Talks Offered by Our Speakers
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The Sacraments: Challenges To Them; Evidence For Them In Scripture Jim Blackburn We will hit head-on many common challenges to the Catholic faith, including non-Catholic questions about - and anti-Catholic assaults on - the sacraments: The life-giving signs of grace instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Catholic Church. We will examine evidence for the sacraments in scripture and the writings of early Christians to equip participants to charitably explain and defend these precious God-given gifts. Topics addressed include: • Why is baptism necessary? Why not just be "born again"? |
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A Biblical Theology of the Sacrament of Confession Karlo Broussard Karlo takes on the common mentality among both Catholics and Protestants alike that one does not need to confess one’s sins to a priest but can go straight to God. Using Sacred Scripture, Karlo demonstrates with great clarity both the explicit and implicit references to Jesus’ institution of the Sacrament of Confession. He establishes the biblical principle that God does not choose to relate with us apart from His human instruments but through them. |
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A Mystagogical Experience of the Sacraments Karlo Broussard Karlo brings to the fore the ancient study of mystagogy, in which he explores the biblical origins of the seven sacraments in the story of Israel and brings to light a more in depth meaning and understanding of these New Covenant observances. In such a study, Karlo exemplifies the maxim attributed to St. Augustine, “The New is concealed in the Old and the Old is revealed in the New.” |
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Sanctifying Grace: Don’t Leave Earth Without It Karlo Broussard Karlo gives a basic catechesis on the nature of sanctifying grace and how it works within the soul of man. He gives evidence from Scripture that such grace is received in the Sacrament of Baptism, nourished with the Eucharist, healed and restored in the Sacrament of Confession. Karlo also gives the biblical evidence for the reality of mortal sin, which upon committing, destroys the life of grace in the soul. Karlo concludes that the condition for entrance into the Heavenly Kingdom is sanctifying grace. |
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I Confess Tim Staples Tim demonstrates the truth of Confession in Scripture along with the truth of “mortal” and “venial” sins. Discover how this teaching of Confession is actually and surprisingly easy to present to your non-Catholic friends persuasively and biblically. |
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The Gift Of Baptism Tim Staples In this talk, Tim begins with some apologetics on baptism with regard a. How do you baptize? In what name? Is it Jesus’ name alone? Is it From there, Tim explains the gift of baptism in detailed theological terms a. In terms of the gifts and graces we receive. And: Tim then concludes his remarks with a challenge from I Peter 3:15 and baptism and confirmation that we have received, with both the “duty |

