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The Simple Path to God

Fr. Spyridon Bailey applies the teaching of the Church Fathers to modern life with reference to the Sunday gospels.

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  1. 209

    How Can We Acquire Love For God?

    Christ commands us to love God, we must examine how we have responded and learn from those who have acquired love.

  2. 208

    Christians Who Still Believe in Evolution

    Christians must confront the incompatibility of the doctrines of their faith with the theory of evolution.

  3. 207

    Seeing Our True Spiritual Condition

    God reveals the true condition of our soul through suffering.

  4. 206

    Finding Peace in a World of Stress and Anxiety

    The Church Fathers teach us practical ways to find peace.

  5. 205

    Evil Has Revealed Its True Nature

    Father Spyridon offers some thoughts on how the reality of evil is revealed through the possessed.

  6. 204

    Godless Fear

    Father Spyridon shares a few insights on how to recognize and reject the kind of fear that bears unrighteous fruit.

  7. 203

    What Does God Ask of You?

    Father Spyridon reflects on the sacrifices we must all make to live a Christian life.

  8. 202

    Worldly Happiness Is a Deception

    In this episode, Fr. Spyridon explains how Orthodox Christians can respond to the constant bombardment of programming designed to convince us that the things of this world can bring lasting happiness.

  9. 201

    How Should Christians View the Body?

    Father Spyridon explains how the Ascension of Christ transforms how we must understand our physical reality.

  10. 200

    Get Away from Me, I Never Knew You

    Father Spyridon reminds us that even those who believe they worship God may not, in fact, know Him.

  11. 199

    Excessive Worry About the World Is a Spiritual Condition

    Father Spyridon exhorts us to remember that our lives are ordered by God, and that worry stems from a refusal to recognize His providence.

  12. 198

    True Christian Asceticism

    Every Christian is called to a life of self-denial, but we must understand what this requires of us: a journey of humility and intense spiritual warfare.

  13. 197

    Do Not Presume to Be Saved

    Father Spyridon highlights why, even as we celebrate the Feast of Feasts, we must be on our guard against demonic deception.

  14. 196

    Climb the Ladder of Divine Ascent—Even in an Age of Deception

    Saint John Climacus sets before us the rungs that we must climb to God's Love.

  15. 195

    The Myth of Evolution

    Christians must recognize the true nature of the philospohy of evolution in order to reject it.

  16. 194

    The Jesus Prayer: A Summary of the Gospel and a Tool of Transformation

    The Jesus Prayer is a summary of the Gospel and is a tool for transforming our spiritual condition. Many of these ideas are found in the writing of Met. Anthony of Sourozh.

  17. 193

    Orthodoxy: The True Path to Salvation

    The Triumph of Orthodoxy is the preservation of the narrow way.

  18. 192

    As in the Days of Noah

    We must recognise where we are in the timeline of God's plan.

  19. 191

    Wasting God's Gifts Risks Uniting the Soul to Evil

    The parable of the Prodigal Son offers both assurance of God's mercy for those who repent, and a warning to those who squander God's gifts.

  20. 190

    Spiritual Poison

    The demons work to turn our virtues into condemnation.

  21. 189

    The Kingdom of God Is Within You—But Not Everyone

    Christians must ask themselves how brightly they burn with love for God.

  22. 188

    Should Christians Go to War?

    Christians face the difficult tension between our calling to establish peace while living in a fallen world.

  23. 187

    Impulses That Darken The Mind

    Our preferences must not be the foundation of our judgment and understanding.

  24. 186

    What Happens After Death?

    God has revealed much about the journey of the soul after physical death. To avoid deception we must not remain ignorant.

  25. 185

    Christians Must Be Ready for Battle

    Christians must live in constant readiness for spiritual attack.

  26. 184

    Few See the Depth of This Deception Within Themselves

    The Church Fathers warn us of the self-deception that can separate us from God's grace.

  27. 183

    We Must Learn Our Enemies Strategies

    The Church Fathers teach us how to conduct the spiritual warfare.

  28. 182

    Fantasy Restricts Spiritual Growth

    Let us grasp the present moment to make ourselves ready for Christ's return.

  29. 181

    The Cross Burns the Demons

    The sign of the cross is one of the three things the demons fear most.

  30. 180

    Christ Died for All—But Few Will Be Saved

    The parables of warning to the Jews now apply to Christians.

  31. 179

    Why We Must Resist Despair

    Despair and spiritual over-confidence are opposing errors.

  32. 178

    Faithlessness Now and the Mark to Come

    Christians must repent of faithlessness in order to resist what is to come.

  33. 177

    Hesychia, Silence, & the Jesus Prayer

    Let us understand the difference between worldly and spiritual silence.

  34. 176

    Your Fear is Temporary

    Short Bible study exploring the significance of St Peter walking on the water with Jesus

  35. 175

    An Age of Madness

    As so many people feel disconnected with their lives, the path to healing will incur the world's rejection.

  36. 174

    Escaping Spiritual Darkness

    Spiritual darkness yields evil fruit.

  37. 173

    The True Nature of Forgiveness

    Christ's authority to forgive challenges worldly thinking.

  38. 172
  39. 171

    Reject the Dead Voices of the World

    The world is full of lifeless voices which we must learn to identify and resist.

  40. 170

    How Can We Become Holy?

    We translate the "holy" from the Greek "agios", meaning not of this world. Jesus teaches exactly what becoming unworldly entails.

  41. 169

    The Lies of Atheism Are Demonic

    Satan's attack on man is ancient and persists today.

  42. 168

    The Tongues of Pentecost

    The descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost enables us to enter the Kingdom of God.

  43. 167

    The Holy Spirit Can Unshackle Your Soul From the World

    Jesus calls us to drink that we may never thirst again, and so free the soul from the shackles of the world.

  44. 166

    Christians Who Run From the Cross

    There is a true horror within us that takes great courage to face.

  45. 165

    Pray Like the Saints

    Many people express difficulty praying. Often it is a a matter of the prayer not being meaningful.

  46. 164

    Christ Revealed Who Will Be Lost

    The parable of the Sower teaches us who may be saved or lost.

  47. 163

    A Life of Miracles or Unanswered Prayers?

    Let us understand the kind of faith that leads to miracles.

  48. 162

    What Does It Mean to “Deny Yourself”?

    Christ's call to self-denial is a call to crucifixion.

  49. 161

    Separate Yourself From a Fallen Culture

    Christians cannot compromise in order to conform to the world.

  50. 160

    How Can I Hear God Speak?

    The voice of God is not silent, the same God Who spoke to the prophets and apostles speaks to us today.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Fr. Spyridon Bailey applies the teaching of the Church Fathers to modern life with reference to the Sunday gospels.

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Fr. Spyridon Bailey, and Ancient Faith Ministries

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