“Take up your cross and follow me” There are many ways to understand this command. Many take it as God’s way of saying we need to put up with all the sufferings that our bodies give us. That’s true, but there’s more to it that. I want to use the example of the soldier to […]
Home Bible Study – The Cross
March 16, 2017 By
The Third Sunday of Great Lent: Sunday of the Veneration of the Holy Cross St. Paul’s Letter to the Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:1-6 Beloved in Christ, since we have a high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we have not a high priest […]
Homily Notes: St. Gregory Palamas (Let’s Be Quiet)
March 12, 2017 By
What do you meet in the silence? On Holy Saturday, at the First Resurrection service (3PM here), we sing; “Let all mortal flesh keep silence, and in fear and trembling stand; for the King of kings and Lord of lords comes forth, to be slain, to give Himself as food to the faithful.” Why should […]
Home Bible Study – Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas
March 9, 2017 By
Second Sunday of Great Lent: St. Gregory Palamas Epistle Reading: St. Paul’s Letter to the Hebrews 1:10-14; 2:1-3 [To the Son, God says;] “IN THE BEGINNING, Thou, Lord, didst found the earth in the beginning, and the heavens are the work of thy hands; they will perish, but thou remainest; they will all grow old […]
Home Bible Study: Forgiveness Sunday
February 23, 2017 By
Home Bible Study Forgiveness Sunday (and the Expulsion of Humankind from Paradise) Romans 13:11-14:4 (NKJV) Theme: Put on Christ 11 And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. 12 The night is far spent, the […]
OT Bible Study #14 – Jethro (and the Bible) on Leadership
February 22, 2017 By
Bible Study #14 Jethro on Leadership Make the pure light of Your divine knowledge shine in our hearts, Loving Master, and open the eyes of our minds that we may understand the message of Your Gospel. Instill also in us reverence for Your blessed commandments, so that overcoming all worldly desires, we may pursue a […]
Fr. Anthony interviewed on Orthodoxy Live!
February 20, 2017 By
Fr. Evan hosts a live call-in show on Ancient Faith Radio. Last night, he invited me to be his guest. Hilarity ensues (in that subdued Orthodox kind of way).
Homily Notes: Sunday of Judgment… Is Worship Useful?
February 19, 2017 By
Sunday of the Last Judgment (Matthew 25:31-46) Connecting the dots between the call to do good … and Sunday worship. Introduction: we are supposed to make the connection The judgment takes place IN THE THRONE ROOM OF GOD More a place of worship and awe than courtroom His audience would have intuited that and filled […]
OT Bible Study #13 – Miracles in the Desert
February 15, 2017 By
Bible Study #14 Miracles in the Desert Make the pure light of Your divine knowledge shine in our hearts, Loving Master, and open the eyes of our minds that we may understand the message of Your Gospel. Instill also in us reverence for Your blessed commandments, so that overcoming all worldly desires, we may pursue […]
Home Bible Study – The Sunday of the Last Judgement
February 15, 2017 By
Home Bible Study The Sunday of the Last Judgement 1 Corinthians 8:8-9:2 8 But food does not commend us to God; for neither if we eat are we the better, nor if we do not eat are we the worse. 9 But beware lest somehow this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to those […]
