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There's a very old cartoon by H.T. Webster entitled "Life in Harden County [Illinois] in 1809." It shows two men talking. "Any news, Ezzie?" "Squire McClendon's gone down to Washington to see Harding sworn in." "I hear Bonaparte's trying to subdue Spain." "New baby boy born down the street at the Li... Read More

IT WAS out of the wilderness of a world of blind, misunderstanding that the Christ cried, "Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?" He was always eager to establish in hearts His identity. "Whom do men say that I am? Whom do you say that I am?" It was the cry of a lonely Man. Though He was the Kin... Read More

1. ST GREGORY THE THEOLOGIAN, ARCHBISHOP OF CONSTANTINOPLE Gregory was born in Nazianzus of a Greek father and a Christian mother. Before his baptism, he studied in Athens along with Basil the Great and Julian the Apostate. Gregory often prophesied that Julian would become an apostate and a persecut... Read More

1. THE HOLY APOSTLE PETER Peter was the son of Jonah and the brother of Andrew, the First-called. He was of the Tribe of Simeon from the town of Bethsaida. He was a fisherman and, at first, was called Simon but the Lord was pleased to call him Cephas or Peter: "And he brought him to Jesus. And when ... Read More

A Devotional Commentary on the Gospels Arranged for family devotions, for every day in the year. By Favell Lee Mortimer (1802—1878) MAY 1 Mark 6:30-44. Christ feeds five thousand with five loaves and two fish. Behold another instance of the compassion of our Lord. See how ready he was to sacrifice h... Read More

TIME, what is it? The divide between two eternities, shutting the door of the old eternity and hastening to open the door of the new eternity. Colton was right when he spoke of THE PLUNDERER TIME:- TIME is the most subtle, yet the most insatiable of plunderers and by appearing to take nothing, is pe... Read More

WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY REVELATION? INSPIRATION? ILLUMINATION? INTERPRETATION? Revelation means that God has spoken and that God has communicated to man. Inspiration guarantees the revelation of God. Illumination has to do with the Spirit of God being the Teacher—He communicates. Interpretation has to d... Read More

Preached at the North Street Chapel, Stamford, on August 19, 1860, by J. C. Philpot "I am crucified with Christ– nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me– and the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me." Galatians 2:... Read More

Chapter Three from the book Meditations on the Sacred Humanity of Our Blessed Redeemer In approaching the solemn subject of the sacred humanity of our blessed Lord, as engaged in the work of redemption when here below, we desire to do so under the special teaching and unction of the Holy Ghost, not ... Read More

What is salvation for an Orthodox Christian? For an Orthodox Christian salvation is union with Christ. This union with Christ is called the "Life in Christ". The center of this "Life in Christ" is the Holy Altar, as well as the services which are related to it, i.e. the Seven Sacraments. Because the... Read More