Tag Archives: Faith

What an Awesome God!!!

In the Gospel of Mark Chapter 5, there is a story of a healing of a demon-possessed man.  We see an interaction between Jesus and the demons which are many.  Before the demons were cast out by the words of … Continue reading

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Call and Cry out-don’t say let’s pray about it

This is a real story about a priest and it happened to him in his youth before he was ordained as a priest.  In his early youth, he was addicted to smoking.  He was smoking in an unbelievable way that … Continue reading

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When science stops- Scripture begins

Once there was a story of a professor of astronomy who was enthusiastically discoursing in a planetarium on the nebulae and like marvels. Noticing an unpretentious priest who had joined his group of students, the professor asked him: ‘What do … Continue reading

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Proper Motives for prayer

There are seven divine motives for prayer that occur in the Bible-that is, those that agree with God’s will.  But for all these seven divine motives, there are major clarifications, which cannot be ignored. Motive #1 We pray because prayer … Continue reading

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Fire

http://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/hearts_and_minds/fire

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The Benedict Option

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What is the Church?

The Orthodox Church is the true Church of God on earth and maintains the fullness of Christ’s truth in continuity with the Church of the apostles.  This awesome claim does not necessarily mean that Orthodox Christians have achieved perfection; for … Continue reading

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Saint Mary-Mother of us all

The memory of the Church is maternal because the Church itself is our mother.  Each of us, have been reborn in the womb of the baptismal font.  The deepest point of the church is identity.  The one woman who defines … Continue reading

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Healing neuroses — suggestions and warnings

In this chapter, we will try to go into more depth about the ways to heal nervousness, discuss the spiritual approach to this problem, speak of psychotherapy, familiarize the reader with several methods of psychological self-help, offer recommendations of a … Continue reading

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The Faith of the Mind and the Faith of the Heart

Human beings can have two kinds of faith.  The first kind of faith, which has its seat in the mind, is the reasonable faith of acceptance.  In this case, a person rationally accepts something and believes in what he has … Continue reading

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