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Grace and the Handbasket
Read more: Grace and the HandbasketA difficulty arises when making cultural observations – things rarely turn out as expected. The Roman Empire fell once upon a time, although the fall wasn’t nearly as clean and final as Gibbons imagined and it wasn’t really the Roman Empire that fell. But ever since the “Roman Empire fell” people have been rehearsing the lessons […]
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God and the Self – Dragons and the Treasuries of Grace
Read more: God and the Self – Dragons and the Treasuries of GraceBeloved, we are children of God, and it doesn’t yet appear what we shall be. But we know, that when He appears, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. (1John 3:2) You are dead, and your life is hid in Christ in God. (Col. 3:3) Whoever seeks to […]
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The God Who Sees Us
Read more: The God Who Sees UsRecent days and thoughts have brought me to the conclusion that what we require is not so much to see God, as to be seen by God. The most frightful words in all of Scripture are, “Depart from me, I never knew you.” To not be known, it seems to me, is tantamount to having […]
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The Royal Priesthood in a Secular World
Read more: The Royal Priesthood in a Secular WorldSt. Peter describes us as a “royal priesthood.” “But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light…” (1 Peter 2:9) We live in a world metaphor and simile. That is to […]
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The Communion of Tradition
Read more: The Communion of TraditionThat which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, concerning the Word of life–the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare to you that eternal life which was with the Father and […]
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Mystical Theology and the Orthodox Faith
Read more: Mystical Theology and the Orthodox FaithA turning point in my life took place in an unremarkable manner. In my college years, my best friend approached me in the university library and thrust a book into my hand. “Steve, read this!” He said. The book was Vladimir Lossky’s Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church. The year was 1976. I did as […]
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To Serve God
Read more: To Serve GodIn a therapeutic culture in which our goal is to be our very best, it is almost impossible to serve God. The reason is quite simple: when my goal is to be my very best, the goal is my God. “Serving God” thus becomes a euphemism for a Christianity that we take to be therapeutic […]
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Falling Between the Cracks
Read more: Falling Between the Cracks… human nature is created and so, is unavoidably mortal; with death man’s entire psychosomatic being comes to an end. All of his psychological and mental functions cease to function: his self-conscience, reasoning, judgment, memory, imagination, and desire. Man is no longer able to function through the parts of the body in order to speak, […]
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The Debt of Sin and the Sin of Debt
Read more: The Debt of Sin and the Sin of DebtThere are a number of ideas and phrases that most Biblically literate Christians would swear were in the Bible, but are not. Among those is the phrase (or concept) of the “debt of sin.” It is simply not there. Nor is there a phrase that describes sin as something that we “owe.” Again, it’s simply […]
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Thank you very much for your kind words and your advice, Father Stephen. I’ve really appreciated!
Gabriel, It’s a fairly common problem and can create difficulties surrounding such questions. No that you’re not alone – and…
Thank you, Father Stephen! And, as you might have correctly perceived, I do tend towards obsessive thoughts and worries/ruminations.
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