Podcasts by Our Life in Christ
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Steve the Builder Begins! from 2009-01-15T06:31
On January 15th my personal podcast, "Steve the Builder," begins airing on Ancient Faith. The focus will be about my 56 years of "real" life, our culture, living and working in the world, and just...
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Role of Laity in the Orthodox Church from 2008-10-07T09:41
Kevin Allen of "The Illumined Heart" podcast here on AFR interviewed Steve on lay ministry in the Orthodox Church. As usual, Kevin asks the hard questions. Join Steve and Kevin for a frank discus...
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Encountering Mary, Part Five from 2008-09-22T12:05
In the final program of the series on "Encountering Mary," we deal with some of the hymnography and prayers that are a "brick wall" to many Evangelicals. We discuss several prayers in which Mary s...
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Encountering Mary, Part Four from 2008-07-19T21:15
In this program we continue the discussion of the early Church's interpretation of Scripture and the typology that points to both the birth of Christ and His birth giver. The hymnography of the Ch...
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Encountering Mary, Part Three from 2008-07-04T05:42
In Part Three of the series on Mary, Steve and Bill tackle some listener feedback and questions about Mary, veneration, worship and children. In the second half of the program they discuss the ear...
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Encountering Mary, Part Two from 2008-06-21T01:47
In Part Two of our series on dealing with "Mary issues," the tardiloquent and equipotent Steve and Bill talk more about "the culture of the Kingdom," the language of the Church, and the development...
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Encountering Mary, Part One from 2008-05-23T05:13
In response to several panicked emails from listeners who attended their first Orthodox services and came face to face with the Church's piety regarding Mary, we begin a series on "Encountering Mar...
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Interview with Fr. Gregory Jensen on Psychology, Part Two from 2008-05-09T13:16
The second hour of an interview with Fr. Gregory Jensen on the use of psychology and the Orthodox spiritual life.
Interview with Fr. Gregory Jensen on Psychology, Part One from 2008-04-30T03:59
Steve interviews Fr. Gregory Jensen, an Orthodox priest and psychologist. Fr. Gregory discusses the place of clinical psychology within Orthodox spirituality, particularly as it relates to pastora...
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Essence and Energy, Synergy Part 6 from 2008-03-24T05:30
In the sixth and final program on the series on "Relics," Steve and Bill discuss issues that face the Western theological concepts of nature, person, will and their relationships to one another bef...
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Essence and Energy, Relics Part 5 from 2008-02-20T05:18
We continue the discussion of essence and energy and give a very broad overview of the influence of the Greek philosophers Plato and Aristotle on Augustine and Aquinas and how philosophy has influe...
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Podcast Promotion from 2008-02-17T00:50
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Relics Part 4: Persons, Essence and Energies from 2008-01-23T07:35
In part four of our discussion of relics, we tackle the nature of God and the nature of the human being and how we can "know" a person. What is the relationship of "nature" to a "person"? What is...
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Relics Part 3: Essence and Energies from 2008-01-15T06:04
After a two-month disappearance, Steve and Bill resurface and finally record part three of the series on "Relics." In this program they discuss the Orthodox view of God and how the creation can lit...
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Relics Part Two, The Orthodox View of Salvation from 2007-11-05T13:58
Hierotheos Vlachos of Nafpaktos said, "The job of the Church is to make relics." The phenomenon of relics is not merely a human sentimental reaction to the past, but it is a real evidence of our s...
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Relics, Part One from 2007-10-19T13:36
After being AWOL for several months, we're actually back in the Basement Catacomb Studio recording new material! In the first of a several part series on "relics," we discuss the universal human b...
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Sola Scriptura on the Andrew Tallman Show from 2007-07-14T06:02
Steve and Bill are once again invited to guest host the Andrew Tallman Show on KPXQ, a live Phoenix drive time Christian talk show. We decide to boldly go where no Evangelical talk show host has g...
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Fr. Jonah on Why Be a Monk from 2007-06-27T01:12
In the final interview of the series with Father Jonah, Steve and Bill have a major meltdown during the first segment trying to explain that even though this is the last interview it was really the...
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Father Jonah on the Healing of the Human Person, Part 2 from 2007-06-12T05:08
In part two of the conversation with Father Jonah we discuss the relationship of monasticism to the "normal" Christian life. The life lived in the Gospel is universally applied to all Christians, ...
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Father Jonah on the Healing of the Human Person, Part 1 from 2007-05-22T07:41
We continue the series of interviews with Fr. Jonah. In part one of this interview we discuss a variety of topics that relate to the Orthodox view of the healing of the human person. Monasticism ...
