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Christian responds to the three questions Steve asked at the end of Live the Word Episode #27. THREE QUESTIONS: 1. How do you build discernment? 2. How do you treat others as brothers and sisters in Christ? 3. When it feels like God is hiding His face from you, what do you do?

Sometimes, it can feel like God is hidden, or has even abandoned us. But, in a great mystery, God can be present even in His hiddenness. Feast of the Annunciation. Readings: HEBREWS 2:11-18 LUKE 1:24-38 INTRO TO LUKE INTRO TO HEBREWS THREE QUESTIONS: 1. How do you build discernment? 2. How do you treat others as brothers and sisters in Christ? 3. When it feels like God is hiding His face from you, what do you do?

Christian responds to the three questions Steve asked at the end of Live the Word Episode #26. THREE QUESTIONS: 1. When have you put your faith in yourself rather than God? 2. How do you talk about faith? 3. Have you ever had opportunities for faith like Abraham?

Why is it so easy for people to lose their faith? Sunday of St. John Climacus. Readings: New podcast Is Ministry Preparing Kids for Life in the Church? HEBREWS 6:13-20 MARK 9:17-31 (Demon-Possessed Boy) INTRO TO MARK INTRO TO HEBREWS THREE QUESTIONS: 1. When have you put your faith in yourself rather than God? 2. How do you talk about faith? 3. Have you ever had opportunities for faith like Abraham?

Christian responds to the three questions Steve asked at the end of Live the Word Episode #25. THREE QUESTIONS: 1. Do you need God’s help with certain parts of your Lenten journey? 2. Do you remember to thank God for the parts of your Lenten journey that seem to be going well? 3. Are there any ways you feel your life has already been transformed by God?

Jesus asks us to carry our cross. But what does that mean? Sunday of the Holy Cross. Readings: HEBREWS 4:14-16; 5:1-6 MARK 8:34-38; 9:1 (Take Up Cross) INTRO TO MARK INTRO TO HEBREWS THREE QUESTIONS: 1. Do you need God’s help with certain parts of your Lenten journey? 2. Do you remember to thank God for the parts of your Lenten journey that seem to be going well? 3. Are there any ways you feel your life has already been transformed by God?

Christian responds to the three questions Steve asked at the end of Live the Word Episode #24. THREE QUESTIONS: 1. When you have trouble, who carries you to Jesus? 2. What obstacle is between you and Jesus? 3. Caught in this tension between a personal and transcendent God, what happens in your heart?

The love of God is made visible on the Cross. Which is exactly where we're headed. Sunday of Saint Gregory Palamas. Readings: HEBREWS 1:10-14; 2:1-3 MARK 2:1-12 (Healing Paralyzed Man) INTRO TO MARK INTRO TO HEBREWS THREE QUESTIONS: 1. When you have trouble, who carries you to Jesus? 2. What obstacle is between you and Jesus? 3. Caught in this tension between a personal and transcendent God, what happens in your heart?

Christian responds to the three questions Steve asked at the end of Live the Word Episode #23. THREE QUESTIONS: 1. How does God’s promise of salvation give you hope? 2. How have you wrestled with God? 3. How has God caught you off your guard?

We celebrate it on the first Sunday of Lent. What is the "Triumph of Orthodoxy?" And what does it have to do with icons? Sunday of Orthodoxy. Readings: HEBREWS 11:24-26, 32-40 JOHN 1:43-51 INTRO TO JOHN INTRO TO HEBREWS THREE QUESTIONS: 1. How does God’s promise of salvation give you hope? 2. How have you wrestled with God? 3. How has God caught you off your guard?

A brief introduction to the Gospel According to St Mark. A supplement to our new series: Live the Word.

Christian answers the three questions Steve asked at the end of Live the Word Episode #22. THREE QUESTIONS: 1. How do you keep your eyes focused on your own spiritual journey? 2. Do you find that Lent or other periods of preparation make the struggle to forgive any easier? 3. Is there anyone in your life that you’ve had trouble forgiving?

Salvation is a journey. And forgiveness is your first step. Forgiveness Sunday. Readings: ROMANS 13:11-14; 14:1-4 MATTHEW 6:14-21 (Forgiveness) INTRO TO MATTHEW INTRO TO ROMANS THREE QUESTIONS: 1. How do you keep your eyes focused on your own spiritual journey? 2. Do you find that Lent or other periods of preparation make the struggle to forgive any easier? 3. Is there anyone in your life that you’ve had trouble forgiving?

Our conduct in the world is how we serve (or fail to serve) Christ Himself. Judgment Sunday. Readings: 1 CORINTHIANS 8:8-13; 9:1-2 MATTHEW 25: 31-46 (Judgment) INTRO TO MATTHEW INTRO TO 1 CORINTHIANS THREE QUESTIONS: 1. Have you ever struggled because of you were scandalized by what someone else did? 2. Have you ever caused anyone to stumble? 3. How can you help develop a heart that can find Christ even when you can’t see Him?

Christian responds to the three questions Steve asked at the end of Live the Word Episode #20. THREE QUESTIONS: 1. How have you forgotten who and Whose you are? 2. What is it that pulls you back into an awareness of who you really are? 3. How can you struggle with this temptation to take the Father’s kindness for granted?

The Prodigal Son forgot who he was. Remember that you are a child of the Most High God. Prodigal Son Sunday. Readings: 1 CORINTHIANS 6:12-20 LUKE 15: 11-32 (Prodigal Son) INTRO TO LUKE INTRO TO 1 CORINTHIANS THREE QUESTIONS: 1. How have you forgotten who and Whose you are? 2. What is it that pulls you back into an awareness of who you really are? 3. How can you struggle with this temptation to take the Father’s kindness for granted?

Christian responds to the three questions that Steve asked at the end of Live the Word Episode #19. THREE QUESTIONS: 1. What keeps you on the path towards Christ? 2. Do you have a spiritual father? 3. Who in your life is an icon of Jesus?

The Pharisee was doing all the right things. But he was facing in the wrong direction... Publican and the Pharisee Sunday. Readings: 2 TIMOTHY 3:10-15 LUKE 18:10-14 (Publican & Pharisee) INTRO TO LUKE INTRO TO 2 TIMOTHY THREE QUESTIONS: 1. What keeps you on the path towards Christ? 2. Do you have a spiritual father? 3. Who in your life is an icon of Jesus?

Christian responds to the three questions Steve asked at the end of Live the Word Episode #18. THREE QUESTIONS: 1. What are you doing to put yourself in a position to be seen by God? 2. How do you respond when the Lord invites Himself into your home? 3. Is the Scripture a part of your spiritual practice?

This might be the most important video we've made so far! 15th Sunday of Luke. Readings: 1 TIMOTHY 4:9-15 LUKE 19:1-10 (Zacchaeus) INTRO TO LUKE INTRO TO 1 TIMOTHY THREE QUESTIONS: 1. What are you doing to put yourself in a position to be seen by God? 2. How do you respond when the Lord invites Himself into your home? 3. Is the Scripture a part of your spiritual practice?