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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

Friends, at the recent FOCUS SEEK, seminarians and young people discerning their vocation asked me range of questions about calling and vocations, including:
 
 • Did Bishop Barron ever consider religious life?
 • How should we use philosophy to approach and interact with theology?
 • What should we do about a “dark night of the soul” when it comes to discernment?
 • How should one discern between dating versus pursuing a religious vocation?
 • What should women in particular look for when discerning a religious order?
 • How should one sift through fears and anxieties during discernment?
 • What is something that Bishop Barron learned as a priest, that he wish he had known as a seminarian?
 
 
 
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WOF 311: Bishop Barron Q&A on Discernment

Friends, today we continue our “Word on Fire Show” series on how to understand Genesis by discussing Abraham and Isaac. Watch and learn about these two pivotal figures in salvation history.
 
A listener asks, where can I learn more about God’s non-competitive transcendence?
 Links Fear and Trembling • by Soren Kierkegaard
 Against Heresies • by St. Irenaeus
 The God of Faith and Reason: Foundations of Christian Theology • by Robert Sokolowski
 
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WOF 312: Understanding Genesis: Abraham and Isaac

In a recent talk, Bishop Barron presented on the importance of not dumbing down the faith as we engage in religious education. Young people enjoy asking about and discussing the big questions, from God’s existence, to how to be a good and moral person, to the problem of suffering. A disconnect takes place when we meet these intellectual questions with watered-down catechesis. Instead, we must remember the central teachings of Christianity. We must present the fullness of truth, the reality of the Incarnation, and the good news of grace.
 
 
 
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WOF 313: Not Dumbing Down the Faith

Bishop Barron takes several questions from non-Catholics, including:
 
 • How does the Catholic Church think about 
sola Scriptura • and Bible interpretation?
 • Since we can’t know beyond a reasonable doubt that Christianity is true, why should I become a Christian?
 • Any tips for a Protestant transitioning to Catholicism?
 • Why are some sins considered mortal?
 • Is there a realistic possibility of reuniting the Christian churches, and if not, what are the major stumbling blocks?
 • What is the role of saints? Why aren't they considered to be idols?
 • What is the Catholic view of the apocrypha (deuterocanonical books)?
 • What about apparent contradictions in the Bible? Does this undermine the Bible’s inerrancy?
 
 
 
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WOF 314: Non-Catholic Q&A w/ Bishop Barron

During the past five decades, the Second Vatican Council has been alternately celebrated or maligned for its supposed break with tradition and embrace of the modern world.
 
But what if we’ve gotten it all wrong?
 
Have Catholics—both those who embrace the spirit of Vatican II and those who regard it with suspicion—misunderstood what the council was really about?
 
Fr. Blake Britton discovered the truth and beauty of the council while he was in seminary and he has witnessed firsthand the power of its teachings in the life of his own parish.
 
In his new book, Reclaiming Vatican II: What It (Really) Said, What It Means, and How It Calls Us to Renew the Church, Britton presses beyond the political narrative foisted upon the post-conciliar Church and contends that Vatican II was neither conservative nor liberal, but something much more beautiful and challenging.
 
Today, Word on Fire Institute Fellow Robert Mixa sits down with Fr. Britton to discuss how Catholics can reclaim the teaching of Vatican II and embrace it as one of our greatest resources for being in the Church in a way that is faithful, engaged, and effective if we answer its radical call to worship and renewal.
 Links Reclaiming Vatican II book - • 
https://wordonfire.org/reclaim 
 
 
 
 
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WOF 315: Reclaiming Vatican II

Friends, today we continue our "Word on Fire Show" series on how to understand Genesis by focusing on Jacob, the son of Isaac and a patriarch of the ancient Jews.
 
How should we understand his early struggle with Esau, the famous "Jacob's ladder," and his mysterious wrestling match and name change? That's what we discuss today.
 

 
A listener asks, why is it that we just got this information from God, from the Bible, only 2,000 years ago? What happened to all those people who lived before the Bible?
 Links Word on Fire Institute 

 
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WOF 316: Understanding Genesis: Jacob

Today we share a sample from our new Word on Fire Institute course titled "Faith, Science, and Sin" taught by Dr. Christopher Baglow.
 
Dr. Baglow considers the mysteries of the Catholic faith in dialogue with scientific discoveries, allowing us to avoid the shallowness that John Paul II says debases the Gospel and leaves us ashamed before history.
 
This course introduces us to some of the richest insights of the Catholic intellectual tradition. We confront the problem of evil amidst God’s good creation and consider these fundamental questions: What makes being human so special? How might modern science become a stepping-stone rather than a stumbling block to understanding what we believe?
 Links Join the Word on Fire Institute! 
 
 
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WOF 317: Faith, Science, and Sin

Today we share Lesson 1 from Bishop Barron's latest Word on Fire Institute course titled "Dante's Catholic Imagination." Listen as Bishop Barron leads us on a journey through the life of Dante and his major work, The Divine Comedy, the great literary treasure dedicated to the dynamics of the Christian spiritual life.
 
 
 
In this first lesson from the course, Bishop Barron introduces us to Dante Alighieri, the thirteenth-century Italian poet who authored the epic poem. This seminal work captures the Catholic imagination of the dynamic afterlife in three distinct sections: Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso.
 
 
 
Join the Word on Fire Institute today to get access to the rest of this great course!
 
 
 
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WOF 319: Dante’s Catholic Imagination

Friends, the long-awaited Word on Fire Bible, Volume II (Acts, Letters, and Revelation) is now available! Today, we give you a peek inside. Brandon Vogt and I discuss what’s new about this volume and why it’s even better than Volume I.
 
A listener asks, if God is full of love, does God love the devil?
 
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 Links Word on Fire Bible, Volume II (Acts, Letters, and Revelation)

WOF 320: Volume II of the Bible is Here!

Friends, today we share a sample lesson from a new Word on Fire Institute course titled “Evangelizing the Open-Minded.” In this course, Dr. Matthew Nelson explains how to engage people who are confident in their nonbelief but willing to seriously consider reasons for believing in Christianity.
 
 
 
Get the rest of the lessons by joining the Word on Fire Institute at https://wordonfire.institute.
 
 
 
 
 
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WOF 311: Bishop Barron Q&A on Discernment

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