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Tolkien, Meekness and the Christian Message of Hope.
Tolkien, Meekness and the Christian Message of Hope. : Yesterday, to remember the memorial of JRR Tolkien’s Birthday I wrote a short piece on the Christian concept of hope in dark places. E...
"All the pleasures of the world, and all the kingdoms of this earth, shall profit me nothing. It is..."
“All the pleasures of the world, and all the kingdoms of this earth, shall profit me nothing. It is better for me to die on behalf of Jesus Christ, than to reign over all the ends of the earth....
“If we ask ourselves once again what the essence of Christianity is...”
“If we ask ourselves once again what the essence of Christianity is, we must give the following answer: it is God manhood; that is, the union of the human spirit, which is finite and limited in...
After a year and a quarter of being inactive on here it seems that people still share some of the...
After a year and a quarter of being inactive on here it seems that people still share some of the content. wow.
"They hated Me without a cause.”
These things I command you, that you love one another. “If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet beca...
The Departure of St. Titus, the Apostle.
On this day, St. Titus, the Apostle, was martyred. He was born in Crete, and he was the nephew of the governor of the island. He learned the Greek language, its literature and wisdom, and he exc...
“Because they trust in Him.”
But the salvation of the righteous is from the LORD; He is their strength in the time of trouble. And the LORD shall help them and deliver them; He shall deli...
Book Review: On the Tree of the Cross: Georges Florovsky and the Patristic Doctrine of Atonement
Book Review: On the Tree of the Cross: Georges Florovsky and the Patristic Doctrine of Atonement : My most recent book review, I found this book throughly informative and interesting. It contai...
"They hated Me without a cause.'
These things I command you, that you love one another.“If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet becaus...
The Martyrdom of St Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, in Rome.
On this day also, St. Ignatius was martyred in Rome in the year 17 A.D. He was chosen Bishop for Antioch, succeeding St. Peter the Apostle, in the year 69 A.D., during the reign of Emperor Traja...
The Martyrdom of Sts. Peter and Paul, the Apostles.
On this day, the two great saints Peter and Paul, were martyred. Peter was from Bethsaida, and he was a fisherman. The Lord chose him on the second day of His baptism after He chose Andrew his b...
The Departure of St. Kyrillos (Cyril) the First, the Twenty- Fourth Pope of Alexandria
On this day, of the year 160 A.M. (June 27th, 444 A.D.), the great father, the pillar of faith and the lamp of the Orthodox church, St. Kyrillos (Cyril) the First, the Alexandrian Pope, and the ...
The Nativity of St. John, the Baptist.
On this day, the church celebrates the nativity of St. John the Baptist. He whom none born of women was greater. He who kneeled to the Lord Christ while he was still in his mother’s womb, and w...
"John's baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the one coming after him, that is, in Jesus."
Meanwhile a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was a learned man, with a thorough knowledge of the Scriptures. He had been instructed in the way of the Lord, and he s...
"It is more blessed to give than to receive."'
From Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called for the elders of the church. And when they had come to him, he said to them: “You know, from the first day that I came to Asia, in what manner I alw...
The Martyrdom of St. Ananias, the Apostle.
On this day, St. Ananias, the apostle, departed. The apostles ordained this saint bishop for the city of Damascus. He preached therein with the life-giving gospel, as he preached also in the city...
The Departure of the Great Prophet Joshua Son of Nun.
On this day, of the year 2570 of the world, the great prophet Joshua Son of Nun, departed. He was born, in the year 2460 of the world, in Egypt (Fifty three years before the deliverance of the p...
Many are the afflictions of the righteous”
Many are the afflictions of the righteous,But the LORD delivers him out of them all.But let the righteous be glad;Yes, let them rejoice exceedingly. PSALM 34:19 ; PSALM 68:3
“ For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but ...r loses his life for My sake and the gospel's will save it.”
When He had called the people to Himself, with His disciples also, He said to them, “Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. For whoever de...
The Departure of Elisha, the Prophet.
On this day, of the year 3195 of the world, the holy prophet Elisha, departed. This prophet was born in one of the villages of Israel called Alamut. His father’s name was Shaphat. Elisha was a ...