Gospel/Good News
“The comprehension of the Gospel depends neither on mental abilities, nor on philosophical sophistication, nor on any other science, but...
Heresy
“Heresy comes from a Greek word that means “picking and choosing.” A heretic is someone who picks and chooses which parts of a religion...
Seeing
“People always seem to be thinking too literally, and Jesus is always moving them from the literal to the spiritual level—to seeing...
Community, Individualism, and How to Live
“So we see dramatized in Genesis the bitter “fruit” of an approach to the interpretation of spiritual realities that attempts to be...
Body and Soul (Unity)
“When a person first comes into being, his or her soul “has committed no sin” and therefore is only culpable for later transgressions....
Secularism
“The great tragedy of secularism is its reduction of all things to mere things. We are created to have right relationships with all...
Logic
“We often attempt to manage God, defining Him by our own logic, creating Him to suit ourselves. In response to such attempts, God...
Holiness
“One of the most encouraging lines of the Divine Liturgy comes shortly before Holy Communion, when the priest says “The Holy Gifts for...
Life and Death
“Spiritual death is therefore, spiritual paralysis. Those who are in this state of lifelessness are “dead in trespasses and the...
Individualism versus Personhood
“The Holy Bible and the Church Fathers encourage us to become persons, not individuals. Only then we can be in the likeness of the Holy...