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Season 7 Episode 130
I was struck this evening not only with the wisdom of St. John’s counsel in regard to the care of souls, but also the beauty of the heart of the Shep…
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The Evergetinos: Book Two - XXVIII, Part III
Season 6 Episode 176
The struggle with impurity and fornication in our day is so fierce - as well as accepted and embraced by most of the secular culture - that those see…
1 year, 4 months ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Appendix "To The Shepherd", Part VIII
Season 7 Episode 129
The counsel and the guidance that St. John offers in this letter is unparalleled. His understanding of the role of the spiritual elder and the nature…
1 year, 4 months ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - XXVIII, Part II
Season 6 Episode 175
We have continued our discussion of the farhers’ writing on fornication and the effects that it has upon the soul. Purity of heart is the foundation …
1 year, 4 months ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Appendix "To The Shepherd", Part VII
Season 7 Episode 128
The deeper that we go into this letter, the more we begin to see the necessary qualities of an elder. In our society, we often value what seems to be…
1 year, 5 months ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis XXVII and XXVIII, Part I
Season 6 Episode 174
Once again, my first thought at the end of this group is “Revolution“. When read in the context of all that we have considered from The Evergetinos …
1 year, 5 months ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Appendix "To The Shepherd", Part VI
Season 7 Episode 127
One of the reasons that I’ve decided to prolong our study by reading this letter of St. John Climacus is that it speaks to our hearts about not only …
1 year, 5 months ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis XXVI, Part IV
Season 6 Episode 173
The human appetites and desires are ever so powerful. This we know from experience. Reflecting upon them through the lens of the ascetic life of the…
1 year, 5 months ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Appendix "To The Shepherd", Part V
Season 7 Episode 126
As we read this letter we slowly begin to see that St. John is not presenting his reader with a manual for spiritual direction; that is, specific cou…
1 year, 5 months ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis XXVI, Part III
Season 6 Episode 172
After many weeks of reading the hypotheses on fornication and the pursuit of purity of heart, what finally comes into focus is the fruit of the fathe…
1 year, 5 months ago