by Karlo Broussard | Oct 20, 2025 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
One of the most common objections Protestants raise against the Catholic doctrine of purgatory is that it seems to contradict what Jesus taught about the immediacy of heaven after death. In fact, well-known Protestant writers Norman Geisler and Ralph MacKenzie make...
by Karlo Broussard | Oct 3, 2025 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
Recently, CBS News reported on what it called “the world’s largest synchronized water baptism,” an event named Baptize America. Participants from some 650 churches nationwide gathered throughout the country for the occasion, with an estimated 30,000 people baptized in...
by Karlo Broussard | Sep 26, 2025 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
John 3:5—Jesus’ words about being “born of water and Spirit”—is one of the strongest biblical proofs for baptismal regeneration. But not everyone agrees that he’s talking about baptism here. Some Christians push back with a familiar objection: if salvation is a free...
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 | 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...
by Karlo Broussard | May 22, 2025 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
Some claim that certain passages in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, such as paragraphs 1821 and 1058, seem to support the thesis that it’s possible to believe that humans will not end up in hell. For example, paragraph 1821 reads, We can . . . hope in the glory...
