False Selves, Church Fathers, and the Lies We Believe
Catching Foxes
Luke and Gomer
4.7 • 778 Ratings
🗓️ 8 May 2020
⏱️ 99 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we discuss the fakeness of acting and why the Church Fathers hated it and how that applies to our lives. Then we take fun and thoughtful listener questions from our Facebook Live video and answer them relatively briefly, for a change.
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- Should We Stop Method Acting? - Nostalgia Critic - YouTube — Should We Stop Method Acting? - Nostalgia Critic
- We Need To Talk About Method Acting | Behind The Screen Podcast - YouTube — We Need To Talk About Method Acting | Behind The Screen Podcast
- The Celebrity Pastor Era Has To Die // Francis Chan // Pre Send Rally - YouTube — Francis shares how we need to be a people that comes to an event or gathering to hear from God rather than the celebrity pastor.
- Called out of Corruption and into Christ (Sunday Homily from May 3, 2020) - YouTube — "The same God that raised Jesus from the dead, the same God who filled the apostles, is still at work in the world."
- Cal Newport - on Deep Work - YouTube — Cal Newport author of Deep Work talks about how to concentrate intently on cognitively demanding tasks without distractions. Cal explains how we can use different methods to develop this deep work skill in order to become our most productive selves.
- Matthew Crawford on Attention as a Cultural Problem and the Possibility of Education - YouTube — What is education in an age of distraction? How can we better develop the powers of attention necessary for deep formation when so many challenges exist? Distraction is a rampant cultural problem, perhaps even more than it is an individual temptation. Join us for a First Things lecture and conversation with Dr. Matthew Crawford on rethinking the challenges to education and the economics of attention.
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| 0:00.0 | It's great to be a celebrity in actor's life for me. You sleep till after two, you promenade a big cigar, you tour the world in a private car, you dine on chicken and caviar, an actor's life for me. So it's all this idea of wealth and public exposure and zero attention whatsoever to anything regarding responsibility or discipline or learning. And so it's a dual attraction, right? You get everything you want and you don't have to do anything. Jeez, what a deal. And so that's what the actor represents. It's a liar fundamentally. It's someone who's acting out a deception. They're a persona in the union sense. So the persona is the mask you wear in public that you might even |
| 0:40.6 | think you are, but you're not. |
| 0:49.4 | Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, episode number 242 of Catching Foxes. False selves, church fathers, and the lies we believe. |
| 0:57.1 | In this episode, we have two sponsors, |
| 0:59.3 | faithful at counseling.com slash foxes and our friends over at policygenius.com. |
| 1:04.9 | Also, if you'd like to become a Patreon supporter, head on over to patreon.com slash CF. |
| 1:10.4 | Luke mentions it later in the show, but I think you knew that. |
| 1:13.4 | Enjoy. |
| 1:17.6 | If you see something, say something. |
| 1:20.8 | Because you started without me. |
| 1:23.3 | I didn't start without you. |
| 1:24.1 | Pumpkin pie haircuted freak. |
| 1:29.1 | I almost spit out my crook and marker, |
| 1:32.4 | Blackberry lime drink. |
| 1:35.4 | Sick bastard. |
| 1:37.0 | Tick-tack, sir? |
| 1:39.5 | So, Luke, what's our topic today? |
| 1:41.2 | Good the hell out. |
| 1:42.0 | Oh, I got nothing. |
| 1:42.9 | I got absolutely nothing. |
| 1:44.0 | I have something that I thought was fascinating. |
| 1:45.7 | I'm a broken, bitter, bitter man. |
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