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Exploring Orthodoxy: Galatians
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A life-long evangelical explores Eastern Orthodox Christianity. Texts for the Nativity Vigil in the Orthodox Church. Saturday, November 26, 2011. Paul was angry when he wrote the book of Galatians. When he visited the church at Galatia, he saw that they were being influenced by the Judiazers, who taught that the Gentiles had to be circumcised and keep the Jewish law if they were to become Christians. They also were questioning Paul’s authority as an apostle. In verse 20, where Paul says, “I have be...
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Exploring Orthodoxy: Jonathan Jackson: Orthodoxy at the Emmy Awards
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A life-long evangelical explores Eastern Orthodox Christianity. Texts for the Nativity Vigil in the Orthodox Church. Monday, June 25, 2012. Jonathan Jackson: Orthodoxy at the Emmy Awards. Wow - An Emmy Award speech in which the winner starts by giving glory to the Father, Son and Holy Spirit and ends by thanking the monks on Mount Athos, who are ceaselessly praying for the life of the world. For more information on Jonathan Jackson, see this blog post. By Father Andrew Stephen Damick. Posted by Marcia C.
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Exploring Orthodoxy: Christ is Born! Glorify Him!
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A life-long evangelical explores Eastern Orthodox Christianity. Texts for the Nativity Vigil in the Orthodox Church. Saturday, December 24, 2011. Today the Virgin gives birth to the Transcendent One,. And the earth offers a cave to the Unapproachable One! Angels with shepherds glorify Him,. The wise men journey with a star,. Since for our sake the Eternal God is born as a Little Child! The Kontakion of the Nativity). Thy Nativity, O Christ our God,. Has shone to the world the light of wisdom;.
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Exploring Orthodoxy: I Corinthians
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A life-long evangelical explores Eastern Orthodox Christianity. Texts for the Nativity Vigil in the Orthodox Church. Saturday, November 26, 2011. The Corinthians were famous for their philosophy and logic. Many in the Corinthian church didn’t respect Paul because he didn’t use fancy rhetoric in his preaching. The letter to the Corinthians was written in response to this and also in response to some problems the church at Corinth was having. Posted by Marcia C. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Journey ...
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Exploring Orthodoxy: Review of Fyodor Dostoevsky Biography
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A life-long evangelical explores Eastern Orthodox Christianity. Texts for the Nativity Vigil in the Orthodox Church. Thursday, December 29, 2011. Review of Fyodor Dostoevsky Biography. The author uses fiction techniques to tell the story of Dostoevsky in an interesting way. The story comes out in bits and pieces, through conversations, recollections and flashbacks. I found myself confused at points, and more than once I wished the author had told the story in a chronological, linear format. To return to ...
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Exploring Orthodoxy: Acts 15 (continued)
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A life-long evangelical explores Eastern Orthodox Christianity. Texts for the Nativity Vigil in the Orthodox Church. Tuesday, November 15, 2011. In my previous Bible study post, we talked about the first church council. The question was how to handle the new Gentile converts. James responded that the church should request that they abstain from four things:. Things polluted by idols,. The people agreed with him. Why was his proposal so convincing? In Acts 16 we read how Paul left for his second missionar...
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Exploring Orthodoxy: Why Do Orthodox Christians Sometimes Celebrate Easter on a Different Day?
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A life-long evangelical explores Eastern Orthodox Christianity. Texts for the Nativity Vigil in the Orthodox Church. Monday, April 2, 2012. Why Do Orthodox Christians Sometimes Celebrate Easter on a Different Day? This has long been confusing to people. Some years the Orthodox celebrate Easter (which we call Pascha) on the same day as the west, and some years it is later. It is never earlier. Why the difference? Posted by Marcia C. Labels: Holidays and Feasts. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Christ i...
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Exploring Orthodoxy: Acts 11-15
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A life-long evangelical explores Eastern Orthodox Christianity. Texts for the Nativity Vigil in the Orthodox Church. Tuesday, October 18, 2011. NOTE: I missed Bible study on the days we studied Acts 9-10. I was sorry to miss the part about Cornelius. It’s summarized here, but I know there is so much more. In the early church we also see the following Greek words to describe the church leaders:. Meaning servers. It’s easy to see what word we get from this: Deacon. Peter went to the house of Mary, but this...
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Exploring Orthodoxy: Texts for the Nativity Vigil in the Orthodox Church
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A life-long evangelical explores Eastern Orthodox Christianity. Texts for the Nativity Vigil in the Orthodox Church. Texts for the Nativity Vigil in the Orthodox Church. These are the texts that we sing in our Orthodox Church during the Nativity Vigil (Christmas Eve). Beautiful words:. Make merry, O heaven and earth as the prophets foretold! Celebrate in the spirit, O angels and men! God is born of a woman and appears in the flesh to those who sit in darkness and shadow. A cave and a manger welcome him.
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Exploring Orthodoxy: O Gladsome Light: The Earliest Christian Hymn
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A life-long evangelical explores Eastern Orthodox Christianity. Texts for the Nativity Vigil in the Orthodox Church. Wednesday, April 4, 2012. O Gladsome Light: The Earliest Christian Hymn. People like to talk about old hymns, but in truth, the oldest known Christian hymn, outside of the Bible, is a beautiful little song called "O Gladsome Light.". Most of all, I love the way the song draws our focus toward God and not ourselves. Here are the words we use in our church:. O Gladsome Light of the holy glor...
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