REPENTANCE IS ABOUT LOVE Sermon by the Rev. Fr. Philip Begley In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, One God, Amen. Last week we celebrated the feast of Theophany (the baptism of our Lord in the River Jordan) and of course, the manifestation of God in Trinity […]

  ON THE NECESSITY OF TITHING St. Ignatius Orthodox Church Dn. Michael Hyatt Sunday, November 25, 2018 Also available on  Ancient Faith Radio In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. One God. Amen. In today’s Gospel lesson (Luke 18:18–27), we encounter the familiar passage of Jesus and the […]

SERMON 11-11-18 (Our Departed Neighbors) Today I want to focus on the 2 questions that the lawyer asks Jesus in today’s Gospel reading. His first question is: “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” Instead of answering, Jesus responds by turning the question back at the lawyer saying: “What is written in the […]

  You are God’s temple. We know this because 2 Cor 6:16-7:1 tell us so. I’ll read that now. And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said: I will dwell in them and walk among them. I will be their […]

In this morning’s Epistle reading, St. Paul has some strong words for us. He says: “who are you to pass judgement on the servant of another? It is before his own master that he stands or falls.” We all know that God is our Master and that we are His servants, and we know that […]

The book of Genesis tells us that man was made in the image of God. This means that he was unique in all of creation. Mankind had something no other created being had: Free Will…the ability to choose. However, the first humans, Adam and Eve took this gift from God and used it to disobey […]