Talks Offered by Our Speakers


The Bible & the New Testament Priesthood
Karlo Broussard

By looking at both the Old and New Testaments, Karlo responds to the common objection that denies the existence of a ministerial priesthood in the New Testament Church.  He gives the biblical evidence that Jesus, in continuity with the economy of salvation, establishes a hierarchical priesthood among the New People of God.  Karlo gives reasons how a priest who intercedes on behalf of God’s People in no way takes away from the unique mediation of Jesus Christ. 

The Ministerial Priesthood - Demonstrating What A Priest Is By What A Priest Does
Tim Staples

Tim demonstrates the truth of a ministerial priesthood in the New Testament by showing how the NT’s ministers are demonstrated to function in a priestly manner. “If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck…”

Priestesslessness: Why Only Boys Can Be Daddies
Patrick Coffin

The women’s priesthood movement is not going away any time soon, even though the Church has definitively spoken on this issue.  Learn how to charitably and clearly explain the anthropological and historical reasons why Jesus’ choice of 12 males is forever normative for the priesthood, and why it’s not about unjust discrimination of persons, but about complementarity of roles.