3 As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John and Andrew asked him privately, 4 “Tell us, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that they are all about to be fulfilled?” 5 Jesus said to them: “Watch out that no one...
2 Corinthians 4:10-11"Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus (which was for our victory), that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. For we which live are always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be...
People who have come to know the joy of God do not deny the darkness, but they choose not to live in it. They claim that the light that shines in the darkness can be trusted more than the darkness itself and that a little bit of light can dispel a lot of darkness. They point each...
Self-defense here is defined as "protecting oneself from injury at the hand of others." Self-defense is not about taking vengeance. Self-defense is not about punishing criminals. Self-defense involves preserving one's own health and life when it is threatened by the actions of others. When ...
And I say to you that many will come from east and west, and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. But the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go...
I hung onto that verse, and the others too, for dear life–and I have to this day. Here”s what I have learned about Psalms 37:4. It”s an “if then” proposition: IF I delight myself in the Lord, THEN he will give me the desires of my heart. Yes! It”s true … I ...
6 ... Thus you have made the commandment of God of no effect by your tradition. 7 Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying: 8 "These people draw near to Me with their mouth, And honor Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me. 9 And in vain they ...
So what does Scripture, and the Orthodox Church's Tradition as a whole, tell us about acquiring this kind of knowledge? What kind of training do we need to live an "honorable life" like the Saints? In a nutshell, we need to "put on Christ," to acquire the virtues, and free ...
9If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, 10even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast. 11If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,” ...
2 And they brought me to the place of darkness, and to a mountain, the point of whose summit reached to the shamayim. 3 And I saw the places of the lights and the treasuries of the stars and of the thunder and in the uttermost depths, where there were a fiery bow and arrows and ...