Feb 9

WOF 528: The Early Days w/ Bishop Barron & Fr. Steve (pt. 2)

Welcome back to the Word on Fire Show. I'm Matthew Petrusek, senior director of the Word on Fire Institute and the host of the Word on Fire Show. Thank you for joining us. As we continue this second half of a conversation from last year's Good News Conference in Orlando with Bish ... Show More

21m 35s

Feb 2

WOF 527: Reason and Authority (12 of 12)

The Enlightenment believed reason was its own authority. Heteronomous authority was anathema. Autonomy was the ideal. Thus, the Church's hierarchical structure was viewed as enslaving. In light of this critique, Newman offered an insightful defense of freedom and truth in the Cat ... Show More

22m 29s

Jan 26

WOF 526: The Early Days w/ Bishop Barron & Fr. Steve (pt. 1)

Welcome back to the Word on Fire Show. I'm Matthew Petrusek, senior director of the Word on Fire Institute and the host of the Word on Fire Show. Thank you for joining us. In 2025, Word on Fire Catholic Ministries celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary. And in October of that sa ... Show More

32m 24s

Jun 2014

Peter Boghossian vs Tim McGrew - A manual for creating atheists

Peter Boghossian teaches philosophy and is the author of 'A Manual for Creating Atheists'. He believes that faith is a 'false epistemology' (way of knowing things) and even describes it as a 'virus of the mind'. Tim McGrew is a Christian philosophy professor specialisin ... Show More

1h 23m

Dec 2024

PART 2 of What’s the Point of Existence? God, Atheism, and the Meaning of Life 🌍

Join an electrifying debate exploring life's ultimate questions: What’s the purpose of existence? How do God and atheism shape our understanding of the cosmos, consciousness, and meaning? Recorded at the prestigious Royal Institution in London, this thought-provoking discussion f ... Show More

43m 2s

Oct 2023

Rik Peels, "Life without God: An Outsider's Look at Atheism" (Cambridge UP, 2023)

In Life without God: An Outsider's Look at Atheism (Cambridge UP, 2023), Rik Peels explores atheism from a new perspective that aims to go beyond the highly polarized debate about arguments for and against God's existence. Since our beliefs about the most important things in life ... Show More

43m 6s

Oct 2015

Who invented the universe? Alister McGrath & Jim Al-Khalili

Theologian Alister McGrath's new book 'Inventing The Universe' weaves his own story of conversion from atheism to Christianity while studying science as a student, into the questions that modern science continues to provoke around God, atheism and meaning. Physicist and radio pr ... Show More

1h 21m

Dec 2024

How do we know God is real?

Justin Brierley joins Kaitlyn to answer one of the most important questions we've heard: How do we know God is real? Justin explains some compelling ... Show More

35m 6s

Oct 2023

Why I believe in God: John Lennox interviewed by Amy Orr-Ewing

In a Premier Unbelievable special, celebrating his 80th birthday, the indomitable Christian apologist, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics, and renowned ethicist, Dr. John Lennox, engages in a candid and unreserved interview with fellow apologist and Oxford-educated theologian, Dr. ... Show More

1h 26m

Oct 2023

Day 276: Irreligion and Atheism

We continue our examination of the first commandment, unpacking irreligion and atheism. Fr. Mike highlights the different elements of irreligion, namely tempting God in words or deeds, sacrilege, and simony. He emphasizes that the sin of tempting God is easy to fall into when we ... Show More

22m 40s

Aug 2024

Conversations with Atheists: Four Observations

J. Warner provides four observations from his youth ministry trips to UC Berkeley. These simple observations may help you improve the quality of your discussions with non-believers and help you better understand the underlying issues in some of these conversations. J. Warner also ... Show More

27m 59s

Jan 2025

A Prayer for Wayward Children and Grandchildren

We don't know what is going on in the hearts and minds of wayward children and grandchildren. God doesn't ask us to know, but God does say to ask, seek, knock, and pray without ceasing. - Christine F. Perry 🎙 🎉 SUBSCRIBE to our NEW SHOW - YOUR NIGHTLY PRAYER: https://www.lifea ... Show More

5m 44s

Mar 2025

Ep. 330 - Answering Tough Questions About Christianity

Ray, Mark, and Oscar answer listener questions during a live Q&A, with Oscar appreciating the unfiltered nature of the discussion. When asked about the hardest questions to answer, Mark admits it's when he doesn’t know the answer and pretends he does. Ray recalls stru ... Show More

1h 2m

WOF 004: Answering the Atheists