What do we need to keep in mind as we pray? What beliefs undergird a strong and vibrant prayer life? Chris Findley walks us through three key things we need to remember as we lift up our needs and concerns to Him.

What is Lent? What do I do during Lent? Fr. Chris walks us through the basics about Lent and how we can faithfully enter into this penitential season. From its penitential nature to common liturgical observances, Fr. Chris suggests Lent be viewed as an opportunity for deepening our Christian walk.

What are some practical ways we can pass through hard times with faith and hope? In this episode, Fr. Chris looks to 1 Peter 3 to discover how Peter encourages his readers who are facing significant difficulties and challenges. Peter gives practical, Christ-focused wisdom that can strengthen and sustain us in our own hard times.

How do God's people lose their first love? What are the ways that we drift from faithfulness? In this week's podcast, Fr. Chris looks at Amos 8:4-12 and how Israel wandered from God's ways by placing their trust and confidence in other things. Drift is often subtle and slow-moving. At some point we may wake up and find that we are in need of returning to the Lord and renewing our confidence in Him. There are lessons for every Christian and every congregation in this passage.

In this episode Fr. Chris discusses the nature of suffering and how Christians can walk with faith and hope through difficult times. The epistle of 1st Peter was written to a people familiar with suffering, a people who needed to be reminded of the authentic hope we have as followers of Jesus. Fr. Chris examines 1st Peter, verses 3-7 and unpacks five keys to suffering well.

We see so much uncertainty and unsteadiness in our world. Many of us have a lingering sense of anxiety regarding the current state of the world. We're not the first to face the challenge of being faithful in difficult days. Fr. Chris points us to Paul's words in 2 Thessalonians 2 and 3 to learn how the Gospel is the stabilizing force we need for these times.

Fr. Chris looks at what has been given to us in the Incarnation and the implications of that event in the lives of Christians. Do we really understand our need of God and our need of being saved? Only when we do will we understand why our Lord came to us. Only then can we truly open, explore, and appreciate God's great gift in Jesus.

This is the first lesson in Fr. Chris' Series, "Christ & Culture" which seeks to help develop and utilize a Christian worldview in examining modern cultural issues. In this lesson he unpacks what a worldview is, why it is important, what questions it seeks to answer, and what comprises the Christian worldview.