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My goal is to “dissect and define” passages from the Bible that I’ve been actively meditating on to better understand the multiply layered mosaic of God’s commands.
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On Thy commandments will I ponder, and I will understand Thy ways. (LXX, Psalm 118)
Subscribe- Word Study on the Sermon on the Mount: Kingdom of PersecutionBlessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 5:10) As an Orthodox Christian, I understand that the Lord’s blesses those facing persecution (for the sake of righteousness). And the greater the persecution, the greater the blessing. That’s simply bass-ackwards from the way of the world in which I […]Pete
- Word Study of the Sermon on the Mount: the Peacemakers of Matthew 5:9Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God. (Matthew 5:9) Before you read this missive about peacemakers, read this disclaimer: I am probably not the most eligible candidate to write a piece on peacemaking, but, I do know what an intense relief that bringing two warring parties to the table brings [...]Pete
- Word Study on the Sermon on the Mount: How to See GodBlessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. (Matthew 5:8) This rather relentless study of the Sermon of Sermons presses on into this doozy of a Beatitude that is sure to separate the monks from the flunkies. There is a sense in this, the sixth Beatitude, that each rung up the proverbial ladder towards [...]Pete
- Word Study on the Sermon on the Mount: Giving and Getting in Matthew 5:7Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. (Matthew 5:7) In the last installment of this series, we saw that Jesus the Christ, in his brief words about thirsting after righteousness, had actually been preparing us for a discussion about giving to those in need. Recall the Lord had said, “Blessed are those which do [...]Pete
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- Weapons PraiseAnd now shall I praise His name with this most simple word: Lord Jesus rode into town with God’s most awesome sword – Neither a knife of slashing, nor a weapon for a war Nor a horse for trampling down some misbegotten Moor But a song of love most divine, a Cherubic Pastoral: Indeed His Son amongst us is God’s best weapon of them all. [...]Pete
- Martyrs’ PraiseHe powered them with Comfort that they could bear the awful things the devil orchestrates. The jeers of men, the fangs, the claws in cage, the human rage; the demon potentates The mobs had racked up all their limbs for the stretch – the grinding wheel pulled by tormentors’ zeal. They burned them and they boiled them They made Saint Stew they shut their […]Pete
- The Three HermitsThree hermits dwelt atop a brooding forest glen For sixty years they dwelt there, praying without end Nary a soul could seek them, and fewer even cared For men had lost their eyeballs from thorns in sins ensnared.Pete
- More on Orthodox SalvationI am not writing this myself, instead I defer to this excellent video post somewhere on the Web. The text is written and read by a woman named Molly Sabourin a freelance writer and Orthodox Christian.Pete
- Pure in Heart PraiseAs I venture into later years the words of God come clearer Find joy and peace in gospel truth And don’t daydream in a mirror. But the Master said that we’d be blessed if our thinking became cleaner Blessed be the pure in heart when the world outside grows meaner. Seeing God is the next, best thing to meeting Him in heaven. But [...]Pete
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- Word Study on the Sermon on the Mount: Kingdom of Persecution
- Word Study of the Sermon on the Mount: the Peacemakers of Matthew 5:9
- Word Study on the Sermon on the Mount: How to See God
- Word Study on the Sermon on the Mount: Giving and Getting in Matthew 5:7
- Word Study on the Sermon on the Mount: Hunger and Thirst in Matthew 5:6
- Word Study on the Sermon on the Mount: The Meek of Matthew 5:5
- Word Study on the Sermon on the Mount: The Mournful of Matthew 5:4
- Word Study on the Sermon on the Mount: The Poor in Spirit of Matthew 5:3
- Word Study on the Sermon on the Mount: Matthew 5:1-2
- Study of the Knowing of the Hour of His Return
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