Faith & Family Bible Podcast with Steve Wood

Episode 500 – Welcome to the new Faith & Family Bible Studies

·15 min·1 clip

Steve Wood launches a new 15-minute Bible study format aimed at connecting entire families with the living God through Scripture.

This episode serves as the inaugural broadcast for the revamped Faith & Family Bible Studies, transitioning to a 15-minute weekly format. Host Steve Wood opens by explaining the show's availability on Catholic radio stations and podcast platforms. He outlines the strategy to connect moms, dads, teens, young adults, and children with the living God through Scripture, emphasizing this is not hype but a literal goal. Wood references the Catechism of the Catholic Church, which opens with John 17:3, defining eternal life as knowing God personally. He describes the ideal outcome using Luke 24, where disciples' hearts burned as Jesus opened the Scriptures. The host then poses the $10,000 question for Catholic families: how to raise children who remain faithful into adulthood without dropping out. He links this concern to the show's shift toward Bible studies, arguing that direct Scripture engagement is key. Wood warns against religious textbooks and jazzed-up Bibles like cartoon or dramatized versions, stating they diminish the potential for encountering God. He cites Pope Benedict XVI on knowing Christ as an encounter with a living person. The episode includes practical advice, such as reading passages before or after listening and avoiding substitutes that create barriers. Wood uses a rabbinic analogy about translations being like a veil during a wedding kiss to stress direct contact. He recommends the RSVCE (Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition), specifically the Ignatius edition, as a Bible that won't be outgrown. The show concludes with a call to visit dads.org for more resources.

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