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The Word on Fire Show - Catholic Faith and Culture

WOF 049: Listener Q&A with Bishop Barron

The Word on Fire Show - Catholic Faith and Culture

Brandon Vogt

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 5.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2016

⏱️ 29 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

Normally, in each episode we take one listener question. But we've received such a large number of outstanding questions from around the globe that we've decided to devote another episode to answering a range of questions from listeners like you. Bishop Barron answers several questions, rapid fire, on many different topics.

Topics Discussed

  • 0:24  - Intro: Bishop Barron talks about the PBS premier of Pivotal Players
  • 3:00 - If goodness is just part of God's nature, why are we under any obligation to make ourselves into good human beings?
  • 6:11 - What is the Catholic way of dating?
  • 8:35 - What is the difference between hope and wishful thinking?
  • 12:19 - How do you explain Old Testament animal sacrifice to vegans?
  • 15:10 - Is evil really just an absence of good or a force of its own, opposing the Kingdom of God?
  • 19:45 - How do we reconcile centuries old philosophy with modern science?
  • 23:35 - Why do we focus so much on interpreting the Greek words in scripture when anything Jesus spoke was in Aramaic?
  • 26:30 - How does a new parent, busy parent find time to deepen her prayer life?

Bonus Resources

Find bonus links and resources for this episode at http://WordOnFireShow.com and, again, be sure to submit your questions at http://AskBishopBarron.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome back to the Word on Fire show where we proclaim Christ to the culture.

0:07.4

I'm Brandon Vot, the content director at Word on Fire, and joining us this week is Bishop

0:12.2

Robert Barron.

0:13.2

Bishop Barron, we are always glad to have you.

0:15.4

Hey Brandon, great to be with you.

0:17.8

Hey, just recently, the pivotal players, your new film series, has been taking off.

0:22.4

And just recently, you hosted the Chicago premiere down at WTTW, which is the local PBS

0:29.6

affiliate, the national broadcast affiliate there in Chicago.

0:33.1

Tell us a little bit about that.

0:34.3

I mean, I have to imagine going back to Chicago to premiere this was something special

0:38.2

for you.

0:39.2

It was.

0:40.2

I was home for a number of reasons.

0:42.2

And while I was there, it's the Cubs clinched the pennant in the national league.

0:46.2

So that was, boy, I spent an entire lifetime rooting for the Cubs.

0:49.6

So it was wonderful to be there for that.

0:52.0

And then WTTW, I've been watching all my life.

0:56.9

And to be at the stage, I think it was one of the stages where they have the soundstage.

1:02.6

We're a lot of these famous musicians who played, including my hero, Bob Dylan.

1:07.6

And before the show, Dan Solz, who's the program director there, said, oh, here's the room

1:14.0

where Bob Dylan took a nap, like just before the show that he played many, many years ago.

1:19.2

Anyway, it was fun going back there.

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