Christian Saints Podcast

Like Living Stones, a Royal Priesthood S8E10 ~~~ In this episode, Fr. Symeon Kees & James John Marks continue to discuss the role of the laity as those who bring the world to God & God to the world. ~~~ Reference materials for this episode: https://pomog.org/prayers-after-holy-communion-en/  - Post communion prayer about fire & cleansing Scripture materials for this episode:  Exodus 19...

00:00 Introduction 07:22 The History of The Church is the history of Israel 27:35 The Life of The Church is the pursuit of holiness 36:52 Faithfulness is not blind credulity, it is hope we have seen evidence 42:47 Faithfulness is emulating God, not “Nature” 52:56 Being The Church, being The Temple, is being God’s chosen people 62:36 The culture changes when we live the faith ~~~ Open the Doors, Ga...

00:00 Introduction 03:21 Words can mean many things 14:02 Symbols, like words, can be misinterpreted 21:06 Human relationships must be physical to be healthy 30:28 Scholasticism & Fundamentalism are at odds with righteous living 36:55 The civil religion of Popular Progressive Paganism 48:00 The importance of finding the altar of God Most High 52:10 The Eucharist brings true unity, not ideologi...

00:00 Introduction 01:24 Altar to an unknown god 08:07 Sacrifice in temples is human 16:26 Israel chosen to build true temples 24:20 We so easily forget who God Most High is 30:58 Where are the temples of today 35:30 Orthodox Christian temples 45:45 It is a temple because God is present in it several ways 51:33 Right worship of God Most High transforms us into something divine 61:31 Closing ~~~ He...

00:00 Introduction 01:14 The History of the Collapse of Western Christianity 29:11 The West doesn’t have to become The East to be saved 34:14 You Need a Genuine Hospital & to be a Good Patient 38:00 There’s No Gap Between Second Temple Judaism, Apostolic Christianity & The Church 43:46 The Councils Were About Avoiding Schism & Heresy, Not Punishment 46:31 Modern media Combined with Ign...

00:00 Introduction 02:25 St Ireneaus, Against Heresies 08:58 Apostolic Succession is about preservation of revelation 11:35 Apostolic Succession is NOT merely genealogy 17:58 Preservation of revelation is about rightly dividing the word of truth 20:39 Bishops reject heresy, not compromise for the appearance of unity 25:26 The Founding Fathers, The 30 Years War & the rise of civil religion 31:3...

00:00 Introduction 01:09 If you want a good marriage, focus on your own healing 05:07 The Orthodox Church is THE Church, make the world The Church  11:24 There is no gap between the apostles & the bishops 23:50 The Epistle of St Ignatius to The Church in Smyrna 26:42 The relationship of the bishops to The Catholic Church 30:50 The Epistle of St Ignatius to The Church in Ephesus 34:06 The Churc...

00:00 Introduction 03:41 The Historicity of The Church 16:25 The Unity of The Church 27:30 Finding The Church is not Church Shopping 33:42 St Paul lost his cool about schism breaking The Church 37:41 Apostolic Succession requires hierarchy (bishops) 46:45 The therapy we need has never & will never change 54:58 Marriage counseling is about recognizing the need for individual repentance 61:41 Cl...

00:00 Introduction 00:57 Being sick in the hospital is not hypocrisy 07:16 Apostolic Christianity is not religious philosophy or psychology 19:06 Creation is an invitation to spiritual experience, not the experience itself 23:44 Why this spiritual life requires The Church in the formal sense 32:01 Making worship an obligation is like making romance an obligation 37:32 God taught us what the best w...

00:00 Introduction 02:10 Post-modernism in literature 03:40 What to expect from season eight 08:48 Be The Body of Christ, be The Church 12:48 Bad Ecclesiology causes parish problems & soul problems 16:17 Spirituality is deeply practical, the purpose is to be changed 20:04 Obedience is central to humility & repentance 22:20 Loving compassion is helping people cease to sin 28:28 It makes no...

00:00 Introduction 02:20 The structure of the vesperal portion 09:21 Why The Bible should have more than 66 books 11:22 The structure of the Divine Liturgy of St Basil for Holy Saturday 17:31 This service describes salvation in detailed images 31:55 Closing ~~~ Vesperal Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great - What is Salvation?  ~~~ Reference materials for this episode:  Reference materials for th...

00:00 Introduction 02:55 The structures of the services 07:05 How do we face the apparent loss of trust & hope? 10:14 The three stasis of The Lamentations hymn  21:06 Closing ~~~ Winding Sheet & Lamentations - How Can We Go On? ~~~ Reference materials for this episode:  The rubrics of the services, in English translation, of  - Vespers of Holy Friday evening (known as the service of The Wi...

00:00 Introduction 01:42 Summary of the 12 readings 05:35 Jesus is condemned for claiming to be God 10:53 Why Saint Paul was a crucial member of The 12 13:32 The 2 odd Psalms which highlight Jesus’ teaching from The Cross 23:37 Closing ~~~ Orthros of The 12 Passion Gospels - How Did It Happen? ~~~ Reference materials for this episode:  The rubrics of the service of the 12 Passion Gospels in Englis...

00:00 Introduction 04:01 A service of healing 06:12 Prayer is always answered 14:20 From what does Jesus heal us? 18:55 We were created for the good life 21:55 Closing ~~~ Holy Unction - Do You Want to Be Healed? ~~~ Reference materials for this episode:  The rubrics of the service of Holy Unction in English translation Scripture citations for this episode: Readings from the service  - Psalm 50/51...

00:00 Introduction 01:43 The parable of the ten bridemaids 04:50 Distinct hymns & gospel readings  13:09 Jesus’ conflict with Jewish leadership 17:25 The twelve steps to humility by Saint Benedict 19:23 One - Reverence for God 20:03 Two - Doing God’s Will 22:05 Three - Obedience to Others 24:24 Four - Enduring Affliction 26:09 Five - Confession 28:27 Six - Be Content without Prestige 29:17 Sev...

00:00 Introduction 01:50 The focus of the four gospel accounts 02:40 The hymnody, apolytikion & odes for Palm Sunday 07:55 But what about us Gentiles? 11:59 We are from the ten tribes & we are grafted in to restore them 13:42 Closing ~~~ Palm Sunday - Is This For Everyone? ~~~ Reference materials for this episode:  Orthros for the Sunday of The Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem  Scripture ci...

00:00 Introduction 01:19 The Gospel Account of Saint John's telling of the raising of Lazarus 08:53 The apolytikion emphasizes the general resurrection 11:29 Parallel to The Feast of Transfiguration 12:32 The verses of the odes for Lazarus Saturday 15:36 Our obligation to the evangelion of The Christ 19:45 Closing ~~~ Lazarus Saturday - From What Are We Saved? ~~~ Reference materials for this...

00:00 Opening 02:50 Fr Symeon's Sermon 21:30 Salvation isn't  heaven, or morality, it's illumination 28:11 The paranoia born of living in exile 37:18 Orthodoxy doesn't do philosophical apologetics, we seek illumination 54:10 You can't put an onion dome on The Academy 73:29 Closing & housekeeping ~~~ This, too, Shall Pass (Season Finale) - S7E20 ~~~ This is the end of s...

00:00 Opening 01:04 You can't put The Faith on the screen & do it well 04:23 Stop debating if Jesus was an undocumented immigrant or refugee 07:54 Don't use Christian images as a foil for ideological vision 10:42 I care if the vulnerable meet God, which means I have to feed them 18:40 Silencing the monstrous is the only righteous anger 22:33 Response videos & click bait breed arr...

00:00 Introduction 02:20 Opening 06:17 We are all nuts 10:36 The sins others can't see are more dangerous 13:30 Living enslaved to Sin is standing on a cliff 17:39 We Can't Build Utopia 18:45 What we do has far more consequence than we realize 23:00 The Dream of The Enlightenment breeds cattle & monsters 25:27 Pursuit of Eutopia breeds Dystopia 28:45 A rabbit trail about our favorite...

00:00 Introduction 05:25 Competing ideologies 09:46 The fundamentals - vision of humanity 12:27 Are humans good or evil 16:20 Are people evil or deluded? 19:46 Can we agree on what good & evil are? 22:55 The sinless passions 25:29 Issues of identity 28:00 The Prince of Peace is Born! 31:44 Too much Emmanuel Kant 33:36 Christmas proclaims Love Incarnate 35:00 Genesis 3, The Lie is "Be Unco...

00:00 Intro/lead in from previous episode 02:49 Icon of The Nativity, concentric circles 09:05 She Isn't Looking At Her Baby?! 13:00 We Are Joseph, Trying to Understand 18:18 Everyone Has Doubts, We Can't Stay There 22:06 Joseph As Exemplar for Masculinity 29:29 There is Doubt & There is Doubt 33:31 Overcoming Sin Is Target Practice 35:50 Bethlehem is The Church 39:30 Wanting to Beli...

00:00 Intro/Catching up together 04:48 Pairing Old & New Testament Icons 11:42 Fr Symeon tells a story 17:12 Adoption, grafting, Friendsgiving & the cherry on top 24:05 Saint Paul explaining the reality of Israel in Romans 34:07 The secret in The Nativity icon about Joseph & Mary 37:37 The presence of The Son at both ends of The Tree of Jesse 41:10 Saint Paul at Mars Hill, is the probl...

00:00 Intro 02:04 Chapter 1 09:59 Chapter 2 20:11 Chapter 3 30:09 Chapter 4 40:10 Chapter 5 50:08 Chapter 6 61:13 Chapter 7 65:09 Outro The second half of our conversation about how a huge part of the problem with "politics" in The United States is both "sides" have the same underlying assumption: we can't live the good life until everyone agrees with us & the laws ref...

00:00 Intro/Back from China 03:56 Journalism in China & The West 09:51 Harmony, rancor, journalism, editorial & social media 19:49 Saint Paul to The Church in Rome on quiet living 23:07 Vacation vs daily life in a place 27:29 Nominalism cannot be the path to social harmony 35:57 To love neighbor & enemy we must participate in God's holiness 40:12 Humble repentance is the path to a...