Luke21 - Catholic Biblical Prophecy

In the last episode, your host Steve Wood, went through the topic of the Great Tribulation in the books of First and Second Thessalonians. He showed the importance of looking at the entire context of a verse – rather than studying just a particular verse by itself. Steve then explored the seven verses in Thessalonians that talked about tribulation as a life situation – a context that St. Paul was...

There’s a little saying that goes, “a text without a context, is just a pretext.” What does this have to do with studying biblical prophecy? In today’s episode, your host Steve Wood will explain the importance of studying a particular verse in the Bible while also looking at it’s entire context. You take away the context – you lose the meaning. While continuing our study of St. Paul’s Epistle to t...

If we are being honest, the world seems to be turning the church upside down more than the church is turning the world upside down, regardless of which church you attend. We’re not really winning the cultural wars or the war for the hearts, minds and souls of men, women, and particularly young people. We must ask ourselves – is something missing in how we present, believe, and live the Gospel? Cou...

Thessalonians is at the center of much debate between Christians regarding the basic framework of biblical prophecy. This debate isn’t just between Protestants and Catholics as much as it is between a huge group that has adopted dispensationalism (a fairly recent understanding of biblical prophecy, less than 200 years old) and a large number of Protestants, Orthodox Christians, and Catholics who t...

In this episode, your host Steve Wood launches into the study of biblical prophecy starting with 1 Thessalonians 1:1-4. You will learn the importance of these four verses and why they are key for understanding the big picture of Biblical prophecy. Steve then dives into explaining the two different ways one can interpret the Scriptures. Spoiler alert – you’ll learn what eisegesis (reading one’s tho...

In this episode, Steve Wood begins a new series studying St. Paul’s Epistles to the Thessalonians. Page by page, Steve predicts you’ll learn more about biblical prophecy from these two short epistles (Thessalonians being only eight chapters), than any other resource! To explain this, Steve has listed ten things you will learn about biblical prophecy just by studying First and Second Thessalonians....

[Please note there are no episodes 363-399. With the launch of our new video format on YouTube, we've started episode numbers over with 400.] The Luke21 Podcast is on a mission to make biblical prophecy accessible and understandable. But before you jump into any study on biblical prophecy, you should know who is proclaiming it and where they are coming from. In today’s episode, your host Steve Woo...

Father Omar is a longtime friend of Steve’s and was an early advocate of us starting the Luke21 Radio show. Steve had Father in the studio recently to chat about why he thought Steve should go forward with producing the show.   New video format for Luke21 coming soon! Beginning January 4, 2024, we’ll have the show in video format as well as the same audio format you know and love. With making the...

Steve reminds you of a new format for Luke21. Beginning January 4, 2024, we’ll have the show in video format as well as the same audio format you know and love. With making the show available on YouTube, Steve will be able to help showcase certain tools he’s used while studying biblical prophecy as well as reach more people seeking to study the truth. If you are a YouTube user, or would simply lik...

Steve shares similarities and differences in Ezekiel & Revelation   Steve reminds you of  a new format for Luke21. Beginning in January 2024, we’ll be recording the show in video format as well as the same audio format you know and love. With making the show available on YouTube, Steve will be able to help showcase certain tools he’s used while studying biblical prophecy as well as reach more...

Steve announces a new format for Luke21. Beginning in January 2024, we’ll be airing the show in video format as well as the same audio format you know and love. By making the show available on YouTube, Steve will be able to visually showcase certain tools he’s used while studying biblical prophecy as well as reach more people seeking to study the truth. If you are a YouTube user, or would simply l...

Have you ever thought of your family as an ark? Steve shares some prophetic wisdom from John Paul II. Referenced in this episode: Heralds of the Second Coming book 1 John 2:28 2 Thessalonians 2 Luke 21:25-33

Steve wraps up this miniseries on St. Hildegard with some powerful convictions. Referenced in this episode: Revelation 10 Revelation 20

St. Hildegard is one of the greatest scripture scholars in history. Steve share’s some of her teaching on 1 & 2 Thessalonians and the prophecy it contains. Referenced in this episode: 1 & 2 Thessalonians 1 Corinthians 15:51

You know Steve has been learning from Pope Benedict XVI’s writings on the End Times. Join in as Steve shares what a great saint & doctor of the Church taught Pope Benedict. Referenced in this episode: 2 Thesselonians 2 Hildegard’s two main writings on the End Times: Scivias ( Text-only of Scivias from Columbia University) The Book of Divine Works (Liber Divinorum Operum) More on this book here...

Steve shares more from the Lord of the World book by Robert Hugh Benson. Visit https://www.gutenberg.org/ for a free e-book of Lord of the World by Robert Hugh Benson . Steve mentioned The Newmann Press hardbound book but Newmann was acquired by TAN Books in 2013 and that copy is no longer available. The title is available in paperback through TAN Books online here: https://tanbooks.com/products/b...

Steve shares three books for further reading on the Antichrist. Visit https://goodcatholicbooks.org/ for the free article A Short Story of the Anti-Christ by Vladimir Soloviev . Visit https://www.gutenberg.org/ for a free e-book of Lord of the World by Robert Hugh Benson . Steve mentioned The Newmann Press hardbound book but Newmann was acquired by TAN Books in 2013 and that copy is no longer avai...

Today’s special episode aims to shed light on the dangers cherry-picking scripture verses to determine when the apocalypse is coming. Steve references our companion show, Faith & Family Radio , which is a show all faith, family & fatherhood from a Catholic biblical perspective. Show number 461 is a good cross-reference to this Luke21 episode. For more on The Olivet Discourse, re-listen to...

Join Steve as he shares more on Pope Benedict XVI and where he learned more on the Antichrist.

Steve shares three great resources for studying biblical prophecy and wisdom from Pope Benedict XVI. Referenced in today’s episode: Jesus of Nazareth by Pope Benedict XVI – available through Ignatius Press and other book sellers. CCC 668-677

Learn about an early church father and get clarification on what happens to your body (and soul) when you die. Referenced in today’s episode: On the Resurrection of the Flesh – full article available through org 1 Corinthians 15 1 Thessalonians 4

The last of the series on apostasy and the antichrist. Referenced in today’s episode: 2 Thessalonians 2:3 Barnabas’s epistle on the antichrist Revelation 14:9

Steve teaches from Paul’s second letter to the Thessalonians. Pope Benedict XVI is one of the best to learn from.

Steve teaches from Paul’s second letter to the Thessalonians. The warnings of apostacy aren’t for outsiders far from Christianity… Referenced in today’s episode: 2 Thessalonians 2:3 Sirach 16:7 Genesis 6 Jude 6 Ignatius Catholic Study Bible

Sin is increasing and causing the natural world to come unglued. Hear what Steve found when reading early church father Hippolytus’s ancient book on the Antichrist. Steve did a miniseries on St. Hippolytus, an early Church father, awhile back. The episodes on Hippolytus are 239-249. To listen to the full series on the Early Church Fathers, those episode numbers are 239-261.