When “being religious” is a sickness
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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

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When “being religious” is a sickness

Fr. James Guirguis

One of the things we learn from Our Lord, God and savior Jesus Christ is that outward observances don’t matter, in fact they are downright evil, when they do not transform those who practice them. We encounter just such a situation here.

A Terrible Knowledge
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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

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A Terrible Knowledge

Fr. Stephen Freeman

We humans are a curious lot. We want to know everything about our business and much about what is not our business. In a world that has deeply internalized the notion that everything is a democracy, we cannot bear hearing that not all knowledge is meant for us.

Is Any Service Pleasing to God?
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Theology

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Is Any Service Pleasing to God?

Talks on the Book of Genesis 5

Andrei Solodkov

When was the first Gospel proclaimed? Is a good cause always good? Why did God reject Cain’s sacrifice? What does the Lord’s question “Where is thy brother?” mean? Why did Cain build a city?

Creation of Man
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Theology

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Creation of Man

Talks on the Book of Genesis. 2:1-25

Andrei Solodkov

Is there reason to think that the book of Genesis instituted the observation of Saturday as the Sabbath? Why are Jehovah’s Witnesses wrong in teaching that the human soul resides in the blood? Why did God create Eve from Adam’s rib?

How God Created the World
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Theology

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How God Created the World

Talks on the book of Genesis 2

Andrei Solodkov

What kind of light did God create on the first day of creation? How should we understand the firmament on the second day of creation? How should we explain to the critics of the Bible why the Lord created plants before the sun? What was the image of God in the creation of man, and what was the likeness? Historian of religion Andrei Ivanovich Solodkov speaks on these matters.