Prepare the Way: Overcoming Obstacles to God, the Gospel, and the Church - Softcover

Karlo Broussard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 168357074X ISBN 13: 9781683570745

Publisher: Catholic Answers Press, 2018

Synopsis

Sharing the gospel with family and friends (or a stranger on the computer screen) can be challenging enough. When they won't even hear you out, because of all the mental roadblocks they've built up, it's even harder. In Prepare the Way, Karlo Broussard helps you tackle that essential first step to apologetics and evangelization: getting people to listen with an open mind. So many in our culture today are trapped behind mental, moral, and personal obstacles that prevent them from even glimpsing Godor considering the claims of Christ and the Church. They may be earnestly seeking truth but infected with relativism. They may be otherwise open to the Good News but think that Christianity is only for people who reject science and hate women. Even our best witness can bounce right off folks like these if we don't prepare the way first, breaking down the barriers and leaving minds and souls free to encounter the truth. So Karlo gives you not just evidence and arguments but step-by step strategies, based on asking the right questions, that you can use along with prayer and gentle charity to help them overcome their obstacles and make a straight path for the Lord.

About this title

About the Author

Karlo Broussard is a staff apologist and speaker for Catholic Answers. He travels the country giving talks on apologetics, biblical studies, theology, and philosophy, and is a regular guest on the radio program Catholic Answers Live. A native of Southern Louisiana, Karlo now resides in Southern California with his wife and five children. View Karlos's videos at KarloBroussard.com.

Review

I love this book ! Most of us know what it's like to share the Faith with skeptical friends and family but make no headway. We've all been there. But why? Because they were unprepared to receive it. Something blocked the reception. First, we needed to clear away barriers on the path. Karlo Broussard is a master at this, and his book will show you how to be one too. --Brandon Vogt, Author- Founder of ClaritasU

Karlo Broussard's Prepare the Way masterfully answers objections and goes beyond the philosophical and theological; he directly deals with miserable social experience with the Church: the abuse crisis, alleged hatred of certain groups, boring rituals, etc. Further, this is not just for Catholics. Non-Catholic Christians will be edified and strengthened by his general defense of theism as well as overcome their common misunderstandings about the Church. This is a necessary part of any apologist's or evangelist's library. --Al Kresta-Host of Kresta in the Afternoon , Pres. Ave Maria Radio

Many Catholics are confronted by friends and colleagues with objections not only to the Catholic Church and its moral positions, but also to belief in God and Jesus. Karlo Broussard has prepared a handbook of strategies from contemporary and traditional sources for responding to 34 of the most frequently posed challenges to faith. In these clearly articulated, well-argued strategies, Broussard gives incisive responses that help Catholics to substantiate their own faith while preparing them to give reasonable and responsible answers to many authentic and sophistical objections to it. A valuable resource! --Fr. Robert J. Spitzer, S.J., Ph.D., President, Magis Center of Reason and Faith

Edition details

• Publisher: Catholic Answers Press
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 168357074X
• ISBN 13: 9781683570745
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 360