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Eye of the Beholder God grant me the serenityto accept the things I cannot change;courage to change the things I can;and wisdom to know the difference.Living one day at a time;Enjoying one moment at a time;Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;Taking, as He did, this sinful worldas it is, not as I would have…

Christian Hekhalot “Therefore, since it is by God’s mercy that we are engaged in this ministry, we do not lose heart. We have renounced the shameful things that one hides; we refuse to practise cunning or to falsify God’s word; but by the open statement of the truth we commend ourselves to the conscience of…

Schematics, Schismatics, and a most Glorious Revolution “The Patriarchs not only did not question the impossibility of the creation of an Independent Anglican Church, but, on the contrary, supported this idea. They agreed that the Anglicans should retain their own customs, and declared themselves ready to approve of the Anglican Liturgy, provided it was Orthodox.…

Marcion of Sinope “‘No servant can serve two masters simultaneously; either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be attached to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and the powers of all merely earthly existence at the same time.’ “The Pharisees, who were greedy for…

Egalitarianism, revelation, and in-fighting “You worship a Being who eludes your consciousness. Our divine service is at one with our conscious awareness. That is why salvation for mankind had to be prepared among the Jews. The hour will come, and it has come, when the true worshippers of God will worship the Father with the…

Opening remarks of an abreaction Note: This was written, originally, the week after my baptism and slowly has become a sort of summation of the month long rabbit hole I fell in after speaking with a family member about my baptism. It is pure catharsis. I mention that I don’t mean to jaw on about…

Biblical Criticism: Romans 12-15 I realize now that writing an argumentative essay about the topic of the early church and its consequences to modernity is an easier task in my head that’s full of caffeine. It’s kind of like concocting a grand life plan at two in the morning, flying high on an eight-ball and…

The Implicit Institution and God’s Will “The Kingdom of God does not come in a form which is outwardly perceptible. Nor does it come in such a way that one can say: Look here it is, or there. Behold—the Kingdom of God is within you” (Luke 17:20-21). I’m a Leo which means I have the…

A Biblical Criticism Assignment Editor’s Note: This is from my Biblical Criticism class. I’m working on a longer piece covering the early Church and the topic of Divine will, but with exams and such going on this Spring I figured I’d present some coursework. The reason being is 1) I get anxious if I do…