Partial Church reopening at St Nicholas
Concerning Faith and obedience, being "essential", and secular authorities.
YouTube:https://youtu.be/aGCyyTNQ5mA
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGCyyTNQ5mA
“Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!” The father of the possessed boy healed by Jesus expresses a kind of doubt many believers feel; a doubt in God’s presence or assistance during the ultimate trials of life. How do we acquire this belief?
Readings: Hebrews 6:13–20, Mark 9:17–31
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C9wAwXhZG4
The incarnation is an act of patience, that teaches and enables us to have patience. Without patience, there is no faith.
On the Sunday before Nativity, we read in the epistle of Hebrews about the patience and obedience of the Old Testament fathers. Some call this passage the hall of faith. It could just as well be called the hall of patience. Without patience, and its sister and mother, obedience, there is no faith. Because of the incarnation, we can work out our salvation with patience.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SF3Ol1eppE
In telling us what he prays, St. Paul teaches how to pray. What are we praying for when we pray that someone would be "filled with the full knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding"?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOSzTOjtqlY
AUDIO: http://www.orthodox.net/catechesis/catechism_2023-10-01+ephesians-3.mp3
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/8u5XMSAktaY
Partial Timestamps:
0:00 – 1:24 Chuck Norris was just ordained a priest….
1:24 – 2:44 Letter from Abbas Arsenia
2:44 – 5:18 Letter from Abbess Arsenia – Is anything by God’s allowance, or is everything by His will?
5:18 Discussion about God’s allowance vs God’s will
6:22 - 8:00 God is never passive, and you should never be passive about ANYTHING!
10:24 – 11:12 If you have any addictions, never be passive about any of them! Fight actively!
11:12 The difference between the two kinds of men – the one who saves his life, and loses it, and the one who loses his life, and is saved.
14:57 The story about 1:00:06 GREAT advice for those who are distracted with their small children, and cannot pray with attention in church!
26:23 Beginning of Exegesis of Ephesians 3
1:02 The best Baptist Joke!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8u5XMSAktaY
Luke 1:18, 1:34 Different responses of Zacharias & Mary to miraculous news. We doubt because we do not experience. We do not experience b/c of our sins.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snWxEtoZBn8
The parable of the Good Samaritan is a detailed description of the Incarnation. We focus on the differences between the priest and the Levite, and the Good Samaritan - Who is Jesus Christ.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPRc6yD2wNA