We finish up Numbers 21 by talking about missing books of the Bible and the defeat of two giants: King Sihon of the Ammorites and Og of Bashan. Why do we celebrate these victories every Sunday and Feast Day? Enjoy the show! Check out this episode! ++++++ OT Bible Study #24: Og of Bashan Make […]
Bible Study #25 – The Fiery Serpent
November 28, 2017 By
This week we have a special guest and friend of the podcast, Rev. Michael Landsman, the pastor at Zion Stone UCC in Northampton, PA. He takes us through Numbers 21, focusing primarily on the fiery serpents and the bronze serpent God had Moses to heal their poisonous bites. Enjoy the show! Check out this episode! […]
Homily – Why a Good Samaritan?
November 26, 2017 By
The lesson is that we need to have the courage and compassion to love all people that are in need; even those who are different from us. But if that was the main point, why not make the Samaritan the one on the roadside? Why did Jesus make him the one who saves the victim? […]
Homily – On the Raising of Jarius’ Daughter
November 22, 2017 By
Orthodoxy is a rational faith, we do not have to “leave our minds at the door.”, but as with our feelings, our minds need to be trained. In order to be trained, first they need need to stripped of all nonsense and lies so that all our thoughts can be true. We need to allow […]
Bible Study #24 – The Rebellion of Khorah
November 21, 2017 By
After reviewing some of OT insights regarding the day’s feast (St Michael), Fr. Anthony uses Numbers 15-18 as a chance to talk about unintentional sin, the cost of going against God, and the epic battles of censors and wooden rods (with the winners being proven worthy of the priesthood). What does it all mean? Enjoy […]
Learn History so as not to repeat the worst parts – a review of Red Famine
November 18, 2017 By
This is the 100th commemoration of the October Revolution in Russia. You may remember an old TV game show “Name that Tune”. The premise was that only a handful of notes can bring to mind entire melodies. Contestants would bid on how few notes it would take for them to “name that tune”. We know that […]
Bible Study #23 – The Recon of Canaan
November 17, 2017 By
In this episode on Numbers 13-14 (the recon of Canaan), Fr. Anthony demonstrates what happens when a man who has a fever and can’t think straight tries to lead a Bible Study (and forgets to follow his notes). If you want coherence, the notes are at orthoanalytika.org. If you like stream of consciousness, then this […]
Book Discussion – Song of the Sirin with Nicholas Kotar
November 17, 2017 By
Listen as Nicholas Kotar talks about the benefits of using fairly tales to teach and evangelize and how he does this in his book, The Song of the Sirin. Enjoy the show! Check out this episode! Here is Nicholas’ Kotar’s blog Here is the AFR version of Nicholas Kotar’s blog Here is a link to […]
From the Archives: The Holodomor, Lazarus, and the Rich Man
November 5, 2017 By
[This homily was originally given on 9 November 2015.] Holodomor (dedication and blessing of the Holodomor Memorial in DC). Background info: the Holodomor (i.e. murder by starvation) was an intentional policy of the USSR under Stalin. In 1932-33, the Soviet regime killed upwards of ten million people (the number is disputed, but no one doubts that it […]
Homily – On the Anniversary of Great Evil
November 5, 2017 By
http://traffic.libsyn.com/orthoanalytika/20171105-TelltheTruth.mp3 Communism brought great evil to the world, but it did not create it out of scratch; it pulled it from our own hearts. How should we respond to the evil in the world? To the evil in our own hearts? Note: It was the 85th anniversary of the Holodomor, not the 75th (Fr. Anthony […]
