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Another Jesus
Fr. Lawrence reflects on the questions that must be asked to determine if someone is preaching "another Jesus." He suggests that the blessing of same-sex activity by some churches raise the same...
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Converting the Heathen
Fr. Lawrence asks if we should be trying to convert those of other faiths or not faith to Christianity.
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It Is Time For The Lord To Act
How important is it for the people to be there when the Divine Liturgy starts?
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Unquenchable Fire
Fr. Lawrence talks about is just released Ancient Faith book "Unquenchable Fire."
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Of Gay Sex and Leaven
What does the Orthodox Church think about gay sex? The official answer is not hard to find.
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Holy Fire
The so-called “Holy Fire” is the name given to the fire that appears on ends of the candles of the Patriarch of Jerusalem and others every Holy Saturday.
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The Great Litany
Fr. Lawrence offers commentary on the Divine Liturgy with a focus today on the Great Litany.
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The Antiphons
Fr. Lawrence continues his commentary on the Divine Liturgy with a focus on the Antiphons.
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Appreciating Anathemas
The decrees and canons of the Provincial and Ecumenical Councils today often sound odd in our modern ears.
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The Trisagion Hymn
In the original usage, the Trisagion was sung as a refrain to Psalm 80. The cantor would chant verses of the psalm as all walked in procession and the people sung the Trisagion hymn as its refrain...
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Commentary on the Divine Liturgy: the Epistle
We regard it as “Scripture”, a holy text, and of course it is. But it is also a personal letter addressed and written to people other than ourselves.
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Commentary on the Divine Liturgy: the Gospel
In the Gospel reading Christ even now stands in our midst to speak to our hearts.
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Three Liturgical Questions
I sometimes cannot help asking myself three liturgical questions whenever I visit churches which serve the Liturgy in the “classic” pattern I learned in seminary—all of those questions quite rhetorical.
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Not Like Religion – the Christian Clergy
It is easy to misinterpret Christianity as a religion like any other but Fr. Lawrence maintains it is unique.
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The Feast of Byzantium
The Feast of the Elevation of the Cross could also be called The Feast of Byzantium.
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Why We Need a God of Wrath
Do the words “God is love” mean God could never be wrathful?
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Not Like Religion – Clean vs. Unclean
Fr. Lawrence continues his series and examines the correlation in the Scriptures between that which is clean and that which is unclean.
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Not Like Religion – Sacred Space
We Christians share certain external similarities with the religions, but these external similarities can mask the inner meanings of the things we seem to share. In reality, everything in Christianity...
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Allegory and the Old Testament
Fr. Lawrence says it is safe to say that the allegorical method has fallen upon hard times in the scholarly world.
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