Faith and Family Radio, hosted by Steve Wood, is a 30-minute format. Perfect for busy dads, moms and working adults. Tune in for practical wisdom to deepen your faith and strengthen your family life.
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Episode 496 – How do I destroy my child’s Christian worldview?
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Announcement for you to share with your local Catholic radio stations at the beginning of today’s show about a change in format coming September 5, 2024. WORLDVIEW 2024 If you’re looking to destroy your child’s Christian worldview, Steve tells you how to with two easy steps. To receive a copy of the bibliography mentioned, email us at askthehost@gm…
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Episode 495 – How do I obtain eternal life with Jesus?
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Remember our announcement from Episode 494 for you to share with your local Catholic radio stations? Faith & Family has format changes coming September 5, 2024 and we need your help reaching as many Catholic radio stations as possible. WORLDVIEW 2024 Steve shares scriptural resources and real life examples for how to get on a path to eternal life. …
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Episode 494 – What is the purpose of my life?
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Announcement for you to share with your local Catholic radio stations at the beginning of today’s show about a change in format coming September 5, 2024. WORLDVIEW 2024 Steve gives some personal and practical advice when seeking to answer this Worldview question. He shares wisdom from Os Guinness, Larry Burkett and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Reference…
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WORLDVIEW 2024 Steve gives a quick Eternity Future quiz and cites several scripture verses to answer the question. Our families and Church are in trouble. Throughout this series, Steve shares his revamped Seven Questions (and scripture to go along with them) to help parents and young Catholics determine their understanding of a Christian Worldview.…
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Episode 492 – Where did I come from? – Part 2
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WORLDVIEW 2024 Steve shares a personal story in relation to this Worldview question. If you’d like a copy of the resources mentioned, email us at askthehost@gmail.com. Our families and Church are in trouble. Throughout this series, Steve shares his revamped Seven Questions (and scripture to go along with them) to help parents and young Catholics de…
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Episode 491 – Where did I come from? – Part 1
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WORLDVIEW 2024 Steve discusses question #4 on origin to help Catholics Christians develop their Worldview. Tune in next week for part two. Our families and Church are in trouble. Throughout this series, Steve shares his revamped Seven Questions (and scripture to go along with them) to help parents and young Catholics determine their understanding o…
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Episode 490 – How do I know right from wrong?
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WORLDVIEW 2024 If you’re just picking up this series with this episode, be sure to go back and start listening with the Worldview 2.0 Introduction, Episode 484. Worldview is critical to the survival and thriving of Christian youth. Steve shares some startling statistics from polls of American millennials on moral relativism. Our families and Church…
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WORLDVIEW 2024 If you’re just picking up this series with this episode, be sure to go back and start listening with the Worldview 2.0 Introduction, Episode 484. Part two of Question no. 2 “What is Truth?” Steve discusses he importance of authorship n scripture and the impact that can have on a Christian worldview. Our families and Church are in tro…
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WORLDVIEW 2024 If you’re just picking up this series with this episode, be sure to go back and start listening with the Worldview 2.0 Introduction, Episode 484. Steve discusses Question no. 2 from the “Short List of Big Questions.” Knowing the answers to these seven questions are fundamental to developing a Christian worldview. If you'd like a pdf …
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Episode 487 – What is the Fear of the Lord? – Part 3
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WORLDVIEW 2024 If you’re just picking up this series with this episode, be sure to go back and start listening with the Worldview 2.0 Introduction, Episode 484. Steve continues the new first aspect of a Christian Worldview. In this episode he shares more on how parents can & need to learn Worldview so they can pass it on to their children. Our fami…
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Episode 486 – What is the Fear of the Lord? – Part 2
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If you’re just picking up this series with this episode, be sure to go back and start listening with the Worldview 2.0 Introduction, Episode 484. Steve continues his updated Worldview series with more on the first question: What is the fear of the Lord? Our families and Church are in trouble. Steve shares his revamped Seven Questions (and scripture…
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Episode 485 – What is the Fear of the Lord? – Part 1
