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By the Rev. Dr. Hershael York Dr. York is the Victor and Louise Lester Professor of Preaching and Associate Dean in the School of Theology at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY. I often have to answer the strangest question anyone could ask a preaching professor: “Do you think preaching can be taught?” [...]
by Archbishop Averky … Without the cross, without struggle, there can be no salvation! This is what true Christianity teaches. The teaching on struggle, on the bearing of the cross, runs like a scarlet thread throughout all the Sacred Scriptures and all of the history of the Church; and the lives of those holy ones who [...]
by Fr. Pavel Gumerov Because the preservation of a society is based on moral renewal, and our own societies are collapsing so quickly in this regard, the importance of addressing these issues from Orthodox Christian Tradition has never been more crucial. An English translation (slightly adapted) of Fr. Pavel Gumerov’s answer to the question: “How [...]
By Rev. S. C. Aiken, D.D. Samuel Clark Aiken (1791-1879) was born in Windham, Vermont. He became the first permanent pastor of Cleveland, Ohio’s well-known Old Stone Church (also known as First Presbyterian Church) in 1835; and pastored there until his retirement in 1861. Rev. Aiken was also an outstanding civic leader in Cleveland. In [...]
by Fr. Pavel Gumerov Because the preservation of a society is based on moral renewal, and our own societies are collapsing so quickly in this regard, the importance of addressing these issues from Orthodox Christian Tradition has never been more crucial. An English translation (slightly adapted) of Fr. Pavel Gumerov's answer to the question: "How can you explain to a young man or woman that ... More...
By Rev. S. C. Aiken, D.D. Samuel Clark Aiken (1791-1879) was born in Windham, Vermont. He became the first permanent pastor of Cleveland, Ohio's well-known Old Stone Church (also known as First Presbyterian Church) in 1835; and pastored there until his retirement in 1861. Rev. Aiken was also an outstanding civic leader in Cleveland. In his discourse, Rev. Aiken cultivates a Christian worldview in ... More...
by Mitred Archpriest Valery Lukianov Man's life is a chain of alternating links of labor and rest. There are always more men who love repose than those who prefer labor. And, true, it is characteristic of human nature to strive more for consolation than for labor. Thus, man loves the beauty of the body; he loves beauty in art, in music, in fine literature; fame, honor and respect impress him. Men ... More...
by Archbishop Averky ... Without the cross, without struggle, there can be no salvation! This is what true Christianity teaches. The teaching on struggle, on the bearing of the cross, runs like a scarlet thread throughout all the Sacred Scriptures and all of the history of the Church; and the lives of those holy ones who were pleasing unto God, the spiritual athletes of Christian piety, clearly ... More...
by Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon There is wisdom and merit in the impulse to study the writings of Peter and Mark together; the First Epistle of Peter and the Gospel of Mark were both composed at Rome, in close sequence, and, as far as we can determine, in the context of the same crisis: the persecution of Christians in the aftermath of the fire that broke out in the capital on July 19 of the year ... More...
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