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Preaching the Gospel of Predestination

Posted on 20 October 2019 by

How can the Church recover the preaching of predestination? It seems an impossibility. When treated abstractly, as an explanation of why some are saved and others are not, predestination must always function as an existential threat to our personhood and … Continue reading →

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The Unpreachability of Predestination

Posted on 1 October 2019 by

When was the last time you heard a sermon preached on election and predestination? In thirty-plus years of priestly ministry I think I may have preached on it once. Christian pastors simply do not preach on it; and it doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Preaching Apokatastasis: It’s All About Gospel!

Posted on 6 April 2019 by

I finally obtained a copy of the published version of my paper “Preaching Apokatastasis.” A few editorial changes were made before publication, but on the whole this is the same paper that I shared with everyone a couple of years … Continue reading →

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St Isaac the Syrian and the Triumphant Love of God

Posted on 8 October 2018 by

How do we proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ as good news that liberates and transforms? How do we tell the narrative of the Savior in such a way that the kingdom of God is made present?  These are the … Continue reading →

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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

This article has been substantially revised and republished under the title “The Grammar of Apokatastasis.” What difference does apokatastasis make to the churchly preaching of the gospel? All the difference in the world! How we understand the conclusion of the … Continue reading →

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