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Ancient Faith Commentaries
by and Ancient Faith Ministries
Ancient Faith Radio is pleased to present one-off commentaries on pressing issues and current events by Orthodox clergy and laypeople.
Episodes
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On Political Power and the Kingdom of God
Fr. Philip LeMasters reads an essay he wrote for Jacob's Well, the official magazine of the Diocese of New York and New Jersey (OCA). "What is the border between Christ’s Kingdom and the kingdoms of the world? The Savior said clearly that His Kingdom “is not of this world,” but the world is where...
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Lent and the Pandemic Fallout - Part 4
Fr. Barnabas Powell - Part 4 of a 4 part series
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Lent and the Pandemic Fallout - Part 3
Fr. Barnabas Powell - Part 3 of 4.
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Lent and the Pandemic Fallout - Part 2
Fr. Barnabas Powell - Part 2 of 4.
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Lent and the Pandemic Fallout - Part 1
Fr. Barnabas Powell - Part 1 of
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Spoons - One or Many?
On line discussions about using the common spoon or multiple spoons for the Eucharist during the pandemic has prompted this commentary by Dr. Jeannie Constantinou. Dr. Constantinou has been teaching Biblical Studies and Early Christianity at the University of San Diego since 2002. Previously she...
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Just Sit On Your Couch?
Fr. Andrew Damick says stay home but don't stay idle.
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Our Global Great Lent
In her March 14, 2020 blog post, Elissa Bjeletich reflects on this year's Great Lent in light of the COVID-19 virus. Did this virus make for a bad Lent or "a tangible opportunity to curtail our own will in service to others and to learn to rely on God rather than on the material comforts we take...
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Why Veneration is Obviously Not Worship
Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick posts a picture of the incorrupt hand of St. Katherine of Alexandria every year on Facebook. And every year, people freak out. But why?
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Lay Life Is a Calling
Nic Hartmann, a parishioner at St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church In Cedar Rapids, Iowa, reminds us that God sometimes wills that we lead a life seeking our salvation through the world.
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On the Ukrainian Church Controversy
Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick shares his thoughts on the controversial situation of the Orthodox Church in Ukraine. Are we looking at the situation through worldly eyes or through spiritual eyes?
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Altar Girls
Fr. Lawrence Farley examines the question of whether or not the youthful function of liturgical assistance in the altar should be extended to girls as well as boys.
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Should It Matter to Christians When Churches Burn?
The world watched in disbelief as the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris burned. But why should it matter? Fr. Andrew Damick has an answer.
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Coptic Christian Massacre
Dan Bein, the most recent Media Student Leader of Orthodox Christian Fellowship and a Coptic Christian, comments on the recent bus shooting of the Coptic Christians in Egypt who refused to renounce their faith at gunpoint.
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Rolling Back the Darkness
In light of the tragic and senseless attack at a concert in Manchester, Fr. Gregory Hallam offers this commentary. Fr. Gregory is priest at St. Aidan's Antiochian Orthodox Church in Manchester, UK.
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Staying Christian in a Culture of Growing Hate
Dn. Michael Hyatt is the chair of the Ancient Faith Ministries board and a Deacon at St. Ignatius Antiochian Orthodox Church in Franklin, TN. Most people know him as one of the top leadership mentors in the country and the Founder and CEO of Michael Hyatt & Company, an online leadership…
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Often Disappointed but Seldom Surprised
Fr. Philip LeMasters discusses the sexualized culture of Hollywood.
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Contemporary Challenges in Marriage, Family, and Sexuality.
Fr. Philip reflects on the Eucharistic context of the pastoral response to contemporary challenges in marriage, family, and sexuality.
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The Anaphora of St. Basil
Fr. Philip LeMasters, Dean of the School of Social Sciences and Religion at McMurry University, explains that St. Basil's Anaphora calls us to live out practically what we enact liturgically in response to the needs of the human beings whom we encounter every day.
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Election 2016
Fr. Steven Ritter, the host of the AFR podcast, The Life of the Church Today, offers his perspective on the upcoming United States election.
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Orthodoxy and Politics
Fr. Philip LeMasters, a professor of religion at McMurry University and the host of the AFR podcast Eastern Christian Insights, discusses how Orthodox Christians should approach politics.
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St. John the Wonderworker
Wesley J. Smith, the host of Human Exceptionalism, details the life and miracles of St. John Maximovitch, his patron saint.
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Orthodox Witness in a Post-Christian Culture
Fr. Philip LeMasters argues that it is time for Orthodox Christians to be realistic and not panic about life in an increasingly post-Christian culture.
