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Orthodox Christianity is a way of life, not a religion. Too often we relegate our belief in Christ to a mere mental exercise. Be Transfigured! And Live a New Life in Jesus Christ.
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Wednesday May 04, 2016
Wednesday May 04, 2016
This Bible Study originally LIVE STREAM via YouTube on Wednesday, May 4, 2016, in Florence, SC.
Sunday Apr 24, 2016
Sunday Apr 24, 2016
The story of Palm Sunday reveals how easy it is to struggle between declaring Jesus Christ as our King or to betray Him and crucify Him. It is very easy to get wrapped up into calling Him our King and showing Him our devotion, but with just a little pressure from the secular world, we crucify Him. If we really mean that He is our King, then we will choose to stay with Him during Holy Week, and walk along with Him during His final days before His Crucifixion. Ever since the first days of the Church, people who declare Jesus their King would dedicate the days before Pascha with prayer and fasting and devotion. How you spend this week will reveal which side of the wire you choose. Is Jesus your King, or is the world your King?
Saturday Apr 23, 2016
Saturday Apr 23, 2016
There is something that is special and unique in the final miracle of Our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ. On the day before Palm Sunday the Church commemorates the Feast of the Raising of Lazarus from the dead by Jesus. Jesus had performed many other miracles before including bringing dead people back to life, but the raising of Lazarus was different. This miracle required only Jesus speaking for life to return to a man who had been dead for four days. The Jews standing by remembered where they had seen life created just be the spoken word. They remembered how in Genesis it was explained that God is the ONLY one who can create simply because He speaks. This is why the Church prepares us for Palm Sunday and Holy Week by showing us the power of the God of Creation Who came to united us to Himself.
Wednesday Apr 20, 2016
Wednesday Apr 20, 2016
This Bible study was originally LIVE STREAM via YouTube on Wednesday, April 20, 2016, in Florence, SC.
Thursday Apr 14, 2016
Thursday Apr 14, 2016
On the fourth Sunday of Great Lent, the Church commemorates the memory of Saint John, the author of the Ladder of Divine Ascent. In his now famous treatise, Saint John helps us to see that the only we can climb to heaven is to renounce the world. It is not possible for us to climb to heaven while we cling to our worldly possessions and desires.
Wednesday Apr 13, 2016
Wednesday Apr 13, 2016
This Bible Study was originally LIVE STREAM via YouTube on Wednesday, April 13, 2016, in Florence, SC.
Wednesday Apr 06, 2016
Wednesday Apr 06, 2016
This Bible Study was originally LIVE STREAM via YouTube on Wednesday, April 6, 2016, in Florence, SC.
Sunday Apr 03, 2016
Sunday Apr 03, 2016
Everyone tries, but we all know you can’t eliminate suffering. It is a real part of life that we have all experienced. Every person suffers, and when we take a moment to accept our own suffering rather than trying to escape from life, we grow closer to God and each other. When we are able to appreciate our suffering, we may even become more merciful and patient with others. When Christ invites us to “deny ourselves, take up our cross and follow Him,” (Mark 8.34) He isn’t without experience. He suffered as one of us so He knows our struggle, and He knows how we can only grow closer to Him when we stop focusing on ourselves and start to see that others are suffering around us also. Half-way through Great Lent the Church reminds us of our destination; the Cross of Christ. Great Lent is our blessed opportunity to embrace our suffering through prayer and fasting, so that we can finally learn that life isn’t about us. It is about God.
Thursday Mar 31, 2016
Thursday Mar 31, 2016
As human beings we sometimes feel paralyzed without help. We sometimes feel we can’t possibly reach Christ. At that moment it helps to always remember we have the Church to help us. Just as the paralytic whose friends lifted him over the wall so he could reach Christ (Mark 2.1-12), the members of the Church have been given to us to help us in those moments we can’t do it alone. If the paralytic had been alone, he would have remained outside the house and never reached Christ. We can’t reach Christ without the Church, as we profess in the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed. We believe in One Holy Catholic and Apostolic CHURCH, and just as the paralytic needed his friends, we need the Church.
Wednesday Mar 30, 2016
Wednesday Mar 30, 2016
This Bible Study was originally LIVE STREAM via YouTube on Wednesday, March 30, 2016, in Florence, SC.