Introduction

Friends, our culture is obsessed with self-determination: finding our own voice, setting our own agenda, doing things according to our own lights. But is this problematic? And what does the Bible have to say about self-determination?

On today’s episode of “The Word on Fire Show,” Brandon Vogt and I discuss how, in the Christian tradition, heroes are never those who “find themselves,” but rather those who heed the voice of God and remain obedient to the mission that God has given them.

A listener asks, how do you possibly balance a passion for baseball with your faith life?

• “Why Doing What Is Right in Your Own Sight Is Such a Bad Idea” by Bishop Barron
• The New Apologetics: Defending the Faith in a Post-Christian Era edited by Matt Nelson

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