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Why Sola Scriptura Doesn't Work
A blogger on Orthodox Christianity and subdeacon at St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Church in Bellingham, Washington, explains why the Scriptures must be read in the context of tradition.
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Embodied Persons: Male and Female
Fr. Philip LeMasters contends that the biological complementarity of males and females provides an important clue to the personal identity of human beings.
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Paschal Trumpet
Fr. Lawrence Farley explains that Christ is the jubilee of the whole world and his Resurrection is the trumpet which announces it.
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Who Was That Woman?
Fr. Lawrence Farley investigates the identity of the woman who anointed Christ's feet before his trial and crucifixion.
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Elmer the Safety Elephant
Fr. Lawrence Farley identifies three rules that children should follow to avoid being harmed by the pornography pandemic.
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The Elephant in the Room
Fr. Lawrence Farley addresses how the reigning theological liberalism of many Protestant traditions is the elephant in the room when it comes to ecumenical discussions regarding re-Baptism into the Orthodox Church.
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Defending the Synodikon
Fr. Lawrence Farley addresses the unpopularity of the concept of Church dogma.
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Teaching Protestants About Saints and Icons
Fr. Philip LeMasters shares what he has learned over the last 25 years of teaching Protestants about saints and icons.
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Fixed Date for Pascha
What should Orthodox Christians think about a fixed date for Pascha? Fr. Lawrence Farley shares his opinion.
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Gentile Dogs?
Did Jesus really call a Gentile woman a dog? Fr. Lawrence Farley sets the story straight.
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What God Has Prepared
Fr. Lawrence Farley uses the Scriptures to describe what awaits us in the world to come.
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Christian Universalism
Will everyone be saved in the end? Fr. Lawrence Farley argues that the Scriptures, the Fathers, and even Christ Himself all say no.
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Fire in the Desert
To fully appreciate St. John the Forerunner, says Fr. Lawrence Farley, we need to place him in his historical context and to realize that he came to Israel as a thunderstorm at the end of a long drought.
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The Real St. Nicholas
Fr. Lawrence Farley contends that a comparison between Santa Claus and St. Nicholas illustrates well the difference between worldly and Christian cultures, and we are called to live in the latter for all twelve months of the year.
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Destination Weddings
Fr. Lawrence Farley argues that the popularity of destination weddings is symptomatic of a more profound cultural dysfunction—namely, the modern preoccupation with self.
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That Was Then, This Is Now
Our culture continues along its escalating trajectory of militant anti-Christian sentiment. Life in such an unwelcoming environment will be good for us, says Fr. Lawrence Farley, for persection has always had a purifying effect upon the Church.
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Apologize and Keep Quiet Forever
Fr. Lawrence Farley argues that the traditional Christian Church should not heed impassioned demands that it shut up and say nothing when its central teachings are trampled, denied, and distorted.
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Moving the Boundary Marker
Every age has its own errors, says Fr. Lawrence Farley, and in every age, therefore, the Church faces a different set of challenges, distortions, and lies. Today voices are raised calling for the landmarks regarding the nature of gender and sexuality to be moved.
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Physician-Assisted Suicide
Fr. Philip LeMasters presents an Orthodox Christian argument against physician-assisted suicide.
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Niqab or Icon?
Fr. Lawrence Farley shares his concern that if the cultural values express by the wearing of the Muslim niqab take root in Canadian society, something important will be lost—namely, the greater importance of individuality and personhood over gender.
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Bye, Felicia
Fr. Philip LeMasters responds to a review on National Public Radio of the new film Straight Outta Compton. "If we will cheat, abuse, or simply use others sexually, we will take a long step down a path toward forms of corruption that we do not control well at all."
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Marriage and Sexuality
Fr. Philip LeMasters argues that it has always been a component of Orthodox teaching that the uniquely life-giving union of man and woman is unspeakably holy and a sign of the relationship between Christ and the Church.
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Do Muslims and Christians Worship the Same God?
According to Fr. Lawrence Farley, if the Muslim has no real exposure to or understanding of the Christian message, he might still be spared on the last day if his heart was in ignorance seeking the true God.
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Demonizing Dichotomies or a Rainbow Flag
Fr. Lawrence Farley warns us that we can neither demonize the world nor accept all that it offers.
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Charleston
Fr. Philip LeMasters reminds us that just as God enables martyrs to remain steadfast and even rejoice in their sufferings, he strengthened those grieving family members in Charleston to respond with grace, peace, and reconciliation that are simply not of this world.
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Is Perversion Possible?
Fr. Lawrence Farley argues that we are increasingly living in a world which is eroding the concept of a transcendent standard and normalcy.
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All Kinds of Everything
Fr. Lawrence Farley comments on the hymn that the three youths ostensibly sang in the fiery furnace.
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