Dr. Constantinou continues her discussion of Saul and David, which is lesson 89 of her series, "Introduction to the Bible."

Dr. Constantinou continues her introduction to the major prophets of the Old Testament, this time with the addition of statements from the Church Fathers.

Dr. Constantinou continues her exploration of the prophecies found in Isaiah 53.

Dr. Constantinou discusses the failure of the Jews to listen to the prophets and the importance of the correlation between the death of Christ and the destruction of the Jewish temple.

Dr. Constantinou explains why the Jews won't believe that Christ is the Messiah.

Dr. Constantinou takes a break from her introduction to the Bible to address a question that is making headlines around the world: Was Jesus married?

Dr. Constantinou continues her discussion of the recently discovered square of papyrus that supposedly proves that Jesus was married.

Dr. Constantinou continues her discussion of the most famous prophecy of Isaiah: "The virgin shall conceive and bear a son."

In August I published a post examining a common question in email marketing – do email subscription pop-ups work? The post detailed how I went about implementing pop-ups via OptinMonster (affiliate), as well as the results I attained in using them on two separate sites. Despite “most people” claiming they hate them, the results were…

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This past weekend Google sent out a round of manual penalty notices citing “unnatural outbound links” – later confirmed to be targeting sites publishing compensated content and reviews where the blogger is linking out to the brand or site that compensated them. If your site received the notice, you'll find some advice for fixing your…

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Coming up with good topics for your blog posts can be a struggle, especially after you have been blogging for a while. When I get inspired, blogging is easy for me. When I have to sit down and write like it's homework because I need to publish two posts one week, I often sit there…

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Fr. John speaks at St Simeon Mission, Santa Clarita, California, on how the soul is not fed by bodily comforts.

Adult converts to Orthodoxy all have stories about their journey to the Faith. These stories are often populated with Non-Orthodox "seed planters." Fr Joseph, speaking at St Luke Church/Abilene, mentions a few such helpers.

Fr Joseph addresses the questions: Are we starting more missions? Where are the monasteries? He also claims we need more men, more moms, and ... more!

Fr. Joseph speaks at an ecumenical gathering about how the Orthodox work out their salvation.

Fr. Joseph notes the joys of holiday travel: including a canceled flight to Wyoming, a Cherokee on the way to South Dakota, and unexpected savior for an expecting people.

The last thing the world needs is more darkness. We don't need more "dark Christians." Fr Joseph serves up Convention "leftovers" at St. Joseph/Houston.

The blind man stumbled toward the water bearing spit and the clay -- only to return whole! But at first Celedonius could only see darkness, shadows. Fr Joseph preaches at St Joseph/Houston on the final Sunday of Pascha.

Fr. Tom talks about how human beings are created by God for worship in spirit and in truth.

In this 32nd episode of the series, Fr.Tom gets to the very opening statement in the Divine Liturgy: "Blessed is the Kingdom of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen."

Fr. Thomas begins today some reflections on the rite of the preparation of the bread and the wine to be offered on the altar in the ritual called the Proskomede.

Fr. Thomas explores the significance of the way the bread is cut and laid on the diskos during the preparation for the eucharist.

Remembering all the Saints. Fr. Tom takes us through his own practice of remembering the "great cloud of witnesses" when preparing the bread and wine for the Eucharist.

Fr. Tom talks about the "star" that is placed over the bread as well as the psalms and prayers that are said when both the chalice and diskos are covered with the cloth.

Today Fr. Tom looks at the differences in the Antiochian tradition in the way the Proskomede is done.

Fr. John shares his homily on Luke 16:19-31 and 2 Timothy 3:14-17.

Fr. John shares his homily on Luke 8:18.

Fr. John shares his homily on Psalm 110.

Fr. John shares his homily on Theophany.

Fr. John continues his sermon from Psalm 117.

Fr. John concludes his homily on Psalm 117.

Fr. John shares from Psalm 118, a psalm that is chanted at every Orthodox funeral.

Fr. John continues his series from Psalm 118, "Wherewithal shall a young man correct his way? By keeping Thy words."

Fr. John shares from Colossians 4:5 and Ephesians 5:15-16.

Fr. John shares the example of Joseph, the son of Jacob, as an example of God's sovereignty.

Fr. John shares from Mark 3:19-35.

Fr. John shares from Mark 4.

Fr. John shares about the life and ministry of St. Andrew, the First Called.

On the Sunday of the Last Judgment, Fr. John also shares from Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14, and Revelation 20:11-12,15.

Fr. John shares from John 19:28-37.

Fr. John shares the story of the healing of the woman who was bent over for 18 years, from Luke 13:10-17.

Fr. John shares from Jude 3.

Fr. John shares from Psalm 1.

Fr. John uses the passage of John 3:14-21 to illustrate Christ's love and the importance of going to His light.

Fr. John Whiteford uses the Ladder of Divine Ascent, written by St. John Climacus, to signify the importance of obedience.

Fr. John Whiteford uses the story of St. Paul to exhort us to come to know the Lord.

Fr. John Whiteford uses Psalm 2 to speak on the individuality of humanity and the importance of trusting in God.

Fr. John Whiteford comments on the passage from the Psalms (118:113-120).

Fr. John Whiteford shares from Psalm 118:137-144.

Fr. John Whiteford comments on 1 Corinthians 3:4-15, and how we live our lives.