Reflections in Christ

It is difficult these days not to find the Roman Catholic Church when one tunes in to almost any news programme.  In response to the historic resignation of Pope Benedict, Roman Catholic cardinals, charged with the task of...

• 2 John 1:1-13
• Mark 15:22-25, 33-41

Love and Truth

The epistle reading today is the entire letter of 2 John, and I don’t think you can find a better braiding of the Christian understanding of love and truth. As...

• 1 John 4:20-5:21
• Mark 15:1-15

The Technical Manager

Short entry today because I’m about to get into a car at 9:00 am with Metropolitan Tikhon and his assistant Roman Ostash to drive to Saint Tikhon’s Seminary for a...

• 1 John 3:21-4:6
• Mark 14:43-15:1

Testing the Spirits

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world. (1 John 4:1)

As we move...

• 1 John 3:11-20
• Mark 14:10-42

The Limits of Insight

For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. (1John 3:20)

We have a rich set of readings as we prepare to enter Great Lent. The...

• 1 John 1:8-2:6
• Mark 13:31-14:2

WWJD

He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked. (1 John 1:6)

Do you remember the WWJD phenomenon that swept the world of evangelical Christianity in the...

• 2 Peter 2:9-22
• Mark 13:14-23

Tribulation, Temptation and Deliverance

For in those days there will be tribulation. (Mark 13:19)
The Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations. (2 Peter 2:9)

These words were...

The Pharisees get a lot of ink in the New Testament, perhaps surprisingly for a sect that hasn’t existed in its original form since the first century (though much of their approach has survived in classical Rabbinic...

• 1 Peter 4:12-5:5
• Mark 12:38-44

The Cost of Having an Orthodox Church in America

Now Jesus sat opposite the treasury and saw how the people put money into the treasury. And many who were rich put in much.
Then one poor...

• 1 Peter 4:1-11
• Mark 12:28-37

A Changed Life

For we have spent enough of our past lifetime in doing the will of the Gentiles – when we walked in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable...