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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: Salting the Wounds of SinYe are the salt of the earth, but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? It is thenceforth good for nothing but to be cast out and trodden under foot of men. (Matthew 5:13) First, a confession: When I was an evangelical, I wrote a tract about the “salt of the [...]Pete
- 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
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- The Kursk-Root Icon comes to my church — MolebenOfficial website of the Eastern American & New York Diocese — ROCOR — www.eadiocese.org Miracles abound Then, now, there & far abroad Our Lord Jesus Christ and His glorious saints through the prayers of Theotokos A window undo GodPete
- Praise of No MarblesOn the way to market Young Jung lost all his marbles. The little ones laughed him to shame while the Big Boys forgot his name. Then came the long day after and everyone stood in one line. YoungJung got everything & then some, while the hucksters got less than none.Pete
- Praise of God-StardomThe star of God knoweth not the rush of applause the flash of small suns, the purr of pampered angels – but the splash of a small stone lunging into an infinite seaPete
- 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
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- Word Study on the Sermon on the Mount: Salting the Wounds of Sin
- 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
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