Answering the Protestant Challenge

Protestants often challenge Catholics: “You Catholics believe X, but the Bible Says “Y.” Apologist Karlo Broussard takes up the challenge as callers share their “Bible” objections to the Catholic Faith.

Questions Covered:

• 01:38 - Cy’s St. Patrick’s Day quiz for Karlo.
• 05:16 - Protestant friends are asking me about Purgatory, how do I explain it to them?
• 13:24 - I have a Protestant friend who has accepted an “altar call” and believes in “once saved, always saved.” Are there Biblical passages against this idea?
• 18:50 - What is the Catholic teaching on creation? Would a Catholic priest or bishop encourage going to the “new ark” encounter in Kentucky?
• 30:18 - How can Catholics claim the primacy of Peter when he says he’s just an elder?
• 32:42 - I’m preaching in jails, and people ask me how can a loving God send somebody to hell?
• 37:00 - If you hold to the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception, and if Mary had said no to the Holy Spirit, would she still have been immaculately conceived?
• 43:32 - Where is the sacramental element of the Mass in the Bible?
• 47:50 - I have a friend who is in the Salvation Army and he says Catholics don’t recognize the validity of his baptism, so how does the Catholic Church recognize him as a Christian?
• 51:01 - Ecclesiastes 9:5  says dead men know nothing. How do I respond to protestant friends who say this refutes the communion of saints and praying to saints?