Welcome back to the Word on Fire show. I'm Matthew Petrucic, Senior Director of the

Word on Fire Institute and the host of the Word on Fire show. Thank you for joining us.

Today we're bringing you the second half of Bishop Barron's keynote address at this year's inaugural

international evangelization and culture conference in London. In the first half, Bishop Barron's keynote address at this year's inaugural international evangelization and

culture conference in London. In the first half, Bishop Barron had focused on the first two of

four themes of the Bible, namely Creation and the God of Israel. Today, we'll conclude his address

with the final two themes, write praise and kingship, and then show how these patterns are gathered together

in Christ Jesus. Enjoy.

Okay, third topic is right praise. Here's something based on all my years of preaching and teaching

and studying the Bible. I think it might be the master theme, the master idea of the whole Bible. And I'll use the word orthodoxy. But you know, that can mean right belief. But the fundamental sense of that, doxa means praise or glory. What's orthy it's right praise because in the bible the question is never

do you believe in god or not the question is is how are you praising whom are you praising and here i go back to

the 20th century protest thinker Paul Tillick.

Tillick described religion as ultimate concern. Ultimate concern. On that reading, everybody's got a

religion, right? Everyone's got an ultimate concern. It could be country, it could be family, it could be my own ego,

but everyone's got something that they worship. I think the master theme of the Bible is worship a right.

Worship the true God. Make the true God central to your life, and you'll find spiritual joy.

Maybe not joy in the sort of economic sense or political sense, but you'll find spiritual joy.

Shalom, peace.

Hear, O Israel, the Lord your God is Lord alone. The great Shama prayer of Deuteronomy 6.

Here, O Israel, listen, the Lord your God is Lord alone. That means there is no competition possible.

Nothing else can move into that space of ultimate concern. Only in God

is my soul at rest. And now, people get in a high liturgical tradition every Sunday.

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