Note: In 2015, the homosexual movement achieved a major milestone in the United States of America. The Supreme Court ruled that homosexual “marriages” must be performed in all 50 states. The Thought Police are at the door of your church. Some Christians shrugged and said, “This won’t affect me.” Other Christians researched the history of the LGBT movement in […]
An Encomium for Protodeacon Alexis Washington
This sermon was delivered at the funeral of the Rev. Protodeacon Alexis Washington on Friday, October 7, 2016. Memory eternal. “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.” – John 5:24 […]
Redemption and Salvation in the Book of Tobit
A Sermon by Fr. John A. Peck The Book of Tobit is an astonishing book. It is a part of the Septuagint Old Testament, and therefore only in Orthodox and Roman Catholic Bibles. Until 1929, it was included in Protestant Bibles (in the section called “apocrypha” or “hidden things.” I don’t know why they thought […]
IRS Strikes Deal With Atheist Group to Monitor Content of Sermons
We could just support the church with virtuous industry, rather than languish as non-profits under totalitarian scrutiny. The next time your pastor delivers a pro-life sermon or urges the congregation to stand up for pro-life values in the political or public arena, he could be taken to task by the IRS. Alliance Defending Freedom asked the […]
Why the Wilderness?
by Fr. John A. Peck A sermon from 2009. Often the wilderness is a dangerous place, frought with danger, anxiety, vulnerability. Out there, we are usually the prey or the victim, but it is also the place where we encounter God. Why are we meeting God in the wilderness (where else?) We are, generally speaking, […]