Live the Word (Video)

Christian responds to the three questions Steve asked at the end of Live the Word Episode #37. THREE QUESTIONS: 1. Is there something you love more than God Himself? 2. How solid and substantial are you? 3. What are you doing to become more substantial?

This is the last episode of Live the Word. What comes next in your spiritual life? Sunday of All Saints. Readings: HEBREWS 11:33-40; 12:1-2 MATTHEW 10:32-33; 37-38; 19:27-30 INTRO TO MATTHEW INTRO TO HEBREWS THREE QUESTIONS: 1. Is there something you love more than God Himself? 2. How solid and substantial are you? 3. What are you doing to become more substantial?

Christian responds to the three questions Steve asked at the end of Live the Word Episode #36. THREE QUESTIONS: 1. Are you thirsting for God? 2. Are you trying to satisfy your thirst with other things? 3. How can you be a prophetic voice in your school, your neighborhood, your own family?

For centuries, the world waited for a prophet to speak God’s word. On Pentecost, we got more than we could have ever imagined. Pentecost. Readings: ACTS 2:1-11 JOHN 7:37-52; 8:12 INTRO TO JOHN INTRO TO ACTS THREE QUESTIONS: 1. Are you thirsting for God? 2. Are you trying to satisfy your thirst with other things? 3. How can you be a prophetic voice in your school, your neighborhood, your own family?

Christian responds to the three questions Steve asked at the end of Live the Word Episode #35. THREE QUESTIONS: 1. Are you close to any saints? 2. How’s your prayer rule doing? 3. Do you know anyone that needs to be lifted to God in prayer?

Christ doesn't leave us. He brings all His saints together in His Kingdom. Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council. Readings: ACTS 20:16-18, 28-36 JOHN 17:1-13 INTRO TO JOHN INTRO TO ACTS THREE QUESTIONS: 1. Are you close to any saints? 2. How’s your prayer rule doing? 3. Do you know anyone that needs to be lifted to God in prayer?

Christian responds to the three questions Steve asked at the end of Live the Word Episode #34. THREE QUESTIONS: 1. Where in your life is God waiting to make His glory known? 2. How have you already experienced the Lord making you new? 3. How have you closed your heart to the truth of God?

“Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.” (Acts 16:31) Sunday of the Blind Man. Readings: ACTS 16:16-34 JOHN 9:1-38 INTRO TO JOHN INTRO TO ACTS THREE QUESTIONS: 1. Where in your life is God waiting to make His glory known? 2. How have you already experienced the Lord making you new? 3. How have you closed your heart to the truth of God?

Christian responds to the three questions Steve asked at the end of Live the Word Episode #33. THREE QUESTIONS: 1. Do you take Jesus seriously when He promises to satisfy your thirst, or are you still drinking from wells that run dry? 2. What kind of ideas do you have about how God is supposed to behave? 3. Do you have the patience and courage to really sit with Christ?

"Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." (Matthew 28:19) Sunday of the Samaritan Woman. Readings: ACTS 11:19-30 JOHN 4:5-42 INTRO TO JOHN INTRO TO ACTS THREE QUESTIONS: 1. Do you take Jesus seriously when He promises to satisfy your thirst, or are you still drinking from wells that run dry? 2. What kind of ideas do you have about how God is supposed to behave? 3. Do you have the patience and courage to really sit with Christ?

Christian responds to the three questions Steve asked at the end of Live the Word Episode #32. THREE QUESTIONS: 1. What struggle or difficulty have you been carrying around for what seems like forever? 2. What things are you tempted to put your trust in instead of Christ? 3. What are the good works that you might be tempted to take credit for?

Christ didn't simply heal a paralyzed man. He transformed him: both physically and spiritually. Sunday of the Paralytic. Readings: ACTS 9:32-42 JOHN 5:1-15 INTRO TO JOHN INTRO TO ACTS THREE QUESTIONS: 1. What struggle or difficulty have you been carrying around for what seems like forever? 2. What things are you tempted to put your trust in instead of Christ? 3. What are the good works that you might be tempted to take credit for?

Christian responds to the three questions Steve asked at the end of Live the Word Episode #31. THREE QUESTIONS: 1. Do you ever feel like a minor character in God’s plan? 2. How do you strive to honor both your soul and your body? 3. What do you do when you realize you’ve reached your limits?

This week we focus on people that might seem like "minor" characters in the Gospel story: people like the Myrrhbearing Women. But in the Church, no job is too small and no person is unimportant. Sunday of the Myrrhbearing Women. Readings: ACTS 6:1-7 MARK 15:43-47; 16:1-8 INTRO TO MARK INTRO TO ACTS THREE QUESTIONS: 1. Do you ever feel like a minor character in God’s plan? 2. How do you strive to honor both your soul and your body? 3. What do you do when you realize you’ve reached your limits?

