Welcome back to the Word on Fire Show. I'm Brandon Vat, the host and the content director at

Word on Fire. Today we are with Bishop Robert Barron. Bishop Barron you are in Philadelphia aren't you welcome.

I'm in Philadelphia Brandon and we're on the same coast for once you know.

Usually when you and I talk we're all the way across the country but at least I'm a little closer to you now.

And what are you there for?

I'm here for the Cardinal Foley lecture which is a lecture at St Charles Borayo Seminary in Philadelphia.

I was invited a long time ago by Bishop Tim Sr. who is the rector there and also an auxiliary

bishop in Philly.

And then Archbishop Shapu of course the archbishop here

Put some pressure on me to come and give this talk which I'm happy to do but it meant you know is flying across the country which is always a little bit trying.

I know you kind of have come down with a cold there haven't you?

Yeah, maybe you hear it.

I've got a little cough drop in my mouth too, you might hear it clicking around because,

yeah, I came down with something a couple days ago and I was really sick.

But I'm feeling much better now by just still all congested, you know.

I want to make sure my voice hangs in there until it's tonight.

Well, we're planning to live stream the talk tonight, so by the time this episode of the

podcast goes live, the event will be in the past, but you can watch the recap of this talk.

So we'll make sure to have a link here on the

podcast episode. Today though we're going to be discussing a recent event that was

long hyped, long anticipated. It was a dialogue between you and William Lang Craig. Craig

is one of the most popular Protestant apologists and debaters. He's probably best known for traveling the country, visiting

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