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Truths About Orthodoxy: 06/15/14
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Sunday, June 15, 2014. Questions About The Sunday of All Saints. Questions About The Sunday of All Saints. When is the Sunday of All Saints? Where is the service found (which service book)? The Sunday of All Saints is celebrated the Sunday after Pentecost. The service is the last one in the "Pentecostarion", which has all the services from Pascha until the Sunday of All Saints, inclusive. What is a "Saint"? What does the word literally mean? Shortly before he breaks the Lamb, and this phrase includes all...
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Truths About Orthodoxy: 12/10/13
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Tuesday, December 10, 2013. On the Glorification of Nelson Mandela. I am conflicted when I think of Nelson Mandela and the honors now bestowed upon him. On the one hand I see he is worthy of much honor. There is much to be admired in Nelson Mandela. The apartheid system laid on the necks of the native Africans by the British was wrong, unjust and evil. The native Africans were treated as sub-human to be used as objects to increase the riches of the wealthy and the powerful. You see, the fact of the matte...
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Truths About Orthodoxy: 10/10/14
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Friday, October 10, 2014. Why Do I Believe What I Believe About God? Why Do I Believe What I Believe About God? I suspect that many people, if not most, hold their beliefs about God without much thought as to why they believe what they believe or how they came to those particular beliefs. It seems to me that when it comes to beliefs in or about God we have two choices. Such a belief in divine revelation calls us to surrender and submit to what God has revealed. On the other hand, if we derive our beliefs...
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Truths About Orthodoxy: 07/19/15
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Sunday, July 19, 2015. The True Israel of God. THE TRUE ISRAEL OF GOD. When God called Abraham and entered into a covenant with him, the Jewish nation did not exist. Thus, the covenant God gave to Abraham was not based on a worldly nation or a people of a certain ethnic descent or nationality but the promise was to Abraham and his seed – not seeds as in many but seed as in one. 8220;Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. The promise to Abraham was the promise of the coming Messiah. The Promi...
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Truths About Orthodoxy: 12/08/13
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Sunday, December 8, 2013. From Protestant to Orthodox. Protestants and particularly evangelicals take a "minimalist" approach to Salvation. They focus on Salvation as justification: "I can go to heaven rather than hell." Plenty of people recognize that being a Christian is more than just a matter of "fire insurance," but it is easy to be fooled by one's own sales pitch- "Just accept Jesus as your savior". Plenty of people think that is all there is to it. So many people in predominantly Roman Catholic La...
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Truths About Orthodoxy: So Was the Early Church Wrong?
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Friday, July 10, 2015. So Was the Early Church Wrong? So, the question is now raised, was the early church in error because it did not condemn slavery and if so, then maybe they were also in error in the condemnation of divorce, women clergy, homosexuality, etc. This question arises from two contemporary perceptions or assumptions that are taken for granted but are erroneous. The first assumption is that slavery, per se, is wrong or of itself immoral. Slavery was not only a viable business model for land...
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Oh Taste and See: Service
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Sunday, May 29, 2011. The final few days of school, followed by the last week or two serving here and there, the final days of hospital internship.travel over the past few days. And Elizabeth, Katherine, and Laura in your prayers. Now, lest you think me the overeager, newly-ordained young deacon.well, you'd be partly right, but this will all come on the heels of today's quite humbling experience. My family and I make a point of going to St. Michael the Archangel's Church. Type errors were secondary to th...
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Oh Taste and See: The Commandments of St. Basil the Great to Priests
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Sunday, March 18, 2012. The Commandments of St. Basil the Great to Priests. Study, O Priest, to make yourself a blameless worker, rightly dividing the word of truth. Never stand at the synaxis having hatred toward anyone so as not to banish the Comforter. Do not, because of human weakness, hasten through or cut short the prayers, neither try to please persons, but look only toward the King who is present and the hosts of angels that surround him. Make yourself worthy by the holy canons. See that you do n...
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Oh Taste and See: A Bit of a Diversion
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Tuesday, October 04, 2011. A Bit of a Diversion. The original was HERE. I added us in. Tuesday, October 04, 2011. This made me smile! October 04, 2011 12:05 PM. October 04, 2011 3:18 PM. October 04, 2011 3:56 PM. I like the addition. Sorry I left you out to begin with. October 06, 2011 5:34 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Other Stuff I've Written. Keystone Nests, Patty Sauce" (a short story). Be Thou My Vision by The Purple Hulls. A Bit of a Diversion.
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Oh Taste and See: Leo
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Tuesday, June 28, 2011. Forgive the lack of updates; just a brief note to ask any and all to lift up Leo DuMoulin and his parents Justin and Anna. Also, Hierodeacon Kilian, a student here, is to be ordained to the holy priesthood in St. Nicholas Cathedral (DC) at the hands of Metropolitan JONAH today. Please keep all these, and, as always, us, in your prayers. Tuesday, June 28, 2011. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Other Stuff I've Written. Keystone Nests, Patty Sauce" (a short story).