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WORLDVIEW 2024 update If you’re just picking up this series with this episode, be sure to go back and start listening with the Worldview 2.0 Introduction, Episode 484. Our families and Church are in trouble. Steve shares his revamped Seven Questions (and scripture to go along with them) to help parents and young Catholics determine their understand…
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Episode 484 – Worldview 101 (2024 Update)
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WORLDVIEW One of our most popular topics to date has been our Worldview series. Steve wrote that series 6 years ago after studying Christian world view for many years, there are some updates and new insight he’s gained. Please join us for this refreshed series. In this first episode, Steve shares the questions he’ll talk through and share some star…
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This is a reair of an interview Steve did with Jewish-Catholic convert, Debbie Herbeck. Steve has Debbie Herbeck in the studio today, sharing her story of how she came to know Jesus Christ. Debbie shares the first time she remembers praying to God, converting from Judaism to Christianity and the important role the bible has played in her life. To l…
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This episode is a reair of the popular show with Sister Ann Shields. This show originally aired in 2016. Given the number of youth that are continuing to fall away from the Church, let Sister’s story serve as a guidepost to help us bring them back and help prevent further fallout. Sr. Ann Shields joins Steve today to share her conversion story and …
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YOUTH MINISTRY Steve wraps up this series on youth ministry. How to keep kids Christian in college, C.S. Lewis, apologetics for beginners and scripture are all parts of today’s episode. Referenced in this episode: Matthew 6:22-23 How to Stay Christian in College by J. Budziszewski Young Men Breaking Free by Steve Wood Beginning Apologetics by Jim B…
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Episode 482 – More Curriculum for Teaching Disciples
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YOUTH MINISTRY Young people are being exposed to scripture, but not being watered. Just as we need water to survive, youth need more than to simply know that the scriptures exist. Referenced in this episode: Psalm 1 Psalm 119 Hebrews 4:12 Luke 24By Steve Wood
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Episode 481 – Curriculum for Teaching Disciples
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YOUTH MINISTRY Wisdom from C.S. Lewis, the Gospel of John and a book on how to read a book – Steve digs into some curriculum and strategy for teaching disciples how to be disciples. Referenced in this episode: CCC 103, 131-133 The Gospel of John How to Read a Book by Mortimer AdlerBy Steve Wood
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Episode 480 – How to Make Disciples of Men
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YOUTH MINISTRY Last time, Steve talked about Jesus’ discipleship strategy. Today, he’s sharing how to apply that to today’s youth, specifically to young men. Referenced in this episode: Let Boys be Boys pdf by Mark Hancock 1 Corinthians 4:14-17 Legacy, chapter 11 by Stephen Wood Acts 20:35 1 Timothy 4:8-10 1 Samuel 16…
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Episode 479 – Two Words that Changed the Course of my Life
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YOUTH MINISTRY Youth Ministry is one of Steve’s favorite topics. Decades ago, two words changed the course of his life and led him to help make disciples of youth. Referenced in this episode: Revelation 2-3 1 Corinthians 4:16-17 1 Corinthians 1:1By Steve Wood
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Episode 478 – Youth Ministry in a Post-Pagan Culture
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YOUTH MINISTRY Steve begins a new series on Youth Ministry. Steve turns to scripture & teaches from both the Old Testament and New. You’ll also hear from Joseph Ratzinger (who became Pope Benedict XVI) and C.S. Lewis. Referenced in this episode: 1 Chronicles 12:32 Revelation 2-3 The New Pagans and the Church (1958 lecture by Joseph Ratzinger (Pope …
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Episode 477 – Understanding the Eucharist
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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 t…
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Episode 476 – Teaching Sexual Morality Today
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TAUGHT BY GOD We’re doing a mini-series on a little-known phrase St. Paul gave us in his epistles to the Thessalonians. Today’s episode is on how to teach and encourage sexual morality in a post-Christian culture. 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 Corin…
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Episode 475 – Grace that Can Overcome Darkness
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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…
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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…
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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-…
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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 6By Steve Wood
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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 P…
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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 PrayerBy Steve Wood
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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 discipl…
