Christian Saints Podcast

00:00 Introduction
07:22 The History of The Church is the history of Israel
27:35 The Life of The Church is the pursuit of holiness
36:52 Faithfulness is not blind credulity, it is hope we have seen evidence
42:47 Faithfulness is emulating God, not “Nature”
52:56 Being The Church, being The Temple, is being God’s chosen people
62:36 The culture changes when we live the faith
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Open the Do...

00:00 Introduction
03:21 Words can mean many things
14:02 Symbols, like words, can be misinterpreted
21:06 Human relationships must be physical to be healthy
30:28 Scholasticism & Fundamentalism are at odds with righteous living
36:55 The civil religion of Popular Progressive Paganism
48:00 The importance of finding the altar of God Most High
52:10 The Eucharist brings true unity, not ideological unity
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00:00 Introduction
01:24 Altar to an unknown god
08:07 Sacrifice in temples is human
16:26 Israel chosen to build true temples
24:20 We so easily forget who God Most High is
30:58 Where are the temples of today
35:30 Orthodox Christian temples
45:45 It is a temple because God is present in it several ways
51:33 Right worship of God Most High transforms us into something divine
61:31 Closing
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00:00 Introduction
01:14 The History of the Collapse of Western Christianity
29:11 The West doesn’t have to become The East to be saved
34:14 You Need a Genuine Hospital & to be a Good Patient
38:00 There’s No Gap Between Second Temple Judaism, Apostolic Christianity & The Church
43:46 The Councils Were About Avoiding Schism & Heresy, Not Punishment
46:31 Modern media Combined with Ignoranc...

00:00 Introduction
02:25 St Ireneaus, Against Heresies
08:58 Apostolic Succession is about preservation of revelation
11:35 Apostolic Succession is NOT merely genealogy
17:58 Preservation of revelation is about rightly dividing the word of truth
20:39 Bishops reject heresy, not compromise for the appearance of unity
25:26 The Founding Fathers, The 30 Years War & the rise of civil religion
31:34 The Bad Reas...

00:00 Introduction
01:09 If you want a good marriage, focus on your own healing
05:07 The Orthodox Church is THE Church, make the world The Church 
11:24 There is no gap between the apostles & the bishops
23:50 The Epistle of St Ignatius to The Church in Smyrna
26:42 The relationship of the bishops to The Catholic Church
30:50 The Epistle of St Ignatius to The Church in Ephesus
34:06 The Church is not ...

00:00 Introduction
03:41 The Historicity of The Church
16:25 The Unity of The Church
27:30 Finding The Church is not Church Shopping
33:42 St Paul lost his cool about schism breaking The Church
37:41 Apostolic Succession requires hierarchy (bishops)
46:45 The therapy we need has never & will never change
54:58 Marriage counseling is about recognizing the need for individual repentance
61:41 Closing

00:00 Introduction
00:57 Being sick in the hospital is not hypocrisy
07:16 Apostolic Christianity is not religious philosophy or psychology
19:06 Creation is an invitation to spiritual experience, not the experience itself
23:44 Why this spiritual life requires The Church in the formal sense
32:01 Making worship an obligation is like making romance an obligation
37:32 God taught us what the best way for us to wors...

00:00 Introduction
02:10 Post-modernism in literature
03:40 What to expect from season eight
08:48 Be The Body of Christ, be The Church
12:48 Bad Ecclesiology causes parish problems & soul problems
16:17 Spirituality is deeply practical, the purpose is to be changed
20:04 Obedience is central to humility & repentance
22:20 Loving compassion is helping people cease to sin
28:28 It makes no sense to be...

00:00 Introduction
02:20 The structure of the vesperal portion
09:21 Why The Bible should have more than 66 books
11:22 The structure of the Divine Liturgy of St Basil for Holy Saturday
17:31 This service describes salvation in detailed images
31:55 Closing

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Vesperal Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great - What is Salvation? 

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00:00 Introduction
02:55 The structures of the services
07:05 How do we face the apparent loss of trust & hope?
10:14 The three stasis of The Lamentations hymn 
21:06 Closing

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Winding Sheet & Lamentations - How Can We Go On?

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The rubrics of the services, in English translation, of
 - Vespers of Holy Friday evening (...

00:00 Introduction
01:42 Summary of the 12 readings
05:35 Jesus is condemned for claiming to be God
10:53 Why Saint Paul was a crucial member of The 12
13:32 The 2 odd Psalms which highlight Jesus’ teaching from The Cross
23:37 Closing

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Orthros of The 12 Passion Gospels - How Did It Happen?

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The rubrics of the service of the 12...

00:00 Introduction
04:01 A service of healing
06:12 Prayer is always answered
14:20 From what does Jesus heal us?
18:55 We were created for the good life
21:55 Closing

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Holy Unction - Do You Want to Be Healed?

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Reference materials for this episode: 

The rubrics of the service of Holy Unction in English translation


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00:00 Introduction
01:43 The parable of the ten bridemaids
04:50 Distinct hymns & gospel readings 
13:09 Jesus’ conflict with Jewish leadership
17:25 The twelve steps to humility by Saint Benedict
19:23 One - Reverence for God
20:03 Two - Doing God’s Will
22:05 Three - Obedience to Others
24:24 Four - Enduring Affliction
26:09 Five - Confession
28:27 Six - Be Content without Presti...

00:00 Introduction
01:50 The focus of the four gospel accounts
02:40 The hymnody, apolytikion & odes for Palm Sunday
07:55 But what about us Gentiles?
11:59 We are from the ten tribes & we are grafted in to restore them
13:42 Closing

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Palm Sunday - Is This For Everyone?

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Orthros for the Sunday of The Triumphant Entry into Jer...

00:00 Introduction
01:19 The Gospel Account of Saint John's telling of the raising of Lazarus
08:53 The apolytikion emphasizes the general resurrection
11:29 Parallel to The Feast of Transfiguration
12:32 The verses of the odes for Lazarus Saturday
15:36 Our obligation to the evangelion of The Christ
19:45 Closing

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Lazarus Saturday - From What Are We Saved?

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00:00 Opening
02:50 Fr Symeon's Sermon
21:30 Salvation isn't  heaven, or morality, it's illumination
28:11 The paranoia born of living in exile
37:18 Orthodoxy doesn't do philosophical apologetics, we seek illumination
54:10 You can't put an onion dome on The Academy
73:29 Closing & housekeeping

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This, too, Shall Pass (Season Finale) - S7E20

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This is the end of season 7, ...

00:00 Opening
01:04 You can't put The Faith on the screen & do it well
04:23 Stop debating if Jesus was an undocumented immigrant or refugee
07:54 Don't use Christian images as a foil for ideological vision
10:42 I care if the vulnerable meet God, which means I have to feed them
18:40 Silencing the monstrous is the only righteous anger
22:33 Response videos & click bait breed arrogance & division
27...

00:00 Introduction
02:20 Opening
06:17 We are all nuts
10:36 The sins others can't see are more dangerous
13:30 Living enslaved to Sin is standing on a cliff
17:39 We Can't Build Utopia
18:45 What we do has far more consequence than we realize
23:00 The Dream of The Enlightenment breeds cattle & monsters
25:27 Pursuit of Eutopia breeds Dystopia
28:45 A rabbit trail about our favorite fiction genres