Faith & Family Radio With Steve Wood

TAUGHT BY GOD This is the second episode in a two-part mini-series on a little-known phrase St. Paul gave us in his epistles to the Thessalonians. If you missed the first episode on on how to teach and encourage sexual morality in a post-Christian culture, you can listen to it here. Today’s episode is a lesson for parents with the key to teaching the Eucharist. Steve knows the challenges facing parents & parishes today. And he knows that there’s an answer to the challenges we face. Once you really understand the Eucharist, you won’t be skipping Mass. Referenced in this episode: John 6 Thessalonians 4 Isaiah 54:13 John 6:35-45 John 13-17 Revelation 21 John 14:20-26 Catechism of the Catholic Church, section 104 (CCC 14)

TAUGHT BY GOD We’re doing a mini-series on how to teach and encourage sexual morality in a post-Christian culture. Steve shares 3 ingredients St. Paul gave us in his epistles to the Thessalonians. Be sure to tune in for episode 477 for part 2. Referenced in this episode: Thessalonians 4:1 Philemon 8-21 1 Thessalonians 4:1-5 2 Corinthians 3:3 1 Thessalonians 4:9 Isaiah 54:13 Catechism of the Catholic Church, section 104 (CCC 14)

GRACE FOR LENT Enter into God’s rest this Lent with final show in our four-part mini-series all about grace. An extra-special episode today where we’re sharing a dramatization based on the Screwtape Letters. Steve also shares some shocking statistics about pornography in marriage and warns against certain technology for children & teens. Referenced in this episode: The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis Revelation 14:8 Breaking Free and Young Men Breaking Free booklets by Steve Wood For more information on our special offer to order discounted booklets in lots of 25 for your parish, email us at askthehost@gmail.com. Be sure to mention this offer is from the Faith & Family Radio offer for Lent.

GRACE FOR LENT Enter into God’s rest this Lent with part 3 of 4 in our four-part mini-series all about grace. If you or someone you know has been on the treadmill approach to addiction recovery, this episode is for you. We must be cautious not to push grace aside and try to muscle through recovery and healing on our own. Enter into God’s grace this Lenten season. Referenced in this episode: Addictions & Grace by Gerald May Matthew 11:28 Hebrews 4 Breaking Free and Young Men Breaking Free booklets by Steve Wood For more information on our special offer to order discounted booklets in lots of 25 for your parish, email us at askthehost@gmail.com. Be sure to mention this offer is from the Faith & Family Radio offer for Lent.

GRACE FOR LENT Enter into God’s rest this Lent with part 2 of 4 in our four-part mini-series all about grace. Steve talks about the grace deficit in many pornography and other addiction recovery programs. Steve has some parting words for leaders of Catholic men’s groups about what the groups really need.  Referenced in this episode: Colossians 2:18-23 Romans 7 Romans 8 Ephesians 5:15-18 Romans 5 Luke11 Breaking Free and Young Men Breaking Free booklets by Steve Wood For more information on our special offer to order discounted booklets in lots of 25 for your parish, email us at askthehost@gmail.com. Be sure to mention this offer is from the Faith & Family Radio offer for Lent.

GRACE FOR LENT Enter into God’s rest this Lent with part 1 of 4 in our four-part mini-series all about grace. Steve shares 10 things Saint Paul said would happen in the Christian life if we separate from grace. Referenced in this episode: 1 Corinthians 15:10 John 15:1-5 Galatians 3:11 Galatians 6

Last time, Steve talked about how American culture got to the suffering state it’s in. Today, he shares what’s happening now and how looking to the End Times can help us navigate today. Referenced in this episode: Pope Benedict XVI Tyconius Matthew 13 Previous episodes 450-453 on the parables in Matthew 13 Revelation 17-18 Matthew 17:15 Acts 20 2 Peter 2 Saint Hildegard of Bingen Luke21: Catholic Biblical Prophecy Explained – available on podcast & YouTube

It’s no secret that American culture is suffering. Steve shares insight into what he thinks got us to where we are now. Referenced in this episode: Charles Darwin Romans 1:18 Theistic evolution Romans 1:24 Romans 1:26 Ephesians 6:12 Revelation 9 Revelation 20 Pope Leo XIII & the St. Michael Prayer

FAMILY BIBLE STUDY SERIES ON THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW Dads, this one’s for you! This is the last episode of our family bible study series on the book of Matthew. Before Christmas, we aired episode 468, Discipleship for Catholic Youth. Today’s episode is geared towards parents, especially fathers, of younger children. Steve says parents are the disciplers of their children. With a strong parent-child relationship, kids will have a stronger relationship with Christ. Referenced in this episode: Matthew 28 Ephesians 6 1 Corinthians 4 Legacy: A Handbook for Fathers by Steve Wood

In honor of the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God on January 1 Today’s episode is part 2 of a 2-part miniseries on the Queenship of Mary that aired on Catholic radio in 2017. We never published it to the podcast until now.

In honor of the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God on January 1 Today’s episode is part 1 of a 2-part miniseries on the Queenship of Mary that aired on Catholic radio in 2017. We never published it to the podcast until now.

In honor of the Feast of the Holy Family on December 31, today’s episode is a re-airing of episode 231 originally aired in 2019.   Primary faith formation begins in the home.

FAMILY BIBLE STUDY SERIES ON THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW Steve shares steps for creating disciples that he's learned from both scripture and experience as a father and former youth pastor.  Referenced in this episode: Matthew 28 1 Corinthians 4:16 Philippians 4:9 1 Thessalonians 1:6 Hebrews 13:7

FAMILY BIBLE STUDY SERIES ON THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW You need Christ to live your life. “I will” determination won’t make you a better Christian. Try as we might to muscle our way to being the best Christians we can be, Steve highlights scripture that shows us again and again that we can’t…and don’t need to. Referenced in this episode: Matthew 24-28 Isaiah 14 Colossians 2:18-23 Romans 7 Psalm 34 1 Corinthians 15:10 John 15: 4-5 Philippians 4:13 Introduction to the Catechism of the Catholic Church booklet

FAMILY BIBLE STUDY SERIES ON THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW Have you seen the movie, The Blind Side? Steve relates this football term with a topical study in Matthew 24-26 and shares the main point of the whole gospel of Matthew. Referenced in this episode: Matthew 24-26 Daniel 7:13-14 Psalm 2 Acts 17 Pope Pius XI encyclical, Quas Primas

A reair of a popular episode from our series on Proverbs Today’s episode is a reair of an episode from a popular series we did early on in the book of Proverbs. The original episode aired in 2015. It’s striking how relevant the topic still is today.

A reair of our Thanksgiving episode from 2020 In a country where many of us are blessed with abundance, how do we keep from self-destruction? In today’s episode, Steve reflects on the first Thanksgiving, the first real, Catholic Thanksgiving, in America.

FAMILY BIBLE STUDY SERIES ON THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW Steve offers a family application from Matthew 23. Referenced in this episode: Matthew 23 John 15 Acts 15:10 Matthew 23:8-9 Grace & Justification book by Steve Wood

Steve responds to recent news from a father’s perspective.

FAMILY BIBLE STUDY SERIES ON THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW Steve finishes Matthew 24 today with an episode for parents of teens & young adults that may have fallen away from the faith. Also referenced in this episode: Matthew 24 1 Thessalonians 5 2 Peter 3 Luke21 Radio podcast and upcoming YouTube channel