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Monthly Archives: April 2009
Reading Genesis 3
Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of us in knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand and take also of the tree of life and eat, and live forever—” therefore the … Continue reading
The Freedom to Defeat Evil, Not the Freedom from Evil
Theodicy - The effort to explain or justify the goodness of God while accounting for the existence of evil in the world. Sergius Bulgakov in THE BRIDE OF THE LAMB offers this thought: The question of the final destiny of … Continue reading
Posted in Cross, Evil, freedom, Orthodox, Orthodoxy, Pascha, resurrection
Tagged Christ is risen!, Evil, Pascha, Satan, theodicy
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Thomas Sunday (1994)
Sermon notes St. Thomas Sunday, John 20:19-29 May 8, 1994 At the very beginning of Great Lent I told you that Lent was designed to be a liturgical tool to teach us about life as disciples of Christ. I used … Continue reading
Posted in Christ, Great Lent, Orthodox, Orthodoxy, Pascha, resurrection
Tagged Christ is risen!, Doubt, faith, Great Lent, John 20:19-31, Pascha, resurrection, St. Thomas Sunday, Tomb of Christ
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“Seeing” with our Ears is Believing
Being a person with little training in music or the arts of any kind (I never took a music class after 7th grade until I had my one semester of music at seminary), the world of art and music remains … Continue reading
Posted in Beauty, free will, freedom, Orthodoxy, Theosis
Tagged Culture, free will, freedom, Genesis 1:3, meaning, meaning of life, Music, Trinity, Understanding the Bible
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The Church Does Not Exist for Heaven
THE APOSTLES In the season from Pascha to Pentecost, our daily Scripture readings include lessons from the Acts of the Apostles. The original disciples of Christ – the Twelve, the Seventy, the Women disciples of the Lord – were joined … Continue reading
Posted in Christ, Church, Creation, Orthodox Church, Orthodoxy, Pascha, resurrection
Tagged Heaven, New Creation, Pascha, resurrection, The Church, Twelve Apostles
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The Blessed Doubt of Thomas
THOMAS SUNDAY John 20:19-31 One element to the resurrection stories found in all 4 of the Gospels which I think lends credence to the story of the resurrection is the recorded reaction of the women disciples of the Lord when … Continue reading
Posted in Christ, faith and reason, Gospel, Orthodox, Orthodox Church, Pascha, resurrection
Tagged Doubt, faith, John 20:19-31, St. Thomas Sunday, Twelve Apostles
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The Touching Story of the Apostle Thomas
THOMAS SUNDAY John 20:19-31 The sense of touch – what is its importance to our lives? We confirm many truths with it. We confirm that a loved one is near by. We sense warmth and life by it. We can … Continue reading
Posted in Christ, faith and reason, Orthodox, Orthodoxy, Pascha, resurrection
Tagged Doubt, faith, John 20:19-31, St. Thomas Sunday, truth
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Through the Cross Joy Comes into All the World
Anglican Bishop N.T. Wright frequently writes about the nature of the Kingdom of God which Christ is ushering into our world. What has God got to say about evil in our world? How does God respond to the evil violence … Continue reading
Posted in Christ, Cross, Evil, Government, Judgment, Kingdom, Orthodox, Peace, resurrection
Tagged Christ is risen!, Kingdom of God, The Cross
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Christ Reigns, Crucified and Risen
Christ is risen! Bright Saturday CHRIST HAS RISEN freeing the first-formed Adam from his bonds, and destroying Hades’ might. Courage, all you dead, for death is done to death, and Hades too is stripped … Continue reading
Posted in Christ, death, Orthodox, Orthodoxy, Pascha, resurrection
Tagged Bright Week, Christ is risen!, Pascha, resurrection
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McKenzie Living with Rejection
The child of God McKenzie continues to be in the hospital under close care, but she is no longer in intensive care. Since the liver/small bowel transplant she has had to have 3 additional surgeries and 7 blood transfusions to … Continue reading
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