Podcast | Karlo Broussard

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July 17, 2025 Jesus: Firstborn or Creator? / Love, Salvation, and the Good Samaritan
Episode 139: 16th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C
In today’s episode, we focus on details from each of the readings for this upcoming 16th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C. The first two details come from the first reading, which is taken from Genesis 18:1-10a. One detail pertains to discussions about the Incarnation of God and the other pertains to discussions about the use of phenomenological language, which helps us in discussions about things like the Eucharist and the nature of the afterlife for a departed soul. The detail from the second reading, which comes from Colossians 1:24-28 relates to the topic of indulgences, and even more specifically the application of satisfactory works to others. Finally, the detail from the Gospel reading, which is taken from Luke 10:38-42, isn’t necessarily a detail that’s related to an apologetical topic but it does provide us some spiritual counsel for doing apologetics.
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July 14, 2025What’s Your Protestant Challenge? (Hour 2)
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Questions Covered:
02:05 – I’m LDS. How do you justify including the apocrypha in the canon?
05:45 – How does the Church justify mixing the faith with foreign cultures?
11:40 – What is your view on the authorship of Acts of the Apostles? Act 2:1-11 What was the atmosphere in the room on Pentecost?
17:43 – How do I explain to a Protestant why they can’t receive communion in a Catholic Church?
23:33 – How do you really know God is real?
32:47 – how do protestants ignore the obvious verse in the New Testament where Jesus says Peter is the rock?
37:10 – When a non-Catholic attends mass, can the person receive a blessing?
44:25 – What exactly happens at a consecration? When the priest consecrates the host, what do believe is the range for consecration? Can the host be across the room for it to be validly consecrated?
50:02 – How do I learn to properly read the Bible?
56 min
July 14, 2025What’s Your Protestant Challenge? (Hour 1)
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Questions Covered:
17:06 – How do we know we have the authority to apply the merits of the saint in indulgences?
22:47 – I have a lot of protestant family. How do I respond to the valid critiques when it comes to Church scandals?
29:07 – What did our Lord mean when he said It is finished on the cross?
37:10 – Why do Catholics bow to statues since Exodus condemns it?
46:35 – If God gave Mary a special grace in which she still has free will but will always choose Him, why doesn’t God give us that same grace?
56 min
July 10, 2025 Was Jesus a Created Being? And Can Love Justify Us?
Episode 138: 15th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C
In today’s episode, we focus on three details significant for apologetics in the second reading and Gospel reading for this upcoming 15th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C. The detail from the second reading, which is taken from Colossians 1:15-20, relates to discussions surrounding Jesus’ divinity, especially conversations with Jehovah Witnesses. The other two details found in the Gospel reading, which is the parable of the Good Samaritan found in Luke 10:15-27, relate to the relation between works of love and our justification/salvation.
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July 08, 2025Which Catholic Doctrine Troubles You? (Hour 2)
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Questions Covered:
03:04 – If we can’t control how people see us, how is it then that we can be culpable for the sin of scandal?
11:50 – Does the lack of understanding of a mortal sin mitigate something being a mortal sin? For example, if a person views pornography but doesn’t believe it’s a mortal sin, is it still a mortal sin?
21:02 – How does the pope calling the crusades and saying going on a crusade forgives sins, fall into the doctrine of the papacy?
29:23 – Can you explain how Muslims worship the same God even with an incomplete understanding of him?
37:04 – I’m not Catholic. I was shocked to hear that Catholics believe that the biblical story of the flood is allegorical. Is this true?
45:48 – Are we obligated to forgive those who have not repented of sinning against us?
50:34 – Why does a person who wants to be baptized have to wait until going through class up until Easter?
56 min
July 08, 2025Which Catholic Doctrine Troubles You? (Hour 1)
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Questions Covered:
16:42 – I’m Orthodox and don’t believe that purgatory is a belief of the first century. What evidence do Catholics provide for it?
28:15 – Can I come up with my own mysteries of the rosary to meditate on?
34:44 – I feel the current criteria for mortal sin is not properly fleshed out to what they actually mean. How can one actually know what these 3 criteria actually constitute?
48:22 – The Filioque troubles me. How is it that a previous pope saw it problematic, yet a later pope included it?
52:47 – Can you clarify how there is salvation outside the Church?
56 min
July 03, 2025 More Alleged Problems with Hell
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48 min
July 03, 2025 Crucifixes, Justification, and Jesus the New Moses
Episode 137: Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)
In today’s episode, we look at five details in the Mass readings for this upcoming 14th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C. The first two come from the second reading, taken from Galatians 6:14-18. The relevant topics are the Catholic practice of having crucifixes and the nature of justification. The other three details are found in the Gospel reading, which is taken from Luke 10:1-12, 17-20. The relevant topics are the historicity of the Gospel portrait of Jesus as an exorcist, the relation of Satan’s binding and the millennial reign of Christ in the Book of Revelation, and Jesus as the New Moses.
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16 min
July 01, 2025The Whys of Catholic Belief (Hour 1)
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Questions Covered:
19:15 – Where in the Bible is the idea of Mary’s sinlessness found?
24:20 – What is the distinction between the Church’s prohibition on scattering cremated ashes and the distribution of saints’ relics?
33:20 – Why do Catholics believe in the Assumption of Mary?
44:41 – How can one restore hope and faith when doubting the efficacy of prayer?
51:22 – How can Catholics explain the term “Catholic” being Biblical when the word itself is not in the Bible?
56 min
June 26, 2025 Can We Trust the Gospels?
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48 min