Fr. Barnabas Powell, Author at Faith Encouraged Ministries

He Escaped From Their Hands

BlogJanuary 12, 2015405Views 0Likes 0Comments

OK, I'm afraid of closed in places. I think it's called "claustrophobia." The first time I remember discovering this uneasy feeling was when I was a boy and we were playing hide and seek. I found this perfect hiding place in a small cupboard in the kitchen. And it must have been a good spot…

THIS Sunday’s NEW Faith Encouraged LIVE Program

BlogJanuary 10, 2015418Views 0Likes 0Comments

Please share this with your parish and your friends and join me and my very special guest Metropolitan Savas of Pittsburgh as we discuss the Power and Purpose of Baptism. Your calls and questions will make this program special so get ready to call in Sunday night! Our call in number is 1-855-237-2346 and you can…

The Spirit Drives Him into the Desert!

BlogJanuary 9, 2015463Views 0Likes 0Comments

The Centers for Disease Control came out with their 2012 report on Births in the US and they discovered that out of the almost 4 million births in America, over 1,600,000 babies were born in this year to unwed women. You can read the entire report at www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr62/nvsr62_09.pdf While I truly appreciate the old saying that…

He Must Increase

BlogJanuary 8, 2015388Views 0Likes 1Comment

Don't you just HATE IT when you're wrong! I mean really, is there anything so frustrating or even embarrassing as having to admit "I was wrong." And yet, there is nothing more character building than being able to say that. Stinks, doesn't it? The very thing my pride fights against is the very thing that is…

The Spirit Descends AND Remains

BlogJanuary 7, 2015493Views 0Likes 2Comments

One of the famous sayings to come from the tragedy of the Russian Revolution was that "religion" was the opiate of the people. The Communist revolutionaries were convinced that the religion of the Russian people were keeping them slaves to the "ruling class" and they wanted to destroy everything that keeped "the people" down. This…

It Is Fitting

BlogJanuary 6, 2015598Views 0Likes 2Comments

I failed my first driving test when I went to get my driver's license as a 16 year old. One of the last remaining "rites of passage" into the world as an adult male, and I failed! Talk about embarrassing, the person who had gone with me had passed their test and they had to…

Knowing Yourself

BlogJanuary 5, 2015506Views 0Likes 0Comments

"γνωθι σεαυτον" Know Yourself: with these two words ancient philosophers and Christian theologians have wrestled with a fundamental reality - We humans spend a lot of time either hiding from ourselves or narcissistically focused on a false self. But truly knowing who we really are is fundamental to being who we really are! My bishop is fond…

You MUST Be Born Again

BlogJanuary 2, 2015430Views 0Likes 8Comments

"You must be born again." Hey, where I'm from, that scripture is as well worn as John 3:16. In the '70's fad of the "Jesus Movement" (anybody who was paying attention at all to the culture of the early '70's knows this) being "born again" was all the rage. Billy Graham wrote a book about…

The Law Abiding Lawgiver! Happy New Year!

BlogJanuary 1, 2015428Views 0Likes 5Comments

"Do as I say, not as I do!" I remember thinking "Well, that's not very convincing." How can someone who refuses to follow their own advice have any credibility at all? My mom drove that point home to me as I watched her follow her convictions when it would have been temporarily easier for her…

A Great Cloud of Witnesses – Last Night’s Faith Encouraged LIVE

BlogDecember 29, 2014339Views 0Likes 0Comments

For those who missed the program last night of why we Orthodox venerate the saints, here's the recorded program. Thanks to Fr. Panayiotis Papageorgiou of Holy Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church for his wonderful insights into this vital spiritual discipline for our spiritual maturity! Just click the Banner. Our daily devotionals return with an added feature in…

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Fr. Barnabas Powell

He Escaped From Their Hands

THIS Sunday’s NEW Faith Encouraged LIVE Program

The Spirit Drives Him into the Desert!

He Must Increase

The Spirit Descends AND Remains

It Is Fitting

Knowing Yourself

You MUST Be Born Again

The Law Abiding Lawgiver! Happy New Year!

A Great Cloud of Witnesses – Last Night’s Faith Encouraged LIVE

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