This episode explores the manifold temptations experienced by the Pharisee within each of us.

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More on the Pharisee here. It is no fun going through this stuff, but, if we are going to be healed, we need courage.

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I wrote this on election day. You may wonder how politics and Pharasaism are related. Hear what Metropoltian Anastassy Gribanovsky said about political rulers.

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Life is full of traps that keep us from our salvation. What are they like? And how do we avoid them? Listen as Fr. Methodius attempts to explain these foul snares.

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Join me as I look through the window, out at the sea of life with St. Ignatius Brianchaninov. The waters are dark. What kinds of dangers are found in the deep?

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What does it mean to be distracted? St. Ignatius teaches us how destructive tendencies to allow the mind to wander can be our downfall as Christians.

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In America today, conversations about salvation are often preconditioned by Protestantism, sometimes thought of as "American" Christianity. Mistakes are made when Orthodox people allow foreign notions into their soteriology. This episode provides an Orthodox foundation.

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Maybe you have a hard time discerning between commandments, beatitudes, virtue, fruit of the Spirit. If so, this episode will help you. Fr. Methodius follows St. Ignati explaining what these are and how we relate to them.

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This follow-up on episode 3 builds upon some difficult notions discussed previously. May God give us wisdom to do all He commands!

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Was it your impression that the Law of God has somehow lapsed or that it isn't applicable in the New Testament? Listen as Fr. Methodius explains the teaching of St. Ignati on how Christians should view the Law.

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