“For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel's (in Greek - euangelion: eu – “well, good” & angelio “to announce” ) will save it.” With these words, Christ the Lord equates the Gospel with Himself, that is the Gospel is an experience …
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A Millstone is Better
True Christianity is timeless and eternal because it has its source in the Eternal and Timeless God. The revelation of Christ Jesus does not come in and out of fashion. True, it may wane in popularity because it does not substantiate and justify every fleeting whim of humanity, most of all modernity. The issue is not …
Techno-Buddy Jesus
It is, at times, costly to be an Orthodox Christian. Christ the Lord calls His followers to humble repentance. The Faith instructs us to seek Christ Jesus, and Him alone. Don't expect to be a superstar. Don't even seek the gifts that He can give. Love only Him, desire only Him. All things pass, only …
Fading Flowers and Man
Stop regarding man in whose nostrils is breath, for of what account is he? Isaiah 3:221 This is profound advice for our times. Sooner or later breath ceases and the mortal life of a man ceases. Regardless of his place in life, his deeds, his power, and his influence. Every person comes to an end. …
The Worst Pollutant
“Cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrows shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life” (Gen. 3:17). Sin, the rejection of God and the willing cooperation of mankind with evil, is a spiritual pollutant. Sin affects not only the spiritual but the physical world also. Ultimately sin is the cause …
A Sojourner and Exile
“There are two deaths, the one temporal and the other eternal; so also are there two lives, one of short duration and the other without end.” The Holy Martyr Plato. Vital to true Christianity is the remembrance of our, humanity's, transient mortality. Temporal life is given for but one reason: to secure eternal life. Eternal …
Eternal Life is Not For Free
The tendency of man is to seek comfort. Due to the fall and sin, this tendency has led to a lowering of mankind's eyes from his true goal: life in, and union by grace with, Christ. Many times instead of striving for the Kingdom of God we surround ourselves with earthly pleasures and worldly ease. …
Theology, Gender, and Dysphoria
“Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female ...” (Mat 19:4). True Christianity has always confessed that mankind is the creation of God, the work of His hands. To be truly human means to live according to the mode of being, the revelation, the way of …
The Rebellion of Korah: Without Priesthood There is no Christianity
True Christianity is priestly by nature; even more so, it has always had a defined and visible priesthood. To deny priesthood is to deny an elemental component of Christianity. “Wait,” the reply comes from certain groups, “we are all priests unto God, have you not read in the Scriptures, 'You yourselves are being built up …
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You Shall be My Martyr
“All alike displayed faith in Christ to their persecutors, they proclaimed the Name and were willing to die.” St. Nicholas Cabasilas Such was the disposition of the Christian martyrs. Martyrs are those who have shed their blood to hold fast the Faith. Yet martyr simply means witness. Christ the Lord tells His disciples, “You shall …
The Inkless Pen 