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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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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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Why We Need a God of Wrath

Do the words “God is love” mean God could never be wrathful?

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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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Waters of Marah

North American popular culture, as brought into your home and heart by the North American media, is a very powerful force, and it seems that we too easily underestimate its transforming power.

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A Brief Word About Eternal Punishment

How the concept of punishment in the world to come was understood at the time of Christ.

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King Herod and the True Meaning of Christmas

Fr. Lawrence Farley is convinced that his culture knows absolutely nothing about the true meaning of Christmas.

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Herod and the True Meaning of Christmas

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Old Testament Feasts

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The Father is Greater Than I

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Scriptural Teaching On Predestination

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Praying for the Dead

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Divine Liturgy Commentary - the Peace and the Creed

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A Presence Not Theirs

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A Song in the Furnace

Fr. Lawrence Farley talks about his new book A Song in the Furnace, the message of the book of Daniel.

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