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The Law Abiding Lawgiver! Happy New Year!

BlogJanuary 1, 2015424Views 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, 2014337Views 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…

Tonight At 8 PM Eastern

BlogDecember 28, 2014390Views 0Likes 0Comments

Taking a Short Break

BlogDecember 26, 2014377Views 0Likes 0Comments

While our daily devotional is on hiatus while we do some improvements to our web presence, please share this news about our upcoming Faith Encouraged LIVE program for this Sunday. Fr. Barnabas' special guest will be Fr. Panayiotis Papageorgiou of Holy Transfiguration parish in Marietta, GA and they will discuss the wisdom behind the Orthodox…

Christ is Born! Glorify Him!

BlogDecember 25, 2014364Views 0Likes 0Comments

Truth has a way of upsetting things, especially those ways in us that are threatened by truth. And yet, we are promised that truth will set us free! On the surface, that sounds wonderful, but reality is quite different. My first "career" was in law enforcement. One memory I will never quite get over is my…

Let us Go To Bethlehem

BlogDecember 24, 2014351Views 0Likes 1Comment

He simply stared at me wondering how to respond. We were marching in a parade of Christian believers supporting the presence of our faith in the public square. He was a very dynamic and animated member of one of the local mega-churches that was a charismatic church with thousands in attendance every Sunday. I was…

Consequences

BlogDecember 23, 2014378Views 0Likes 1Comment

"Nobody ever did, or ever will, escape the consequences of his choices." Alfred A. Montapert And, that, my dearest, is the reality that maturity presents us all. This reminds me of King David and his complaint in Psalm 72 (73) about the wicked and their seemingly happy lives without any negative consequences of their evil actions.…

Salted With Fire!

BlogDecember 22, 2014483Views 0Likes 1Comment

"Salt makes people thirsty. People are thirsting for more of His word. Sisters and brothers pour salt on each other. You are the salt, the salt of the earth." These lyrics from an old song from my Christian youth group days really tells the story of a central purpose of the faith in our everyday…

An Unbelievable Invitation

BlogDecember 21, 2014369Views 0Likes 0Comments

Today we hear of the righteous who pleased God from Adam to the precious Theotokos and righteous Joseph. Our God could have saved us without any of us, but His eternal love extends His mighty hand to each of us with the invitation to come and join Him in the salvation of all creation. And…

Our Saturday Guest Blog – Fr. Stephen Freeman

BlogDecember 20, 2014437Views 0Likes 0Comments

Of Course We Are Called to be Moral – A Response to My Critics Fr. Stephen Freeman Well, the firestorm has moved even to my host, Ancient Faith Blogs. There, you can find aresponse and a critique of my last article, The Unmoral Christian. I find nothing in the response with which I…