Displaying episodes 91 - 120 of 171 in total
That They May Be One
Fr Aaron explained that the famous verse of Jesus praying that His disciples would “be one” should not primarily be understood as a reference to ecumenism. Rather, we ...
Evangelism's Role in the Christian Life
Based on our reading of Acts 17:1-9, we discussed the role of evangelism in the Christian life. We distinguished between the overt evangelism of St Paul and other apos...
Your Father is the Devil?
We discuss why Jesus told the Pharisees there father is the devil. Ultimately, what we find is that the teaching of the devil leads us to accept God's grace for oursel...
Teaching & Holy Communion
Based on our reading today, we discussed what Christ is referring to when He says that, “He who eats this bread will live forever.” Here, Christ not only refers to Hol...
The Practical Application of Scripture
We began with questions regarding the Trinity and other theological questions, highlighting the importance that we guard against placing too much emphasis on these int...
Resurrection First Announced to the Women
Today we discussed the significance of the myrrh-bearing women as the first witnesses to the resurrection. This was fitting since it was the woman, Eve, who had first ...
Proverbs & The Nature of Fasting
From Proverbs today, we discussed the foundational teaching of the Bible of caring for the poor and needy. We went on to discuss how this central teaching is so often ...
God as the Great Shepherd
Today we discussed briefly an overview of Isaiah and his emphasis of caring for the poor and needy. We also discussed the idea of God and images or idols and how they ...
The Tower of Babel
Today we discuss the story of the Tower of Babel. Fr Aaron began with a reminder of the first command that God gave to Adam and Even and later reiterates with Noah: to...
The Flood And Its Implications
In today’s episode we discussed the story of the flood and how it separated us from Eden, from the ideal of what God intended. Fr Aaron also noted how the flood story ...
Eve "Acquired" A Son?
We began the episode discussing the strange statement made by Eve that she “acquired a man from the Lord” upon the birth of Cain. We then discussed the importance of G...
Wisdom Literature in the Old Testament
In today’s episode we focused on the Old Testament, from which the Church appoints the readings during the period of Great Lent. Fr Aaron explained the structure of th...
Communion In The Bible
Today we discussed Communion from a biblical perspective. The earliest mention of the practice is found in I Corinthians where St. Paul writes of what he had received ...
Is the God of the Old Testament the God of the New Testament?
In discussing what some might view as an apparent dichotomy between how we view God in the Old and New Testaments, Fr Aaron provided three key takeaways for us to cons...
Recognizing False Prophets
In discussing what St. Peter references as false prophets, teachers and heresies, we showed that Peter’s concern was not primarily with those outside the Church nor wi...
Offering a Defense for our Faith
Today we discussed how to understand Peter’s admonition to prepare ourselves to provide a defense of our faith. This defense is best offered by living the faith vs. be...
Can You Imagine No Christmas?
In contemplating the fact that the Nativity story is not included in Mark’s Gospel, our episode today focused on the most important aspect of the life of Christ, which...
Salvation: Listener Questions
Today’s episode focused on listener questions regarding salvation. Fr Aaron explained that there are different ways to approach this issue, which lead to a discussion ...
Mary in Scripture
Today’s episode focused on some of the most common questions regarding Mary, including the important distinction between worship and veneration. From a theological per...
Violence & Freedom: A Reflection on January 6, 2021
In this episode, Fr Aaron expounds on his sermon from January 17, 2021, which reflected on the "siege of the US Capitol" building on January 6, 2021. In that sermon, F...
Enter By The Narrow Door
In today’s episode we began with a discussion of the mustard seed and the leaven from Jesus’ parable, and how we learn from this teaching that no Christian work is too...
Exposing Darkness and Redeeming the Time
Today we discussed how to juggle various ideals, namely our exposure of darkness while avoiding condemnation by our judgement of others. Father Aaron explained that we...
Delivering People to Satan and Forbidding Women to Speak?
In today's passage Paul speaks of delivering people to Satan and forbids women to speak: what on earth does that mean and why does he say those things? Fr Aaron explai...
You Must Hate Your Father and Mother???
Why does Jesus say we must hate our father and mother?!!! To better understand this statement, we considered the preceding Parable of the Great Banquet, and the excuse...
Weddings, Adultery, and Stripes
Today we discussed the common theme of a wedding or marriage to teach us about deeper biblical concepts. One example given was that of Christ and the Church in which C...
The Rich Man & Lazarus
Today’s episode explored the parable of the rich man and Lazarus. On the surface, this parable is about wealth and poverty, but Fr Aaron argued that there is much more...
He Who Is Not With Me Is Against Me
In today’s episode we went back to Genesis 10 to help us properly understand Jesus’ statement in Luke 11: “He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gat...
Just Say The Word
We discussed the biblical theme that sinners and outsiders are the ones who recognize God’s Messiah rather than those who are viewed as righteous. We examined this the...
Paul's Warning to the Corinthians
Today we discussed the context of the Epistles to the Corinthians, noting the community was predominantly Gentile, one made up of Roman converts to the faith. We then ...
Jesus' Appearance to His Unbelieving Disciples
We discuss Jesus’ appearance to His disciples and his questioning of why they did not believe in Him. We evaluate this appearance and “proof” of the Resurrection in li...