Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://eevb.net/video/9pXvAMZXOGu.html Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter How the Virtues Help Us Respond to an Increasingly Vicious Online Culture [rw4mrzlYq3g] Health Updated on August 06, 2026 EDT — Published on August 06, 2026 EDT Friends, in the latest episode of the Word on Fire Show, I sat down with Matthew Petrusek to examine the dark and difficult aspects of internet culture. We explored René Girard’s insights on scapegoating; the rise of toxicity, mobs, and weaponized anonymity; and how, with the help of the cardinal virtues, we can still make evangelical headway online. 00:00 | Introduction 01:46 | Bishop Barron celebrates 40 years 02:50 | Bishop Barron’s early days online 06:58 | Online changes in recent years 12:16 | Anonymity online 17:42 | Applying the cardinal virtues: 1) Temperance 22:23 | 2) Fortitude 24:05 | 3) Justice 26:15 | Recognizing sins of speech 29:23 | 4) Prudence 31:23 | How we move forward 34:23 | Listener question: How would you define respect? 36:23 | Join the Word on Fire Institute CGrPsNOGPbO EhOpGeQ77hF gae9WGqVY98 EfiSwl1o5N4 YuuCggXDulO Pzp9Ew7lyXj zPbVu18qYWp xfOWduv3I0T
Friends, in the latest episode of the Word on Fire Show, I sat down with Matthew Petrusek to examine the dark and difficult aspects of internet culture. We explored René Girard’s insights on scapegoating; the rise of toxicity, mobs, and weaponized anonymity; and how, with the help of the cardinal virtues, we can still make evangelical headway online. 00:00 | Introduction 01:46 | Bishop Barron celebrates 40 years 02:50 | Bishop Barron’s early days online 06:58 | Online changes in recent years 12:16 | Anonymity online 17:42 | Applying the cardinal virtues: 1) Temperance 22:23 | 2) Fortitude 24:05 | 3) Justice 26:15 | Recognizing sins of speech 29:23 | 4) Prudence 31:23 | How we move forward 34:23 | Listener question: How would you define respect? 36:23 | Join the Word on Fire Institute CGrPsNOGPbO EhOpGeQ77hF gae9WGqVY98 EfiSwl1o5N4 YuuCggXDulO Pzp9Ew7lyXj zPbVu18qYWp xfOWduv3I0T