About Preaching
A Sermon In Response To A Proclamation of National Thanksgiving
In America, as in the Church, we stand on the shoulders of giants. Happy Thanksgiving Day. I wish you a day of peace, joy and, of course, great thanksgiving to the God of nations, who has vouchsafed to us a land of liberty and freedom to do as we ought. Preach the Gospel this … [More...]
New 2011 Gift Book/Ebook for Preachers
It's that time of year again, and Preachers Institute is offering a very special offering this year for those of you who support our work. We have a very special book, and a VERY SPECIAL DEAL, for you this year. Keep reading down to the PDF deal! A venerable text on the formation of preachers, … [More...]
Patristics
On The Bread And Wine
St. Ambrose of Milan Perhaps you will say, I see something else, how is it that you … [Read More...]
Stand Fast and Watch
by St. John Maximovitch Stand fast on spiritual watch, because you don't know when the … [Read More...]
On The Divine Gifts
by St. Simeon the New Theologian Brethren and fathers, How great is the condescension … [Read More...]
Biblical Resources
The Case For Byzantine Priority: Conclusion
by Maurice A. Robinson Concluding Observations Every variant unit can be evaluated … [Read More...]
The Case For Byzantine Priority: Part 9
by Maurice A. Robinson Inaccuracies and misleading claims The Byzantine Textform has … [Read More...]
The Case For Byzantine Priority: Part 8
by Maurice A. Robinson Selected Objections to the Byzantine-Priority Hypothesis While … [Read More...]
Sermon Resources
Why Jesus Had To Be Virgin Born: St. Maximus the Confessor Explains
by Metropolitan Hierotheos Vlachos Pleasure and Pain According to St. Maximus the Confessor In his Centuries on Theology St. Maximus the Confessor refers to the nexus of the dualism of pleasure and pain, which, by any standard, is an important subject. This means that we cannot discuss Orthodox Theology if we fail to face this crucial point, because the … [More...]
Death By Torah
by Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon One of the major ideas---and perhaps the culminating idea---in the second chapter of Ephesians is the unity of gentiles with Jews to form a single people for God. These two, formerly estranged, have been united, Paul says, through the blood of Christ: “He himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle … [More...]
On The Theotokos & Ever Virgin Mary
by Archbishop Dmitri (Royster) From an article which appeared in the Dallas Morning News. Because of recent discussions about the Catholic Church's considering defining a new dogma concerning the Virgin Mary it might be of interest to Christians of other Churches to have some explanation of the Orthodox Church's position concerning her. The Orthodox Church honors … [More...]
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