Acknowledgement of God and access to wisdom, reason, and understanding of the self and the world are synonymous. Where Kant and the modern age deny access to God as foundation to reason, and attempt to establish foundations within reason, the Bible and Hegel point to God as the possibility giving rise to reason.
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Nov 22
Sermon: The Semiotic Shift in the Sign of Jonah
<p>Paul Axton preaches: Jesus says he will provide no sign other than that of Jonah to the Jews, which is a kind of non-sign in their value system. Jesus, like Jonah, presents a very different picture of God than Nahum and the Jews of Jonah and Jesus generation. This God cares fo ... Show More
35m 20s
Nov 17
Theology After Maximus, Hegel, and Wittgenstein
<p>Continuing our discussion in Imaginative Apologetics, we discuss the view of the embodied understanding of Maximus and Hegel reflected in Wittgenstein in which the world is synthesized through embodiment and language.</p>
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1h 46m
Dec 2021
WOF 313: Not Dumbing Down the Faith
<p><!-- wp:html --><!-- /wp:html --><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>In a recent talk, Bishop Barron presented on the importance of not dumbing down the faith as we engage in religious education. Young people enjoy asking about and discussing the big questions, from God's existence, ... Show More
1h 2m
Feb 2023
WOF 375: The Liturgy and Social Justice
<p>Friends, we often find two groups in the Church in tension with each other: those concerned with the liturgy and those concerned with social justice.</p> <p>On today's episode of "The Word on Fire Show," Brandon Vogt and I discuss how to bridge this great divide, and why we sh ... Show More
35m 22s