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Fr. Jonah on Monasticism from 2007-05-10T04:21
We continue the series of interviews with Fr. Jonah Paffhausen. In this program Fr. Jonah discusses monasticism as a response to the Gospel. While monasticism is a specific calling, there is also...
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Interview with Fr. Jonah on the Jesus Prayer, Part 2 from 2007-04-17T05:24
In part two of the discussion of the Jesus Prayer, Fr. Jonah talks about the context of the practice of the prayer and some of the spiritual pitfalls and dangers of entering a discipline of prayer ...
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Interview with Abbot Jonah on the Jesus Prayer, Part 1 from 2007-04-02T16:18
During a recent visit to St. John's Monastery, Steve recorded and interview with Abbot Jonah about the Jesus Prayer. In part one, Fr. Jonah discusses the Orthodox view of prayer that goes beyond "...
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We’re Back from 2007-03-05T05:15
Steve and Bill offer indisputable evidence that they are still alive by breaking radio silence. Tune in and find out what has been going on for the last few weeks, and then join them in a discussio...
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The Andrew Tallman Show Hour Two from 2007-01-25T04:59
This is hour two of the Andrew Tallman Show that Steve and Bill hosted during Andrew's Christmas vacation.
Steve and Bill Host a Protestant Radio Program from 2007-01-10T21:11
Steve and Bill got invited to fill in for the vacationing Andrew Tallman, the afternoon drive time talk show host on 1360 KPXQ, the Phoenix area SALEM evangelical radio station. It is a two-hour sh...
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An Explanation of the Nativity Icon from 2006-12-23T18:07
We're baaaack! After an unintended extended hiatus from the program, we were finally able to find an evening to record a special "Christmas edition" of Our Life in Christ. In this program we walk...
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Holy Spirit Part 2 from 2006-11-23T20:18
In this episode, Steve and Bill discuss the role of the Holy Spirit in bringing salvation to the human race through the person of Mary on whom the Holy Spirit descends to incarnate the second perso...
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The Holy Spirit Part 1 from 2006-11-07T04:22
We've gotten several requests over time to do a program on the Orthodox view of "speaking in tongues" and the charismatic movement within the Evangelical Churches. After avoiding the topic for a co...
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End Times Part 4: 666, Antichrist and the Beast from 2006-10-23T15:27
In the last program of the End Times series, Steve and Bill try to tag team wrestle "the Beast" and the "Antichrist." It was a tough match-up, and the they left some marks on them, but not the tra...
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End Times Part 3, Rapture, Dispensationalism and Zionism from 2006-10-16T13:40
In part three on this series on the end times Steve and Bill discuss the Father's ancient wisdom of being silent on things that are difficult to interpret in the Bible then go on to discuss difficu...
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End Times Part 2, Church History from 2006-10-08T15:57
In the second part of a possible 144,000 part series on the End Times and the Revelation of St. John, Steve and Bill give some definitions of some of the views of the Tribulation and Rapture and wh...
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The End Times Part One from 2006-10-03T07:46
In response to listener requests, Steve and Bill begin a new series on the Orthodox view of the end times and the book of Revelation. With the popularity of the "Left Behind" books, the recent deve...
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The Divine Liturgy Part 9: The Dismissal and Post Communion Prayers from 2006-09-25T03:08
In this final program of the series on the Divine Liturgy we discuss the dismissal prayers after communion. These are more than just a formality as they express the summation of all that we have ex...
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The Divine Liturgy Part 8: Receiving Communion from 2006-09-17T00:58
The prayers are said, the clergy have commmuned and we finally come to the people's communion. The Eastern Rite Orthodox communion has no counterpart in Western Christian practice, so we discuss th...
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The Divine Liturgy, Part 7: Pre-Communion Prayers from 2006-09-12T12:11
The mystical change of the gifts of bread an wine into the Body and Blood of Christ in the Epiclesis is followed by a series of pre-communion prayers and hymns - given to continually focus us on th...
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The Divine Liturgy, Part 6: The Epiclesis from 2006-09-01T08:37
We come to the most sacred and debated words of Christian worship in history: the Epiclesis, the calling down of the Holy Spirit upon the bread and wine to make them into the Body and Blood of Chri...
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Divine Liturgy Part 5: Lay Aside All Earthly Cares from 2006-08-25T07:33
The bread and wine, the gifts of the people, have been moved from the table of preparation (prothesis table) to the altar in the Great Entrance. In this program we further discuss the Cherubic Hymn...
