by Karlo Broussard | Dec 22, 2023 | Audio, Catholic Answers Live, Catholic Answers Live Video, Podcast, Video
HOUR 2 of 2: Audio Download Questions Covered: 03:49 – How can the Church have different rites and different forms of liturgy if the Mass is so important? 14:35 – How can I answer someone who says we’re idolaters for having statues? 21:21 – I don’t...
by Karlo Broussard | Dec 19, 2023 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
Typically, Protestants who believe in the “once saved always saved” doctrine also believe we can “know” we have eternal life. And the knowledge here is taken to be knowledge with absolute certainty, i.e., having no possibility of error—as opposed to knowledge with...
by Karlo Broussard | Nov 23, 2023 | Audio, Podcast, Sunday Catholic Word
Episode 53: Year A – Solemnity of Christ the King In this episode of the Sunday Catholic Word, we end our apologetical reflections for Year A of the Sunday Mass readings with the Gospel reading for the Solemnity of Christ the King, taken from Matthew 25:31-46. We...
by Karlo Broussard | Nov 16, 2023 | Audio, Podcast, Sunday Catholic Word
Episode 52: Year A – 33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time In this episode of the Sunday Catholic Word, we focus on the Gospel reading alone, which is taken from Matthew 25:14-30. There are two details that relate to the apologetical topics of good works (and their relation to...
by Karlo Broussard | Oct 25, 2023 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
A student of mine recently was troubled by a challenge that a Protestant pastor posed to him and a group of teenagers. The pastor claimed that the denial of the “once saved always saved” doctrine—that’s to say, the Catholic belief that it’s possible to lose your...