Christian responds to the three questions Steve asked at the end of Live the Word Episode #30. THREE QUESTIONS: 1. Does your faith need reassurance at this point in time? 2. Have you brought this need to the Lord in prayer? 3. Have there been times in your life when you’ve experienced a sign or wonder?

We normally associate Thomas with doubt. Is that really fair? And what does that mean about our doubts? Sunday of Thomas. Readings: ACTS 5:12-20 JOHN 20:19-31 INTRO TO JOHN INTRO TO ACTS THREE QUESTIONS: 1. Does your faith need reassurance at this point in time? 2. Have you brought this need to the Lord in prayer? 3. Have there been times in your life when you’ve experienced a sign or wonder?

Christian responds to the three questions Steve asked at the end of Live the Word Episode #29. THREE QUESTIONS: 1. Do you find that you tend to favor "private" or "public" Christian life? 2. How do you hope that the Holy Spirit can fill what’s lacking in you? 3. What are you most excited about eating on Pascha?

From the very beginning, Jesus Christ has been calling His followers to witness to Him and His Resurrection. Will you answer the call? Pascha. Readings: ACTS 1:1-8 JOHN 1:1-17 INTRO TO JOHN INTRO TO ACTS THREE QUESTIONS: 1. Do you find that you tend to favor "private" or "public" Christian life? 2. How do you hope that the Holy Spirit can fill what’s lacking in you? 3. What are you most excited about eating on Pascha?

Christian responds to the three questions Steve asked at the end of Live the Word Episode #28. THREE QUESTIONS: 1. Are you ready to welcome Jesus into your heart? 2. How can you become more childlike? 3. Is Jesus the messiah you're looking for?

Some people welcomed Jesus on Palm Sunday. Others didn't. Which side would you have been on? Palm Sunday. Readings: PHILIPIANS 4:4-9 JOHN 12:1-18 INTRO TO JOHN INTRO TO PHILIPPIANS THREE QUESTIONS: 1. Are you ready to welcome Jesus into your heart? 2. How can you become more childlike? 3. Is Jesus the messiah you're looking for?

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?

We all start out as captives to darkness. But God gives us gifts and frees us...if we use those gifts the right way. Leavetaking of Theophany. Readings: EPHESIANS 4:7-13 MATTHEW 4:12-17 INTRO TO MATTHEW INTRO TO EPHESIANS

This week, Christian responds to the three questions Steve asked at the end of Live the Word Episode #16. THREE QUESTIONS: 1. Do you believe God is at work in your life? 2. Are you resting in your current spiritual state? 3. How can you give God space to act in your life?

We can all make progress in our spiritual lives. John the Baptist is an incredible example. Synaxis of the Forerunner. Readings: ACTS 19:1-8 JOHN 1:29-34 INTRO TO JOHN INTRO TO ACTS THREE QUESTIONS: 1. Do you believe God is at work in your life? 2. Are you resting in your current spiritual state? 3. How can you give God space to act in your life?

Christian responds to Steve's three questions at the end of Live the Word Episode #15. THREE QUESTIONS: THREE QUESTIONS: 1. How do you look for the coming of Christ? 2. What are you doing to unite yourself to Christ's humility? 3. What do you do when you get discouraged or lose hope?

Christian responds to the three questions Steve asked at the end of Live the Word Episode #14. THREE QUESTIONS: 1. What has God taken from your past and turned into something life-giving? 2. What in your life now makes it hard to believe that God can bring life forth from it? 3. What do you long for?

A brief introduction to the Gospel According to Paul's Epistle to the Hebrews. A supplement to our new series: Live the Word.

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

God is fulfilling His promise in us: the Church. Sunday Before the Nativity. Readings: HEBREWS 11:9-10; 32-40 MATTHEW 1:1-25 INTRO TO MATTHEW INTRO TO HEBREWS THREE QUESTIONS: 1. What has God taken from your past and turned into something life-giving? 2. What in your life now makes it hard to believe that God can bring life forth from it? 3. What do you long for?

Christian answers the three questions Steve asked at the end of Live the Word Episode #13. THREE QUESTIONS: 1. Do you put first things first? 2. Are you fighting your spiritual battles? 3. Have you ever realized that God has a better plan?

We think we know what we want. God has something better in mind. 11th Sunday of Luke. Readings: COLOSSIANS 3:4-11 LUKE 14:16-24 (The Heavenly Banquet) INTRO TO LUKE INTRO TO COLOSSIANS THREE QUESTIONS: 1. Do you put first things first? 2. Are you fighting your spiritual battles? 3. Have you ever realized that God has a better plan?

A brief introduction to the St Paul's Epistle to the Colossians. A supplement to our new series: Live the Word.