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The Divine Liturgy, Part 4: The Liturgy of the Faithful - The Great Entrance from 2006-08-19T17:09
With the reading of the Gospel and the homily that often follows it, the Liturgy of the Catechumens is concluded, and we transition to the Liturgy of the Faithful - The Communion Service. The Eucha...
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The Divine Liturgy, Part 3: The Liturgy of the Word from 2006-08-08T04:28
The priest is vested, the Gifts have been prepared for the celebration of the Eucharist, and now the Divine Liturgy begins. The first half of the Divine Liturgy is called "the Liturgy of the Word" ...
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The Divine Liturgy, Part 2: The Proskomide from 2006-07-29T02:40
The Proskomide, or the leavened bread that is offered to God, and the accompanying Proskomide prayers, form the essential first part of the Divine Liturgy, taking place well before the arrival of t...
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The Divine Liturgy, Part 1 from 2006-07-22T03:49
Having entered sacred space in the Church building, we now turn to the 'main event' of the Church, the Divine Liturgy. We know that liturgy means 'work of the people', the labor of love we perform ...
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A Tour of an Orthodox Church from 2006-07-10T17:45
It is said that if you are familiar with the book of Revelation you will feel right at home in an Orthodox Church. The interior of the Church is modeled after the vision of St. John, who on the Lo...
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Sacred Space from 2006-06-30T19:23
If the daily, monthly, yearly prayer cycle of the Church and personal practice of the Jesus Prayer speak to the consecration of the person in time - sacred time - then it follows that Orthodox Chri...
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Personal Prayer from 2006-06-23T07:58
In this program we discuss the topic of "personal prayer" in the Orthodox Tradition. Liturgical (corporate) and personal prayer are tightly linked together because the goal of all prayer is, ultim...
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The Great Feasts from 2006-06-18T16:35
Steve and Bill finish the mini-series on the liturgical prayer life of the Church. For all the teaching and talk about fasting on the program, the Church's liturgical calendar really focuses on the...
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The Eight Tones from 2006-06-08T20:32
Central to the prayer life of the Church is the cycle of eight musical tones or structures (The Octoechos, or eight echos) that accompany the hymns and prayers in all the services. In this program,...
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Prayer, The Daily Order from 2006-05-26T15:15
We begin a series on prayer which is the center of the life of the Orthodox Christian. Prayer is our connection to God who is our life. It is to be like our breathing, without ceasing. The Church ...
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Scholasticism and Theology: The Difference Between East and West from 2006-05-21T08:06
What accounts for the differences between the Eastern and Western churches? Many things of course, but primarily the development in the West - through those such as Anselm and Aquinas - of an empha...
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Christ is Risen! Words From Holy Week from 2006-05-05T08:11
In this program, we revisit Orthodox Holy Week with selected passages from the Holy Tradition - in the hope of trying to convey the richness of the "conversation" between God and the Church. For Ch...
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Christ is Risen! KPXQ Radio Program Segment from 2006-04-27T19:52
Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen! This is the anthem of Pascha, and since it was in fact Holy Week and Pascha last week, we have decided to "go lite" this program hour and air a 20-minute interv...
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The Prayer of St. Ephraim - Patience, Love, and Not Judging Our Brother from 2006-04-14T05:13
We finish this Lenten series discussing the virtues of patience, love, and not judging our brother. Again, the Orthodox axiom of working out the virtues in the body is true, and we learn that patie...
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The Prayer of St. Ephraim - Humility from 2006-04-07T15:27
Following Chastity in the the list of virtues in St. Ephraim's prayer comes Humility. Reading from the Fathers, we find that humility is not merely a state of mind, but a mystery that comes about a...
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The Prayer of St. Ephraim - Chastity from 2006-03-29T05:43
St. Ephraim begins the second half of his great prayer "Give rather a spirit of chastity, humility, patience and love to Thy servant." Asking God to take our sinful passions away is followed by a p...
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The Prayer of St. Ephraim - Lust for Power and Idle Talk from 2006-03-24T02:15
We continue our discussion of the famous Prayer of St. Ephraim the Syrian and his plea for God to remove from him the "lust for power" and "idle talk". As is made clear from the sayings of the Fath...
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Lent: The Prayer of St. Ephraim from 2006-03-18T03:01
We continue our discussion of Great Lent by reviewing, with many quotes from the Church Fathers, the famous Prayer of St. Ephraim the Syrian that is used during all the weekday services. Writing in...
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The Purpose of Lent from 2006-03-09T07:48
O Lord and Master of my life, take from me the spirit of sloth, faintheartedness, lust for power and idle talk. -Lenten Prayer, St. Ephraim the Syrian The Lenten Season, or the Great Fast as the C...
