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How I Am
Steve learns that he and his ego crucified Christ from a ten year old child.
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My God, My God Why Have You Forsaken Me?
Steve discusses his struggle with his recent diagnosis with cancer while caregiving his dying parents. He takes an honest, hard look at the common sayings and spiritual counsels often given to people who are suffering.
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Where Am I?
Steve discusses physical and spiritual dementia and remembrance in the sacramental life of the Church".
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Death, Life, and Love
Steve discusses his death at birth, his life-long desire to be old, his "death wish," and what it means to "live is Christ and to die is gain."
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An Ordinary Christmas
On an ordinary night, like ten thousand other nights the shepherds experience the extraordinary: The transcendent God is revealed in our ordinary flesh.
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Staying Orthodox
Steve discusses the realities of becoming Orthodox, being Orthodox, and staying Orthodox.
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Mediocrity
Steve discusses mediocrity, the struggle with being ordinary, and the reality of what it means to be an "everyday saint."
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The Mitt
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A Life Update
In this podcast, Steve Robinson brings us up to date on his life, a four-year-old catechist, signing a death warrant and a prison release, and the challenges of caring for aging and dying parents.
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The Domestic Monastery
Steve discusses both his desire to be a monk and marriage and family as the "domestic monastery."
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The Domestic Church
Steve begins a series on "the domestic church" and reflects on the liturgy of life, love, and family living with four generations in his house.
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Orthodoxy in the Office
Steve discusses working in an office environment, the disease of being awesome, black robes, fake humility, the illusions of self-employment, and the importance of donuts.
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The Will of God for Our Life
Steve answers listener email and discusses our human fear of free will. Ultimately, we are created FOR paradise, not BY paradise.
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Steve the Builder Awakens: Reflections at 63
Steve returns to podcasting after five years of silence. He reflects on "the will of God for your life" in light of his recent life events.
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StB Goes to the Movies
Steve the Builder reviews Inception. But after seeing the movie, he's not sure if Ancient Faith Radio is real. Nor is he sure if the idea for the podcast was planted in his head by Leonardo DiCaprio or by a night out at the park with friends in 1969. But maybe the movie is more real than the people who made it intended it to be.
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Love Wins: An Orthodox View of Salvation
In response to Rob Bell's controversial book Love Wins, Steve ventures into the world of video and gives a short summary of the difference between the mainstream Protestant view of salvation and an Orthodox view. Listen to the short audio introduction below, then watch the video.
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On Growing Old
Steve reflects on turning 59, the past, work, family, a change of careers and facing old age.
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Miracles or Deceptions?
Steve discusses his experiences with miracles as a Protestant and now as an Orthodox Christian.
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Cleaning House
What REALLY happens when the wife is gone for ten days and the husband realizes he has 24 hours to prepare for her homecoming? Listen to Steve give away the "man secrets" and why cleaning house is a part of our salvation.
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The Story of Joe
What happens when someone puts a gun to your head and you don't believe in Jesus?
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Fr. Meletios Webber on Priesthood and Spiritual Fathers, Part Three
Steve finishes his interview with Fr. Meletios and discusses spiritual directors, accountability groups and obedience.
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Fr. Meletios Webber on Priesthood and Spiritual Fathers, Part Two
Steve continues his interview with Fr. Meletios Webber and they discuss the role of the parish priest as a Father/confessor, confession and counseling, penances, clairvoyance and much more.
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Demolition, Canons and Spiritual Direction
Steve reflects on the limitations and dangers of the tools of his trade and how it applies to how we approach the Canons of the Church.
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If I Were a Rich Man… Dadadadada….
Steve the Builder is on the road again and spent a week insulating and remodeling the Abbot's cell, a 60 year old building at St. Michael's Monastery in northern New Mexico.
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Orthodox Evangelism
You'd think by now that people would figure out that what is hip, cool and relevant today will elicit LOL's on YouTube 30 years from now. What does this mean for Orthodox Christians, cultural relevance and evangelism?
