Displaying items 121-130 of 151 in total of Thoughts from the Trailer with Fr. John Riccardo with the tag "actsxxix".
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Episode 31: Of Course
August 23rd, 2023 | 5 mins 24 secs
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The simple reality, Paul writes, is that God’s ways are not our ways. Our puny, finite minds simply cannot understand what He is about, the plan He has, and how it is all going to be fulfilled. He is God and we are dust and ashes
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Episode 30: Great (Un)Expectations
August 16th, 2023 | 6 mins 50 secs
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The problem was that since the Jewish people were part of the original human project it turns out they were in “the ditch” too, hopelessly bound by Sin and Death. The “tow truck” also needed to be rescued. In such a hopeless predicament, how could humanity ever be rescued?
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Episode 29: God of Abraham, Forgive
August 9th, 2023 | 5 mins 56 secs
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Over and over in these chapters Paul reminds the Church in Rome that God has not and will not ever reject His promise to the Israelites.
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Episode 28: The One We Can Trust
August 2nd, 2023 | 5 mins 53 secs
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In the political landscape, well, does anyone really trust our leaders – no matter their party affiliation?
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Episode 27: Who's In Charge Around Here?
July 26th, 2023 | 9 mins
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For those who believe in God, however, and not just a god, but the God who has revealed Himself to be Love, then suffering, pain, injustice and the rest can become very problematic indeed. Nobody asks more questions of God about suffering than Scripture.
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Episode 26: The Gift of Weakness
July 19th, 2023 | 4 mins 55 secs
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Personally, I hate the feeling of being weak, in any way. Yet, the Holy Spirit seems to be telling us through Paul that we need weakness.
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Episode 25: As Nothing?
July 12th, 2023 | 6 mins 42 secs
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Paul reminds us of a most important truth. There, he teaches us that while suffering is never a good, it can be used for good things.
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Episode 24: Shedding What is a Hindrance
July 5th, 2023 | 4 mins 37 secs
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As I prayed with this, I was immediately struck by how relevant that little detail is for so many of us. How tempted I am to think that many of the things that other people, or other ministries, need I must also need.
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Episode 23: The Real World
June 28th, 2023 | 7 mins 43 secs
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Americans don’t usually like bad news. Oh, to be sure, we seem to enjoy reading other people’s “dirty laundry,” as an 80’s song once put it. But confronting the reality of demons who hate and are seeking to degrade, enslave and destroy us…? Uh, no thanks.
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Episode 22: Doomed to Succeed with Special Guest: Albert Faraj
June 21st, 2023 | 5 mins 40 secs
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We live in a time which is simultaneously permissive in the extreme while being merciless on anyone who makes mistakes. Our society makes no allowance for those who have messed up… there can be no redemption.