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The Filioque from 2006-03-03T05:57
The addition and acceptance of three words—and the Son (filioque in Latin)—to the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Symbol of Faith (Creed) in the Western Church, and then finally by the Roman See, changed...
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Rome, Petrine Doctrine and the Orthodox Tradition from 2006-02-23T15:51
Continuing with our discussion about Eastern Orthodox ecclesiology, we turn to the question of what happened to the One, Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church in the first centuries following the deat...
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Answering Objections to Apostolic Succession from 2006-02-08T15:54
We continue our discussion of apostolic succession by examining some common objections given by Protestants, found in a sermon outline published on Calvin College's CCEL Historical Church document ...
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Apostolic Succession from 2006-02-03T04:36
The phrase "apostolic succession" has a number of different meanings among the various Christian traditions, but is key to a proper understanding of Orthodox ecclesiology and her claim to be the On...
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Orthodox Ecclesiology from 2006-01-23T07:25
The Orthodox Church’s View of Non-Orthodox Christians Part 4 from 2006-01-16T07:26
Converts Part 3 from 2006-01-09T07:28
Converts Part 2 from 2006-01-02T07:29
Understanding The Virgin Mary - Part 3 from 2005-12-27T09:46
This is the final program of the three-part series on Mary from our audio archives of our live program on KPXQ Phoenix. In this program we discuss several misconceptions about Mary and her place w...
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Converts Part 1 from 2005-12-08T07:30
Confession Part 3 from 2005-11-25T07:31
Confession Part 2 from 2005-11-21T07:32
Confession Part 1 from 2005-11-14T07:33
The Eucharist from 2005-11-07T07:34
Original Sin from 2005-11-02T07:35
The Sacrament of Baptism - Part 4 from 2005-10-26T08:36
The Sacrament of Baptism - Infant Baptism, Part 3 from 2005-10-12T08:36
The Sacrament of Baptism, Part 2 from 2005-10-04T08:37
The Sacrament of Baptism, Part 1 from 2005-09-26T08:38
Sola Sacramentalism? from 2005-09-12T08:39
In the tenth and final program in the series on "Developing an Orthodox World View" Steve and Bill discuss the notion of "sola sacraments." Often we hear that the Orthodox (and other liturgical C...
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Incarnation, Sacrament and Salvation - Part 9 from 2005-08-22T08:46
In the ninth part of the series on forming an Orthodox world view, Steve and Bill continue the discussion of the sacramental world view in light of the Incarnation and Trinity.
Incarnation, Sacrament and Salvation - Part 8 from 2005-08-15T08:47
In Part 8 of the series we discuss the foundations of a "sacramental world view" based on the dogmas of the Incarnation and Trinity. How does God relate to creation and thus to the human being thr...
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Trinitarian Anthropology: Being as Communion - Part 7 from 2005-08-08T08:48
In Part 7 of the series we discuss the "practical application" of the dogma of the Trinity. While all "orthodox" Christian churches affirm the dogma of the Trinity virtually none of them can reall...
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The Trinity, Incarnation and Nature of the Church- Part 6 from 2005-08-01T08:49
We continue the discussion of the nature of the Church and the self understanding of the Orthodox Church as being the "one true Church". How does this concept fit within the modern concepts of the...
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The Creed, Trinity, Incarnation, and the One Church Part 5 from 2005-07-25T08:50
In part 5 of the series we continue the discussion of the importance of the Creeds, Christology and the incarnation of God in establishing the nature of the Church as the body of Christ. In this p...
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The Creeds and the Sacramental Life - Part 4 from 2005-07-18T08:51
In Part 4 we continue the discussion of the Creeds and the 7 Ecumenical Councils. In a broad survey of the first eight centuries we discuss why the Councils called and the specific issues the 7 Co...
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The Creeds and the Sacramental Life - Part 3 from 2005-07-11T08:52
In part three, we discuss the importance of the Creedal statements of the early Church. Are the dogmatic formulations of Trinity and Christology philosophical minor details for scholars or are the...
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Story Time for Father’s Day from 2005-06-20T08:55
Trinity, Incarnation and Sacrament - Part 2 from 2005-06-13T08:56
In part two of the series, we discuss different world views and philosophies that the Incarnational and Trinitarian Christian dogmas confront. We continue to discuss the importance of clear and pr...
