” (v.25). Of course Jesus didn’t utter this as a disrespectful insult; that would’ve been inconsistent with his entire way of being. The word “foolish” was more akin to “slow-of-heart,” like the Texas-expression
I spent the rest of that day, holed up in my bedroom, worrying about what my father was going to do to me, how he would deal with me. Hours and hours of waiting, until later that night, when he got home, and as he sat in his lazy boy chair with his feet in the air, he c...
have made to God? Have I wished evil upon any other person? Have I spoken about the Church, the saints, or sacred thing with irreverence, hatred, or defiance? Have I insulted a sacred person or abused a sacred object? Have I been disrespectful in my behavior in Church?III...
Josh: Now, practically speaking, more honor often turns into more power… sometimes out of abuse. I am not trying to be disrespectful, but we as Orthodox would not hesitate to say that the Patriarch in Rome began to abuse his place of honor and usurp special powers which his bishopric h...