Faith & Family Radio With Steve Wood

Disclaimer: This episode is not intended to be used as medical advice. Before starting any new supplementation or change in diet, we recommend you consult your health care provider. God has given us a great gift in our immune system. We should nourish it to promote health of not only ourselves, but those around us. With the large response we had to episode 275, Steve wanted to share more information with you and your families. Enjoy part 2 of this 3-part series.

Why do animals not have heart attacks but people do? This is an encore episode of one of our most popular shows. Listen in as Steve and his guest discuss the answer in Part 2 of this riveting mini-series on Healthy Hearts - our physical, not spiritual - hearts. If you would like our Healthy Hearts Resource List, send an email to askthehost@gmail.com.

The Lord created medicines from the earth, and a sensible man will not despise them. (Sirach 38:4) This is an encore episode of one of our most popular shows. Host Steve Wood does something different - he and his guest tell their "healthy heart" stories. Not their spiritual hearts, but their physical hearts. If you would like our Healthy Hearts Resource List, send an email to askthehost@gmail.com.

Disclaimer: This information in this episode is not intended to be used as medical advice. Before starting any new supplementation or change in diet, consult your personal health care provider. God has given us a great gift in our immune system. We should nourish it to promote health of not only ourselves, but those around us. Steve has talked about health before on Faith & Family Radio. You may remember the Healthy Heart episodes (153 & 154). We reaired them in October. In this episode, Steve shares some steps that he has taken personally to help boost his immune system over the last several years. He was less worried about fighting off the cold and flu and more concerned about being around as a father and grandfather.

You’ve heard Steve Wood quote Steven Corey before: “keep the main thing the main thing.” In this episode, Steve walks us through Luke 24 and talks about the importance of the family unit and praying together, reading the bible together. He mentions some non-Catholics that have a lot to offer us.

The main challenge to 21st century parents is raising young children to be followers of Jesus throughout their teenage years. Between scripture, pope quotes and a bit of his own personal testimony, Steve teaches us how to encourage our children to have an encounter with the living God.

Some references in this episode: Luke 23:36-38 John 19:19-20 Isaiah 52:7 Psalm 2 & papal encyclical Quas Primas by Pope Pius XI Philippians 2:9 Acts 17:6 Judges 17:6 Genesis 3:5 Proverbs 12:15 Luke 6:46

  Dealing with temptation and preparing to serve God. Temptation is nothing new to the world. But we should never expect that we are above it or have rid ourselves of it. Steve encourages us to live a life of prayerful dependence and warns against self-reliance when it comes to battling…or maybe even foreshadowing temptation in our lives.

Back to the Family Bible Study Series in the Gospel of Luke today! Steve is in Luke 21, talking about prophecy and the one verse that can really open up the conversation about the End Times. ----------------------- To request the cards mentioned in this episode, please send an email to askthehost@gmail.com. Be sure to include your name and mailing address.

This is an encore presentation of an episode from our How to Avoid Divorce series. This episode is Part 4, Conversion & Contraception. In it, Steve Wood is talking about 2 of the 4 Cs. Learn the big difference between self-love and self-giving. If you would like a copy of the handout that went along with this series, email us at askthehost@gmail.com. The original episode numbers of the series are 216-223.

“The sanctity of marriage is the foundation for the sanctity of life.” Taking a break from our Family Bible Study in the Gospel of Luke this week for a special broadcast. With the anniversary of Roe v. Wade this week, join Steve as he gives insight into changing the culture of how to preserve the sanctity of life. Resources mentioned in today’s episode: Numbers 22-25, 31 2 Peter 2:1-2, 15, 3:2-3 Revelation 2:14 James 2:11 Ezekiel 23 Humanae Vitae by Pope Paul VI Letter to Families from Pope John Paul II Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life) by Pope John Paul II

Resources mentioned in today’s episode: The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis The Apostle’s Creed Matthew 24 Mark 13 Luke 21 Jesus of Nazareth by Pope Bendict XVI ----------------                                                                                                                     To request the cards mentioned in this episode, please send an email to askthehost@gmail.com. Be sure to include your name and mailing address.

Practical application for you and your family in the book of Luke. Catechism references in this episode: CCC 282 CCC1025 CCC 9 CCC 996

In Luke19, Jesus tells Zacchaeus a parable of a nobleman and his servants. He gave money to the servants before he set off to buy some land. The servants were instructed to trade with the money until he returned. One servant hid the money he was given, as to not lose it. How often do we hide our gifts and talents? Steve talks to us about the challenges teens and young adults are facing today for finding their mission and purpose.

Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas!

Why do so many youth give up on prayer and the Christian life? Learn The Jesus Prayer and how just one minute is all it takes to invite God to place His will and desires in our hearts as Steve discusses Luke 18. Also referenced in this episode: Psalm 139 Psalm 78

More commonly known as “The Parable of the Widow and the Judge.” Join Steve as he teaches us how this story in Luke 18 can give us hope for our future and the future of the Church.

Happy Thanksgiving! Enjoy this reair of a fundamental show helping parents answer tough questions from their children that may be home for the holiday.

“As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of Man.” –Luke 17:26 Join host Steve Wood as he talks through the end of Luke 17 to teach us practical application for the times we live in.