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Fr. Meletios Webber on Priesthood and Spiritual Fathers, Part One
Steve interviews Fr. Meletios Webber, the Abbot of St. John's Monastery, on what the "grace of the priesthood" bestows on a man and what the priest's authority and role is in the life of the parish and in his relationship with his parishoners as his spiritual children.
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On The Priesthood
How does someone know they are called to the priesthood? Steve discusses his lifelong "call" and where he was ordained.
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Orthodoxy and Homosexuality, Part Two
In Part Two Steve answers email from listeners in a Question/Answer format.
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Orthodoxy and Homosexuality, Part One
In this podcast Steve references an article he wrote for AGAIN Magazine on the Orthodox Church and same sex attraction. In it he shares the results of several interviews with Orthodox men and women who shared their backgrounds and experiences as homosexuals before and after becoming Orthodox Christians.
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The Orthodox Chameleon
They say "Clothes make the man"... Steve gives up his Hawaiian shirt and learns a hard lesson.
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Valentine's Day and Marriage
Listen in on Steve's reflections on learning to love, his marriage and his Valentine's day wish for his wife.
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Ask Me About Jesus
Or, maybe you shouldn't... there are other people who are more authoritative. I'll tell you where to find them.
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The Boat
Join Steve as he stands in line with some fellow shipmates on the economic downturn boat and talks about navigating rough financial waters.
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Ain't I Great?
Sometimes we ask, "If I die young, how many great things might I have done?" Perhaps we should ask, "If I live long, will I die a human being?"
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Happy Holidays
When Jesus came as The Gift to the world as a stranger, He encountered politics, and it was politics that ultimately killed the Gift. In Houston Texas, politics once again kills the Gift of Christmas.
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A Life Well Lived
Steve has been dealing with friends and family who are facing death for the past few weeks. Listen in as he talks about his father and friends and the difference between a good life and a life well lived.
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Capital Punishment, Part 5
Why does God allow imperfect and fallen human beings make life and death decisions? Have Christians permitted the atheists to define our doctrines? Who has a greater problem justifying being against the death penalty, the Christian or the atheist? What does iconography have to do with the death penalty? All this and more...
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Capital Punishment, Final
In the final podcast in the capital punishment series Steve discusses punishment, retribution and hell in light of "God is love". Can Christians legitimately believe in retributive punishment and a loving God? And finally, what is the responsibility of Christians to those on death row?
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Capital Punishment, Part 7
Is the death penalty really a deterrent? Is there a need to kill evildoers if we can keep society safe through the prison systems? Is punishment a primitive concept not fit for modern enlightened society?
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Capital Punishment, Part 6
This week Steve discusses the woman taken in adultery, would Jesus "flip the switch" on the electric chair, and should evildoers be given life in prison in hopes that they will eventually repent?
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Capital Punishment, Part 4
What are the pitfalls of a "Christian State"? Can or should the State govern according to the Gospel? Can "forgiveness of enemies" be a valid principle of civil order? What do the Fathers of the Orthodox, Roman Catholic and Lutheran Churches say about the relationship of Church and State in regard to civil order and capital punishment?
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Capital Punishment, Part 3
In Part 3 of the series, Steve begins a discussion of the Church and State. How do we view Judaism as a theocracy? Is Jesus anti-death penalty? What is the purpose of civil authority? Is the State constrained to function on the level of the Gospel and should it?
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Capital Punishment, Part 2
In the second part of the series Steve discusses the Flood as the dividing line in human history in regard to the meaning of death, fear and capital punishment. Did the Mosaic Law abrogate the covenant with Noah? What do the atheist and the Christian have in common in regard to capital punishment?
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Capital Punishment, Part 1
Steve begins a four part series on "Capital Punishment". In Part One he chronicles his work with emotionally disturbed children and the beginning of his shift from radical pacifism to a reconsideration of the death penalty.
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Dining Out Like a Christian
In this podcast Steve gives a simple way to get to know someone quickly: take them out for dinner. He discusses how both CEO's of international corporations and the scriptures tell us that how people treat waiters and waitresses says volumes about their personality, ethics and spiritual life.
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Circle of Life
In his first episode, Steve reflects on fish, turtles, Disney, life and death.
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