Podcast | Karlo Broussard

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May 06, 2025Objections to Purgatory (Hour 1)
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Questions Covered:
05:42 – Where is “purgatory” in the Bible?
12:50 – Catholics appeal to 1 Corinthians 3:11-15 for purgatory. But Paul doesn’t say the person is tested by fire. Rather, he teaches “works” are tested by fire.
16:52 – Catholics appeal to Jesus’ teaching about the unforgivable sin not being forgiven in this age or in the age to come in Matthew 12:32. But all Jesus meant by this is that the unpardonable sin is never forgiven, as Mark’s version makes clear in 3:29.
22:10 – Does the doctrine of purgatory contradict the Bible’s teaching on the immediacy of heaven after death (“to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord”)?
29:30 – Didn’t Jesus tell the thief on the cross, “Today you will be with me in paradise”? Doesn’t that disprove purgatory?
35:40 – Doesn’t the Bible teach that there are only two eternal destinies: heaven or hell?
39:55 – Didn’t Jesus’ death on the cross fully pay for all our sins? Why would additional purification be needed?
48:34 – Isn’t the idea of purgatory a denial of justification by faith alone?
49:55 – Why would a loving God punish believers after death if they’re already saved?
56 min
May 01, 2025 Protestant Challenges to Invoking the Saints
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48 min
April 29, 2025Why Don’t You Think Catholicism Makes Sense? (Hour 2)
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uestions Covered:
04:10 – How could an all-loving God send people to Hell?
16:25 – How do I explain that we should seek more than just feeling good?
30:00 – How could Peter be the Pope of Edomites and not the Israelites?
34:50 – How can I deal with family members with same-sex orientations?
43:38 – If Mother Mary was saved from Original Sin, why would she need a Savior?
48:20 – How can I navigate the varied scripture interpretations?
56 min
April 29, 2025Why Don’t You Think Catholicism Makes Sense? (Hour 1)
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Questions Covered:
06:49 – How is kneeling before a statue not worship?
14:04 – I don’t understand the origin of Confession.
18:25 – Can you clarify about the super substantial bread in Matthew 6:11?
22:30 – Why would a Protestant not need to be Baptized again in the Catholic faith?
32:58 – If the logic of the Papacy was consistent, why don’t the other apostles have their own apostolic sees?
44:13 – I struggle with the Catholic church annulment process.
52:25 – How do Catholics justify praying to Saints?
56 min
April 24, 2025 Do Matthew and Luke Disprove Mary’s Perpetual Virginity?
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48 min
April 24, 2025 Is Confession Biblical? Debunking Protestant Comebacks to John 20:23
Episode 127: Second Sunday of Easter, Divine Mercy Sunday | Year C
In today’s episode, we focus only on the Gospel reading for this upcoming Divine Mercy Sunday, which is John 20:19-31, the famous passage where Jesus tells the apostles, “If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven. If you retain the sins of any, they are retained.” The obvious apologetical topic is the Sacrament of Confession. But for this episode, our particular focus will be on Protestant comebacks to the sacramental reading of this text.
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23 min
April 17, 2025 Do Honest Atheists Disprove God?
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April 17, 2025 Debunking Resurrection Myths: Hallucination, Conspiracy, Grave Robbery
Episode 126: Year C | Easter Sunday
In today’s episode, we focus on the readings for this upcoming Resurrection of the Lord, Year C. I’d like to focus on the details in the first reading, taken from Acts 10:34a, 37-43, and the Gospel reading, taken from John 20:1-9, that relate to alternative theories to the literal-bodily resurrection of Jesus. The theories that will come to the fore are the Conspiracy theory, the Grave Robbery theory, and the Hallucination theory. There is also a detail in the first reading that relates to the historical credibility of Luke’s reporting.
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17 min
April 16, 2025Which Catholic Doctrine Troubles You? (Hour 2)
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Questions Covered:
04:55 – What’s the basis for temporal punishment for sin? Where is it in the New Testament or Church Fathers?
14:04 – I’m getting confirmed this Saturday. Is the rapture a protestant invention?
19:15 – Why on the 2nd day of creation does God not say, “it was good”?
29:16 – I’m Protestant and I’m ready to start going to a Catholic Church. How do I go about finding a good faithful church?
41:44 – How can we have such confidence in faith as the Church defines it?
49:42 – Eternal punishment troubles me. How do we harmonize God being all good and loving when he created people knowing they will suffer forever?
56 min
April 16, 2025Which Catholic Doctrine Troubles You? (Hour 1)
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Questions Covered:
11:11 – My protestant friend is going through OCIA and has been struggling with the concept of praying to the dead. How can I help?
17:44 – Where in the bible does it say that Jesus descended into hell?
22:25 – I have an issue with Marian dogmas and the idea of her co-redemptrix.
29:21 – I would like to get a better understanding of Mary’s place. Perpetual virginity and the assumption.
40:36 – Why did Jesus say that nothing can be revealed to Peter in Matthew 16 but Nathaniel does know who Jesus is Jn 1:49?
46:10 – What’s the teaching on priestly celibacy?
51:37 – Can you clarify Vatican 2’s statement that the Old Testament is not defunct. What does that mean?
56 min