Tag Archives: preaching

Bleats from the Pew: Your Sermon is Too Long!

Posted on 6 March 2017 by

The following tip, counsel, admonition, or whatever you want to call it, is primarily intended for liturgical preachers—that is to say, for those priests and pastors who preach God’s Word within the context of a canonical eucharistic liturgy. Whether pastors … Continue reading →

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The Gospel of Deluge

Posted on 21 June 2015 by

Fr Stephen De Young’s invocation of the story of Noah and the Ark as critique of apokatastasis got me wondering how I might preach this story. I did in fact preach a series of sermons on it back in the late … Continue reading →

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Preaching the Kingdom

Posted on 3 December 2014 by

On 27 November 2014 I gave a talk titled “St Isaac the Syrian, Apokatastasis, and the Renewal of Orthodox Preaching” at the first Theotokos Institute Conference in Cardiff, Wales. An expanded, footnoted version of the talk will be published in … Continue reading →

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The Proclamatory Rule of the Gospel

Posted on 2 December 2014 by

On 27 November 2014 I gave a talk titled “St Isaac the Syrian, Apokatastasis, and the Renewal of Orthodox Preaching” at the first Theotokos Institute Conference in Cardiff, Wales. An expanded, footnoted version of the talk will be published in … Continue reading →

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St Isaac the Syrian and Apokatastasis

Posted on 1 December 2014 by

On 27 November 2014 I gave a talk titled “St Isaac the Syrian, Apokatastasis, and the Renewal of Orthodox Preaching” at the first Theotokos Institute Conference in Cardiff, Wales. An expanded, footnoted version of the talk will be published in … Continue reading →

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Why is Predestination Missing in Action?

Posted on 9 November 2014 by

Something is wrong with traditional formulations of the doctrine of divine predestination. For over fifteen hundred years theologians of the Church—Augustine, John Cassian, John of Damascus, Thomas Aquinas, John Duns Scotus, John Calvin, Luis de Molina, Robert Bellarmine, Jacobus Arminius, … Continue reading →

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Preaching to the Hopes of Sinners

Posted on 1 October 2013 by

A second interview with Pope Francis has just been published. It may turn out to be as controversial as the first, if Rod Dreher’s blog response to the interview is any indication. In the interview the pope is asked, “Your … Continue reading →

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