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The Exclusive Message of Christ

BlogJanuary 27, 2022535Views0Likes0Comments
It's never been "popular" to confront our very prideful and "autonomous" societies with the exclusive teaching that the only way to God the Father is through Jesus Christ. In fact, most societies and cultures have reacted rather badly to this message from the Christian Faith. And yet the scriptures and the teaching of the Church are…

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Timeless Wisdom

BlogJanuary 26, 2022518Views0Likes0Comments
In 1968 The Zombies recorded a song called "Time of the Season." In it, there is a great lyric: "What's your name? Who's your daddy? Is he rich like me?" It was meant to communicate the moment in time of protest, a slap at the arrogant rich, and a move away from the hypocrisy the…

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The Plain Truth

BlogJanuary 25, 2022497Views0Likes1Comment
Someone can be truly sincere AND sincerely wrong. It doesn't help good people to be more concerned about their fragile feelings and ignore the danger they are in by heading in the wrong direction. Sometimes, speaking the truth in love is unpleasant and unwelcome. But love DEMANDS I care more for the other than their…

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Don’t Be Anxious!

BlogJanuary 21, 2022473Views0Likes1Comment
Well, the truth is I was worried (OK, actually worried and scared). I had never faced anything like this before and all I had ever heard was this situation was serious. And it was. But as I stood there waiting to face the music I so dreaded, I noticed something. My anxiety and fear were…

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Staying Faithful

BlogJanuary 20, 2022437Views0Likes0Comments
Our busy lives really do challenge us in keeping our priorities in the right order, don’t they? We moderns are a complicated mishmash of schedules, opportunities, affluence, and “freedom.” And that multiplication of events, desires, hopes, and advertisements don’t seem to be slowing down. It seems that each new day brings a new barrage of…

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Marvelous In Our Eyes

BlogJanuary 19, 2022441Views0Likes0Comments
I always wonder at those who constantly insist “You can’t judge me.” I don’t need to judge you. We always judge ourselves. Our words, our actions, and our thoughts all contain all that is needed to “judge” rightly the true state of our souls. It is also why the Last Judgement and our constant Orthodox…

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The Kingdom of God

BlogJanuary 18, 2022453Views0Likes0Comments
I love what I read recently about being famous: "Being famous on Instagram or Facebook is like being rich in the game Monopoly." That is so true. But we have a shallow culture today that seems to be addicted to being famous or "great" in the eyes of the people we want to think well of…

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