Who, What & Where Is The Church & Why Is It Necessary?

00:00 Introduction02:10 Post-modernism in literature03:40 What to expect from season eight08:48 Be The Body of Christ, be The Church12:48 Bad Ecclesiology causes parish problems & soul problems16:17 Spirituality is deeply practical, the purpose is to be changed20:04 Obedience is central to humility & repentance22:20 Loving compassion is helping people cease to sin28:28 It makes no sense to be in The Church & make our sin our Identity31:04 We live in a culture which doesn’t believe in forgiveness (or repentance)33:43 What we believe is real, physically, mentally & spiritually37:58 The Church is where we encounter reality most fully42:00 We need to accept our diagnosis & the effective therapy to heal it44:11 A welcoming, loving church is one who expects daily repentance49:23 Closing~~~Who, What & Where Is The Church & Why Is It Necessary?Orthodox EcclesiologyS8E1~~~In this episode of the Christian Saints Podcast, we explore one of the biggest questions in Christian life: What actually is the Church? Is it an organization, a community, a building—or something deeper?We discuss why the Church is practical without being banal and spiritual without being abstract. Through a conversation on repentance, identity, spiritual healing, and modern culture, we examine how the Church understands itself as the Body of Christ—not merely as a place people attend, but as a life people enter.If Christianity is more than ideas—if it’s meant to heal, transform, and bring us into reality—then understanding the Church changes everything.~~~Subscribe for more conversations on Orthodoxy, theology, and practical Christian living.~~~#OrthodoxChristianity #OrthodoxChurch #Repentance #Ecclesiology #ChristianPodcast #Theology~~~Scripture citations for this episode:Luke 15:11-32 - The prodigal sonJohn 9:1-38 - The healing of the man born blindThe Christian Saints Podcast is a joint production of Generative sounds & Paradosis Pavilion. Our hosts are Father Symeon Kees of Iowa City & James John Marks of Chicago.Paradosis Pavilion - https://youtube.com/@paradosispavilion9555https://www.instagram.com/christiansaintspodcasthttps://x.com/podcast_saintshttps://www.facebook.com/christiansaintspodcasthttps://www.threads.net/@christiansaintspodcasthttps://bsky.app/profile/xtiansaintspodcast.bsky.socialIconographic images used by kind permission of Nicholas Papas, who controls distribution rights of these imagesPrints of all of Nick’s work can be found at Saint Demetrius Press - http://www.saintdemetriuspress.comAll music in these episodes is a production of Generative Soundshttps://generativesoundsjjm.bandcamp.comDistribution rights of this episode & all music contained in it are controlled by Generative SoundsCopyright 2021 - 2026