| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to the Word on Fire show. I'm your host, Matthew Petrusick. Thank you for joining us. |
| 0:12.5 | Today we bring you the first half of a conversation between Bishop Barron and biblical scholar N.T. Wright, |
| 0:18.3 | which took place earlier this year at Word on Fire's recent evangelization |
| 0:22.2 | and culture conference in London. At the conference, which centered around the Bible, the two men |
| 0:27.5 | discussed approaching the Bible as a bigger story, one that is holistic, hopeful, and invitational. |
| 0:33.6 | Enjoy. |
| 0:37.2 | I'm Justin Briarley. I'm Justin Briley. |
| 0:39.3 | I'm a host of several podcasts, including one called The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God, |
| 0:45.9 | which is also a book. |
| 0:47.5 | And I'm glad to say that I've had opportunity over the years to do many interactions, |
| 0:52.2 | both with our guest today, Entie Wright, and Bishop Barron. So I'm really |
| 0:57.1 | looking forward to this dialogue because I think this is the first time, gentlemen, that you've |
| 1:01.0 | actually sort of done an on-stage public conversation together. It's the first time we've met, |
| 1:05.7 | and this is one of my intellectual heroes. In fact, it made me very nervous last night to think he was out in the |
| 1:11.6 | audience when I was speaking. And there's a friend of ours over here who was teasing me at dinner. |
| 1:17.3 | He said, I was very nervous that NT Wright was in the audience. He said, yeah, I was right near him. |
| 1:23.0 | And I said, really? What was he doing? He said, just shaking his head sadly. |
| 1:28.3 | Then he goes, I'm joking. |
| 1:30.3 | He wasn't really. |
| 1:31.3 | But I was delighted, thrilled to meet you today, because you really are one of my heroes. |
| 1:35.3 | I was delighted to be able to meet at last because I've heard so much about and from you, |
| 1:40.3 | but I was actually sitting just over there and nodding vigorously and thinking to myself, |
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