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Trinity, Incarnation and Sacrament: Dogma - Part 1 from 2005-06-06T08:57
This is the first part of a nine-part series on forming an Orthodox world view that is founded on the dogmas of the Trinity, Incarnation, and sacrament. In part one we discuss the concept of "dogm...
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Sola Scriptura and Tradition - Part 4 from 2005-05-30T08:57
Part four of a four part series on "Sola Scriptura".
Sola Scriptura and Tradition - Part 3 from 2005-05-16T08:58
Part three of the four part series on "Sola Scriptura".
Orthodoxy and the Religion of the Future from 2005-05-02T09:00
Sola Scriptura and Tradition - Part 2 from 2005-04-25T09:02
Part two of a four-part series on an Orthodox response to the doctrine of sola Scriptura.
Sola Scriptura and Tradition - Part 1 from 2005-04-18T09:20
Part one of a four-part series on sola Scriptura. Steve and Bill discuss Hank Hanegraaff's (The Bible Answer Man) Christian Research Institute's piece on "What Think Ye of Rome" in which Norman Ge...
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Interview with Bishop Benjamin (OCA) from 2005-04-11T09:27
First Visit to an Orthodox Church: 12 Things I Wish I’d Known - Part 4 from 2005-04-04T09:36
Closed Communion: 12 Things I Wish I’d Known - Part 3 from 2005-03-28T08:37
Frederica Mathewes-Green
First Visit to an Orthodox Church: 12 Things I Wish I’d Known - Part 2 from 2005-03-21T08:43
First Visit to an Orthodox Church: 12 Things I Wish I’d Known - Part 1 from 2005-03-14T08:46
Overview of Lent from 2005-02-21T08:52
Prayers to the Saints - Part 4: State of the Dead, cont’d. from 2005-02-14T08:53
In the final program of the series on "Prayer to the Saints" we continue the discussion of the state of the departed from the Scriptures. In many enigmatic passages we find the foundations for why...
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Prayers to the Saints - Part 3: The State of the Dead from 2005-02-07T08:54
How can we communicate with the departed saints if they are dead? What is the state of the departed according to the Scriptures? Are they concious, and if so, of what? Can they hear the petition...
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Prayers to the Saints - Part 2: Why Intercession? from 2005-01-31T08:55
In this program we deal with the concept of prayer and intercession. What is prayer in the scriptures? Is "prayer" worship to be given only to God? What is intercession? Why are we commanded to in...
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Prayers to the Saints - Part 1: What is a Saint? from 2005-01-24T09:24
In the first of a series on prayers to the saints, we begin to discuss how the Orthodox Church connects the dots of many aspects of what it means to be "in Christ" and a member of "the body of Chri...
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The Feast of the Theophany: Salvation of the Cosmos - Part 2 from 2005-01-17T09:43
The Feast of the Theophany: Salvation of the Cosmos - Part 1 from 2005-01-10T09:44
Understanding The Virgin Mary - Part 2 from 2004-12-20T09:46
In this program we continue the discussion of the Church's teachings regarding the perpetual virginity of Mary. This program was from originally broadcast live in December 2004 on KPXQ in Phoenix, ...
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Understanding The Virgin Mary - Part 1 from 2004-12-13T09:47
In the next three programs we deal with the Perpetual Virginity of Mary. This series is taken from our live broadcasts at KPXQ 1360 in Phoenix, AZ.
Liturgical Worship: In Spirit and Truth? from 2004-12-06T09:48
Liturgical Worship in the New Testament from 2004-11-29T09:49
The Nativity Fast from 2004-11-22T09:49
An Hour With Father Peter Gillquist from 2004-11-15T09:50
Icons and Veneration from 2004-11-08T09:51
Icons and the Theology of Light, the Orthodox View of Salvation - Part 2 from 2004-11-01T09:52
Icons and the Theology of Light, the Orthodox View of Salvation - Part 1 from 2004-10-25T10:52
History of Icons from 2004-10-11T10:56
Icons in the Orthodox Faith - Part 2 from 2004-10-04T10:56
In part two of "Icons" we continue to discuss the Scriptures and the post-Reformation emphasis on the "intellectual" apprehension of the rational message of the Gospel as written in the Bible. But ...
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Icons in the Orthodox Faith - Part 1 from 2004-09-27T10:57
This is the first of a six-part series on "ICONS" from our KPXQ live radio program archives from 2004. In this program we introduce icons and what you will see in an Orthodox Church and look at the...
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Brokenness and Restoration from 2004-09-13T10:58
A Study of the Paralytic in Mark Chapter 2 Sometimes the world appears to be so divided and its people so alienated from one another, that it seems like it would take a miracle to fix it and bring...
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