Feb 2, 2012

Neither all those in the desert were saved nor all those in the world were lost...

Jan 2, 2012

Make the effort to rise from the ground. Remember the good Shepherd who will follow and rescue you. Remember the mercies of God and how He cures with oil and wine.

Nov 30, 2011

Maybe the real question is, would we recognize free will if we saw it? What we call “free will” here and now is actually a broken version of real freedom.

Oct 25, 2011

Three problems with the doctrine of satisfactionism. It assumes God has human characteristics; it makes sin to be God's problem rather than man's; and it turns salvation into something external to man, leaving him essentially unchanged.

Oct 25, 2011

How precious the gift of the Cross, how splendid to contemplate! In the Cross there is no mingling of good and evil, as in the tree of paradise: it is wholly beautiful to behold and good to taste. The fruit of this tree is not death but life, not darkness but light.

Oct 20, 2011

These three spiritual principles, or disciplines, are really a summation of the Philokalia, the collection of Orthodox Christian spiritual wisdom. And they are disciplines every single one of us can practice, no matter where we are in life...

Oct 20, 2011

The world is the general name for all the passions. When we wish to call the passions by a common name, we call them the world...

Aug 30, 2011

Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.

Jul 6, 2011

Joy! What a scarce commodity this is. There are many who say that they are abiding in Christ. There are few who show that they are abounding in Him. Joy! How elusive.

Jun 11, 2011

Some people are convinced that sacred tradition is guarded by episcopal synods. But contemporary synods are not like those in the age of the early Christians: their aim was to preserve and protect the Church’s therapeutic method.