 2026 | Articles, Christian Apologetics
central characteristic of the Gospel portrait of Jesus is that he is a healer. For instance, the Gospel stories focus on Jesus healing paralytics. But are these accounts worthy of belief? Should we take them as history or legend? Let’s take a look. There are two...
by Karlo Broussard | May 15, 2026 | Articles, Christian Apologetics
Many skeptics dismiss the Gospels’ historicity because of their preconceived bias against miracles. “Those stories must be made up—or at least legendary,” so it’s said, “since they include miracles, and miracles are impossible.” What should we say in response? First,...
by Karlo Broussard | Mar 18, 2026 | Articles, Christian Apologetics
The Gospels tell us that Jesus performed all kinds of miracles. But one category really stands out: healing the blind. Jesus’ healings of the blind aren’t just a random miracle category. In the Jewish worldview, the blind receiving sight was a sign of the Messianic...
by Karlo Broussard | Nov 11, 2025 | Articles, Christian Apologetics
For many, the Gospel portrait of Jesus as a miracle worker smacks of legend. Raising the dead, healing the blind, making the deaf hear—these don’t seem like the stuff of history. But the Gospel narratives themselves include clues that point in a different direction....
by Karlo Broussard | Oct 9, 2025 | Articles, Christian Apologetics
One of the most common reasons skeptics doubt the Gospels is that they present Jesus as a miracle-worker. After all, the logic goes, if a story contains supernatural elements, then it must be legendary. This assumption drives much of the skepticism surrounding the...
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...
