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Bishop Robert Barron

Join Bishop Robert Barron for a weekly podcast on faith and culture. Find more episodes at http://WordOnFireShow.com and submit your questions at http://AskBishopBarron.com.

The Word on Fire Show - Catholic Faith and Culture

At the recent USCCB meeting, Bishop Barron gave a presentation to all the American bishops in which he offered five ways to draw young people back to God. Today, we discuss each way.
 
A listener asks which books Bishop Barron would recommend to counter his biology teacher who tells him to read Bertrand Russell and Christopher Hitchens.
 Links + Book Recommendations Bishop Barron’s USCCB presentation on “Reaching Out to the Religiously Unaffiliated” • (YouTube)
 William Lane Craig vs. Christopher Hitchens debate • (YouTube)
 StrangeNotions.com “20 Arguments for God’s Existence” • by Peter Kreeft
 The Last Superstition: A Refutation of the New Atheism • by Edward Feser
 Aquinas: A Beginner’s Guide • by Edward Feser
 On Guard: Defending Your Faith with Reason and Precision • by William Lane Craig
 Answering Atheism: How to Make the Case for God with Logic and Charity • by Trent Horn
 
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WOF 209: 5 Ways to Draw Young People Back to God

How many Christmas cards and nativity scenes have you seen presenting the baby Jesus as soft and saccharine? Well, that’s not how the Bible describes him. There, Jesus is presented as a warrior king, who came with a heavenly army to battle against the dark powers of the world.
 
In this episode, excerpted from Bishop Barron’s CATHOLICISM film series, discover the real meaning of Christmas, and the extraordinary infant king at its center.
 
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WOF 211: The Warrior King of Christmas

With the new year coming up, many of us will make resolutions. Some of us will pledge to exercise more, lose weight, or pick up new habits. But what spiritual resolutions should we make for 2020? In this short episode, Bishop Barron offers three suggestions.
 
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WOF 212: Top 3 New Year’s Resolutions

In this second part of our series on the Church Fathers (listen to Part 1), Bishop Barron takes a look at some important Church Fathers from the pre-Nicene and Nicene periods, including:
 
 Justin Martyr • (100 – 165)
 Irenaeus • (130 – 202)
 Origen • (184 – 253)
 Athanasius • (292 – 373)
 Gregory of Nyssa • (335 – 395)
 
A listener asks how we can understand Purgatory and Heaven in relation to time.
 Links + Book Recommendations Websites • 
 ChurchFathers.org Church Father writings online • (New Advent)
 • 
 Church Father books mentioned • 
 Clement • (35 – 99) 
 Letter to the Corinthians • 
 Ignatius • (35 – 108) 
 Epistles of Ignatius • 
 Polycarp • (69 – 155) 
 The Martyrdom of Polycarp • 
 Justin Martyr • (100 – 165) 
 First and Second Apologies • 
 Irenaeus • (130 – 202) 
 Adversus Haereses (Against the Heresies) • 
 Origen • (184 – 253) 
 De Principiis (On First Principles) Biblical Commentaries • 
 Athanasius • (292 – 373) 
 On the Incarnation of the Word • 
 Gregory of Nyssa • (335 – 395) 
 Life of Moses • 
 John Chrysostom • (349 – 407) 
 On Wealth and Poverty On Marriage and Family Life • 
 Jerome • (347 – 420) 
 Letters • 
 Augustine • (354 – 430) 
 Confessions • (Word on Fire Classics edition)
 De Civitate Dei (The City of God) De Trinitate (On the Trinity) • 
 Gregory the Great • (540 – 604) 
 Pastoral Rule • 
 • 
 Church Father collections • 
 Early Christian Writings: The Apostolic Fathers Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture Series Faith of the Early Fathers: Three-Volume Set • by William Jurgens
 • 
 Church Father commentaries/introduction • s 
 The Fathers of the Church • by Mike Aquilina
 The Fathers (Volume 1) • by Pope Benedict XVI
 The Fathers (Volume 2) • by Pope Benedict XVI
 The Fathers Know Best: Your Essential Guide to the Teachings of the Early Church • by Jimmy Akin
 Four Witnesses: The Early Church in Her Own Words • by Rod Bennett
 When the Church Was Young • by Marcellino D’Ambrosio
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WOF 213: More Church Fathers You Should Know (Part 2 of 3)

Today, we share a sample lesson from a course inside our Word on Fire Institute on “Reaching the Different.” The course is taught by Dr. Matt Nelson and teaches how to evangelize friends and family who are apathetic about God and don't care about religion. To get the rest of the course, along with 10 other full courses and all sorts of bonuses, join the Institute at https://wordonfire.institute.

WOF 215: When People Are Indifferent About God

The hit movie 1917 vividly depicts the horrors of World War I, including its great spiritual peril. In this episode, Bishop Barron reflects on the Great War, discussing its impact on twentieth-century theology and philosophy, the Pope, and the Catholic Church’s relationship to the world.
 
A listener asks why Jesus chose to live a quiet, mostly obscure life.
 
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WOF 216: “1917,” War, and Faith

In today’s episode, Bishop Barron fields questions from people all over the world, including:
 
 • How do I evangelize in remote areas where people are simple, and can’t even read the Bible, without dumbing down the message?
 • What’s the Catholic response to worry and anxiety?
 • Was Purgatory divinely revealed or just a human invention?
 • How to evangelize young people about hot-button issues without sounding preachy and condemnatory?
 • When praying, should we always go to God with requests or can we sometimes just praise him?
 • How can God be outside the universe but still have an effect on it?
 • Can you talk about Rabbi Wolpe’s argument against the Trinity, that if God is perfect, how could there be three persons in the Trinity?
 
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WOF 217: International Q&A w/ Bishop Barron

How did Bishop Barron get drawn into the life of the mind? What are his reading and writing habits like? In this episode, he discusses the intellectual life and gives advice to aspiring intellectuals.
 
A listener asks which literature books Bishop would recommend for a Catholic high school English class.
 
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WOF 218: The Intellectual Life

Stoicism is experiencing a cultural moment, especially among Millennial techies. What is this ancient school of philosophy? Why is it experiencing a revival? And how does it compare to Christianity? Bishop Barron discusses all that and more in today's episode of the "Word on Fire Show."
 
A listener asks if the word “holy” means set apart for a particular purpose, what exactly does it mean when we say God himself is holy?
 
Links/Books
 
 The Obstacle is the Way • by Ryan Holiday
 Ego is the Enemy • by Ryan Holiday
 The Porch and the Cross • by Dr. Kevin Vost
 
 
 
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WOF 219: Stoicism and Christianity

Gnosticism was one of the earliest heresies of the Church, and it remains among the most enduring. With an emphasis on special knowledge acquired only by a small group of enlightened elites, as well as a sharp division between spirit and matter, with spiritual things being good and material things being evil, Gnosticism still thrives today everywhere from crack conspiracy theories to Hollywood movies to our culture of self-invention. Bishop Barron discusses Gnosticism and why it ultimately fails to satisfy.
 

 
A listener asks Bishop to help her understand the resurrection of the body.
 

 
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WOF 216: “1917,” War, and Faith

WOF 216: “1917,” War, and Faith

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