Third Sunday after PentecostRomans 5:1-10; St. Matthew 6:22-33 This Summer, during the time of shortened homilies, I am dedicating this brief time to the topic of the Eucharistic Liturgy as the “common work of a thankful people” and how it is designed to bring us into a deeper salvific and sanctifying relationship with Jesus Christ.. […]
20110304 Lent, News, and Evangelizing Moral Therapeutic Deists
March 3, 2011 By
The USB Symbol: a Sign of Ukrainian Orthodoxy’s Global Influence!!! Shownotes for 20110221Lesson: Lenten Epistle of the Permanent Conference of Ukrainian Orthodox Bishops beyond the Borders of Ukraine [Musical Interlude is the Lenten Prokimen “Turn not away Thy Face”, available here by St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in San Anselmo, CA.] Mail Call:Question from a new reader/listener: Why doesn’t […]
20110221 The Ontology of Evil
February 18, 2011 By
Shownotes for 20110221Lesson:Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron… But reject profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise yourself toward godliness. For bodily exercise profits […]
20110128 The Sacramental Ontology of Beauty
January 28, 2011 By
CLICK HERE FOR THE MP3Opening Lesson:“Beauty will save the world.” Prince Myshkin (recounted by Hippolyte) in Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s The Idiot.One of the things that leads truly rational and open-minded people to reject pure materialism and atheism is their superficial and patently absurd explanation of the many blessings that flow into creation from her uncreated Creator. […]
20110105 Christian Orienteering, News, and an Interview with a New Priest
January 5, 2011 By
Shownotes for 20100105 Show (click here to download) Homily on the Reading of the Names and the Birth of Christ (St. Matthew 1) Three points: what we are to do with all these names; the standard of evaluation; and the place of Christ in all this. 1. Ancestors – the reading of the names. Why […]
20101208 Interview with Fr. James Early
December 8, 2010 By
20101208 Shownotes (click to listen/download) Colossians 1: 12-18 Who is the Christ? • He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. • He is the one, by whom “all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities […]
Some Thoughts on Orthodox Unity
July 25, 2008 By
I am frequently in contact with people who are passionate about “Church Unity”. Here is my basic take on this, broken down by specific area. Defining my Terms: By “Unity”, I mean a sharing more than a belief in Christ as Savior, but of the implications of this belief regarding shared ecclesiology and sacraments. While […]
