The Most Controversial Teaching of Christianity

About this episode

Fr. Brian Soliven welcomes Christopher West to discuss the controversial teachings of Christianity and the significance of the Theology of the Body.

This October, I’m excited to welcome a remarkable guest whose work has helped countless souls all over the world rediscover the splendor hidden within the Christian vision of the human person. Internationally known Catholic speaker and author Christopher West, perhaps the most beloved popular interpreter of the teachings of St. John Paul II on the Theology of the Body, will come to share anew the good news of why God created us male and female, and why the Church, so often misunderstood, speaks not to imprison the human heart, but to set it free. The event here at our parish is called “The Well”, named after that famous pivotal encounter between Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well in John 4. For we live in an age overflowing with information yet starving for meaning; an age that has taught many to look upon the body with confusion, suspicion, or even despair. Yet Christ does not leave us wandering in that fog. He reveals a path toward freedom, toward wholeness, toward the rediscovery of what it means to be truly human. And perhaps this raises a deeper question – why does Jesus seek us out?  Imagine, for a moment, the eyes of Jesus fixed upon you. What do you see there…

People in this episode

Host: Rev. Brian J. Soliven

Guest: Christopher West

Topics covered

• Theology of the Body
• Christianity
• Human Person
• Freedom
• Meaning
• Spirituality

Keywords

• Christianity
• Theology of the Body
• freedom
• human person
• spirituality
• St. John Paul II
• meaning

Mentioned in this episode

Places: John 4

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