The Jeff Cavins Show (Your Catholic Bible Study Podcast)
Jeff shares personal tips and scriptural truths to help you live as a modern-day disciple of Jesus Christ.
We found 10 episodes of The Jeff Cavins Show (Your Catholic Bible Study Podcast) with the tag “catholic”.
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3 Decisions that Will Change Your Life
November 1st, 2019 | 37 mins 28 secs
bible, bible study, catholic, catholic bible, catholic church, change your life, gospel, jeff cavins, people over things, scripture, spend your time, wisdom
Drawing from St. Paul, James, and Proverbs, Jeff brings up three decisions that will change your life for the better.
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When Doves Cry: Seeking Validation
October 25th, 2019 | 38 mins 11 secs
bible, bible study, catholic, catholic bible
So many people walk through life constantly seeking validation. Are you one of them?
Jeff reminds us that if we feel unaffirmed or unappreciated, we will seek it somewhere—money, relationships, our work. But it’s only when Christ and our Heavenly Father validate us that we can be confident in our true worth. In today’s episode, Jeff addresses several unhealthy ways we might be seeking validation and shares wisdom to help us find our true identity in Christ.
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Go Small and Go Home: How to Love Your Neighbor
October 11th, 2019 | 33 mins 38 secs
bible, catholic, catholic family, catholic spirituality, community, good samaritan, gospel, jeff cavins, love your neighbor, loving the family, scripture, scripture scholar, st. therese
If we are focusing on the world, who is focusing on our family? We’re often distracted by the big picture of the world, but our attention is most needed at home. Jeff points to Scripture verses from Luke, 1 Timothy, and Matthew to show how we can emulate the good Samaritan and become a blessing to our families and local communities.
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Slow Faith
October 4th, 2019 | 30 mins 59 secs
bible, catholic, catholic church, catholicism, distractions, jeff cavins, jesus, prayer, salvation, scripture, social media
Growing in faith is difficult in our fast-paced, distraction-heavy lives. Jeff Cavins slows things down to help us focus on prayer and Jesus.
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Bringing Your Children to Jesus!
September 27th, 2019 | 35 mins 10 secs
bible, bringing kids to church, catholic, catholic church, catholic kids, catholic parents, keeping kids catholic, parenting, raising kids, scripture
Developing a strong relationship with Jesus is so important to the spiritual life, and bringing children to Jesus is the main goal of Catholic parents.
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Polish Saints and Pilgrimages with Fr. Josh Johnson
September 20th, 2019 | 30 mins 25 secs
catholic, church triumphant, fr. josh johnson, jpii, polish saints, saints, st. faustina, suffering
Jeff Cavins and Fr. Josh Johnson are in Poland! From Auschwitz to Pope St. John Paul II’s house, they discuss the places they have seen in connection with great Polish saints like St. Maximilian Kolbe and St. Faustina, as well as some amazing glory stories that reveal the mercy, truth, and suffering of these saints.
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When Good Things Are Bad for You (Filling up on Chips and Salsa) Part 2
September 13th, 2019 | 31 mins 16 secs
bible, bible passages, bible study, bible verse, biblical, catholic, catholic bible study, jeff cavins, moderation, scripture, scripture verse, spiritual, virtue
Jeff continues to unpack what happens to us when we are too preoccupied with worldly things and neglect to keep our eyes on heaven. He uses the metaphor of filling up on chips and salsa to illustrate this point, and draws on multiple biblical examples to go ever deeper.
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When Good Things Are Bad for You (Filling up on Chips and Salsa) Part 1
September 6th, 2019 | 29 mins 56 secs
adam and eve, bible, bible study, catholic, creation, creator, genesis, gospel of john, moderation, scripture, self-control, temperance, temporal, too much of a good thing, virtue
Have you ever gone to a restaurant and filled up on an appetizer (like chips and salsa) and then didn’t have any room left for the more nutritious main course? Jeff uses this illustration to explain how good things can become a problem when they replace God. Using Scripture passages from Genesis, St. Paul’s letter to the Colossians, and the Gospel of John, Jeff shows us why moderation is extremely important if we want to set our eyes on heaven.
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Is Your Heart Troubled?
August 30th, 2019 | 28 mins 31 secs
anxiety, bible, bible study, bible verses for stress, catholic, catholic bible study, finding peace, handling stress, jeff cavins, lectio divina, peace, prayer, scripture, scripture for peace, scripture scholar, stress
A troubled heart can happen at any stage of life. From work-related anxiety to stressful relationships to unexpected changes, at some point we find ourselves feeding worry in our hearts instead of offering it up to Jesus. Jeff shares Scripture passages that tell us how to handle a troubled heart, bring our worries to the Lord, and find peace.
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Don't Have a Weed Wacking Ministry! (Parable of the Sower)
August 16th, 2019 | 27 mins 27 secs
bible, bible study, catholic, catholic church, gospel, jeff cavins, matthew 13, parable of the sower, scripture, scripture study
God is the one who separates the wheat from the chaff, but we can be tempted to take this task on ourselves, especially when it comes to our parish. Jeff talks about the Parable of the Sower to explain why we shouldn’t take it upon ourselves to pull up what we may see as weeds at our parish.