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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.By Steve Wood
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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.By Steve Wood
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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.By Steve Wood
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Episode 468 – Discipleship for Catholic Youth
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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 13:7By Steve Wood
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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 …
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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…
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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.By Steve Wood
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Thanksgiving Special – The Quest for Christian America
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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.By Steve Wood
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Episode 465 – What Parents Need to Learn from the Pharisees
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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 WoodBy Steve Wood
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Steve responds to recent news from a father’s perspective.By Steve Wood
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Episode 463 – Always Expecting, Always Ready
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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 channelBy Steve Wood
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FAMILY BIBLE STUDY SERIES ON THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW Steve continues in Matthew 24 with Jesus’ teaching on the End Times. Referenced in this episode: Matthew 23:37-39 Matthew 24 Luke21 episode 46 - JosephusBy Steve Wood
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FAMILY BIBLE STUDY SERIES ON THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW There is no shortage of misunderstanding and misinformation being spread about the End Times. Steve has studied biblical prophecy for over two decades. In today’s episode, he aims to shed light on the dangers of pulling just one verse from scripture and cautions against listening to some other so-c…
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Episode 460 – Cleansing the Temple & Fruitless Believers
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FAMILY BIBLE STUDY SERIES ON THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW Steve reminds us to live like Jesus and to not be ‘leaves-only’ Christians. Referenced in this episode: Matthew 21-22 Revelation 19:7-8By Steve Wood
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FAMILY BIBLE STUDY SERIES ON THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW Steve gives a brief history lesson to help us understand three parables in Matthew that often miss our attention. Referenced in this episode: Matthew 20:20 Matthew 21:20 Matthew 21:33 CCC 674By Steve Wood
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FAMILY BIBLE STUDY SERIES ON THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW In today’s episode, Steve discusses three lessons in Matthew 19. Learn what Baptists believe and some wisdom from St. John Paul II. Referenced in this episode: Matthew 19:11 1 Corinthians 7:7 Matthew 19:13 Ignatius study bible Navarre study bible Colossians 2 Matthew 19:23 Deuteronomy 8…
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Episode 457 – Forgiveness, Divorce & Confession
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FAMILY BIBLE STUDY SERIES ON THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW Steve discusses several themes as he wraps up Matthew 18 and begins Matthew 19. Referenced in this episode: Matthew 18:21 Genesis 3-4 Matthew 19 Ezekiel 36:26 Pope Pius XI encyclical on Christian Marriage You can get a free copy of Pope Pius XI’s encyclical on Christian Marriage, Casti Connubbi, on…
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Episode 456 – The Upside Down & Downside Up Kingdom
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FAMILY BIBLE STUDY SERIES ON THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW Today’s episode is all about humility – what St. Matthew, Pope Pius X and a priest Steve highly respects have to say about it.By Steve Wood
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Episode 455 – The Transfiguration & Our Transformation
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FAMILY BIBLE STUDY SERIES ON THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW What does it mean to be a child of God? Steve’s in Matthew 17 this week and shares wisdom from Pope John Paul II and C.S. Lewis. Referenced in this episode: Matthew 17 2 Corinthians 3:18 CCC 1996 Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis 2 Corinthians 3 CCC 1998 2 Peter 1:4 Romans 12:2 You can download a copy …
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Episode 454 – Caesare’a Philippi & the Papacy
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FAMILY BIBLE STUDY SERIES ON THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW "The papacy is necessary to withstand the spiritual onslaught before the second coming of Christ." Steve is still walking us through the gospel of Matthew. In today’s episode, we learn the truth & the power of Jesus building his Church on the rock of Peter. Referenced in this episode: Matthew 16 De…
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