Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies The God of the Nations
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Mar 30, 2003 Explore the intersection of faith and politics as the discussion highlights God's active role in the nations. Delve into Israel's historical infidelity and the consequences of ignoring divine messengers. Bishop Barron presents Lincoln's view of the Civil War as a national reckoning for slavery and reflects on Karl Barth's interpretation of World War I as a moment of judgment. The podcast invites listeners to see national events through a biblical lens, urging a reflection on collective sin during this Lenten season.
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Communal Sin Brings National Consequences
- The Bible consistently links communal sin to national consequences rather than treating religion as purely private.
- Bishop Robert Barron argues divine judgment exposes the effects of collective disobedience rather than showing God as arbitrary.
Scripture Refuses Religion-Politics Separation
- Enlightenment thinking privatized religion and separated it from politics.
- Barron insists the Bible refuses that separation and sees God's will at work in the movements of nations.
Lincoln Reads The War As Judgment
- Barron recounts Abraham Lincoln's biblical reading of the Civil War as divine judgment for slavery.
- He highlights Lincoln's Second Inaugural where the war is the nation's payment for the blood drawn by the lash.
