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Made to Be a Kingdom — 140 episodes · page 1 of 2
The Boundaries of the Church and the Mystery of Grace
The Ecclesiology of Discernment
The Journey of Bread is Our Journey
From Consumer to Communion
The Church of Quid Pro Quo
Local Roots in a Digital Babylon
Who Is Welcome? Boundaries, Love, and the Protection of the Church
The Spirit Descends: Pentecost, the Eucharist, and the Life of the Age to Come
From Pascha to Ascension: The Fulfillment of the Resurrection
Christ Is Risen—and Everything Changes: The Theology of Paschaltide
Not About Us: The Shift from Lent to Holy Week (and beyond)
Fasting as the Body of Christ: The Ecclesial Shape of Great Lent
Built on the Anointed Rock: Christ, the Church, and the Gates of Death
Where Is the Church? Matthew 16:18, the Confession of Peter, and Paschal Victory
Before Pentecost: The Church Older Than the Sun and Moon
Whose Church Is It? Belonging, Not Owning
Scaling the Parish Without Losing the Family
Holy Things for the Holy: Offices, Fatherhood, and the Shared Vocation of the Faithful
Guarding the Faith Online: Ecclesiology, Consumerism, and the Temptation to Teach
Ecclesiology Where It Lives: Salvation Is Local
Head Coverings in the Spirit of Love and Unity
Orthodox Women's Ministries and the Priesthood
Preparing for Death in Christ: The Church as Our Teacher
The Many Names of the Church: Identity, Fullness, and Faith
The Fullness of the Church: Names, Wolves, and the Wheat
In Tune with Heaven: The Sacred Call to Gather
The Church Before Pentecost: Sacred Assembly in the Old Testament
Ecclesiology in the (Greek!) Old Testament
Ecclesiology and the Long Road to Church
Ecclesiology, Heresy, and Schism
Ecclesiology, the Ascension, and the First Ecumenical Council
Orthodox Ecclesiology: Christ Incarnate as Head of the Church
Discipleship, Delegation, and Leadership
Ecclesiology - what is and isn't a Church
Boundaries of Ecclesiology
Christ is the Foundation of Ecclesiology
From Patriarchs to Parishes
Prophecy, Good Order, and Ungoverned Spaces
On the Nativity - the Unified Witness of the Four Gospels
Traditional Postures of Prayer
The Transformative Tradition of Athos
Hurricane Recovery, Athens, and Canon Law
The Parish is NOT a Business and we are NOT Consumers!
The Attitude of Giving in Parish Life
On the Obligation to Support the Parish
The Obligation for Continuous Education
Parish Duties: On periodic Confession and preparing for Communion
Parish Duties: Our responsibility to one another
Behavioral Expectations of Members
Laser Focus on the Great Commission of Christ: Expectations and Orientations
Canon Law, Ecclesiology, and Growing the Kingdom
"Wellbeing of the Holy Churches of God"
Prioritizing Priestly Duties
Developing Healthy Expectations about Parish Life
Parishes are Hospitals - but Parish Priests are Not Chaplains
Aliens, the Extra-terrestrial kind
Filled with violence
Whoring after other gods
Eschew Idols (even Orthodox ones)
Make Sure that You Aren't the AntiChrist!
The Royal aspect of God’s Royal Priesthood [Priestly Kingdom] part 2
The kingdom of this world is become, the Kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, Part 1
Orthodox Phronema in a Broken Culture
Pilgrimage - The Way of Suffering
Pilgrimage across the Kidron Valley
The Pilgrimage Continues
A Holy Pilgrimage, Part 2
A Holy Pilgrimage, Part 1
Taking the Baal by the Horns
Mowing down the Gates of Hell: The Paschal Tale of Victory in Spiritual Warfare
Today a New and Holy Pascha has dawned for us!
Lament not for me…for I shall Arise!
Behold, the Bridegroom Comes
The Question of Physical Violence
The Priestwife (and family) in the Parish and Kingdom
Only the Penitent Man Shall Pass - Part Two
Only the Penitent Man Shall Pass - Part One
Proving God to Unbelievers
Keep On Repenting (even the same old sin)!
The Logos, the Kingdom, and the Harmony of the Spheres
There Are No Thorns and Thistles in the Kingdom
Universal Salvation, Calvinism, and More Purple Peanut Butter
God's Gender, Confession, Purple Fish, and Peanut Butter
The Baptism Service - Scripture Readings, Ablution, and Tonsuring
The Baptism Service - Water and Chrism
Bodily Health and Growth in the Church Part II
Church Health and Growth
Making a Catechumen and Blessing Water
Thanksgiving - language and ritual
Making a Catechumen - The Prayers of Exorcism
The Preparation of Catechumens for the Royal Priesthood
The Synergia of Lived Ecclesiology
Lived Ecclesiology and the Call to Repentance
Lived Ecclesiology and the Heresy of Subhumanism
How many Canonists does it take to change the Canons?
The (Fallen) Psychology of Sin III
The (Fallen) Psychology of Sin II
The (Fallen) Psychology of Sin I
Sin Not unto Death
Sin in the Kingdom Part 1