They Got Jesus Wrong! Our 1st Annual Ministry Survey
That's Sunday night at 8 PM on AncientFaith.com and don't forget: Please take a few minutes and complete our 1st Annual Ministry Survey by going to https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FaithEncouraged
11Dec-15
Don’t Blame the Person
"Never confuse the person, formed in the image of God, with the evil that is in him: because evil is but a chance misfortune, an illness, a devilish reverie. But the very essence of that person is the image of God, and this remains in him despite every disfigurement."...
An All New Faith Encouraged LIVE THIS SUNDAY Night!
Please Listen This Sunday night as Fr. Panayiotis and I talk about the consequences of getting the identity of Jesus Christ wrong! And just why these consequences create spiritual illness in people and societies. That's Sunday at 8 PM on AncientFaith.com. Also, share this with your friends, parish, and...
10Dec-15
Signs of the Times
OK, so, the store started putting out decorations for Christmas around Halloween! Subtle signs that the gift buying season was approaching and letting us know we better get to it if we were going to get all that cool stuff to give as presents at Christmas. And, as usual,...
9Dec-15
He Who Has Ears to Hear…
A few weeks ago we were all at home, just sitting in the living room when there was a noise outside the back door. My wife turned to me and asked "did you hear that?" I had and went to investigate. It turned out to be nothing more than...
8Dec-15
People Talking Without Speaking…
At a recent spiritual retreat I was asked to conduct, I was asked how one should prepare to deal with questions about the faith when others ask about it. Usually many of our Orthodox brothers and sisters get very nervous when somebody asks them about our Orthodox Faith. It's a...
7Dec-15
Why Did You Ask Me That?
I love Oliver Twist. It's a great story about confronting a system that had grown inhuman because of an attempt to reduce persons to mere cogs in a machine. Ah the joys of the Industrial Revolution. Our hero, Oliver, does what he wasn't "suppose" to do; he asks for...
Please Take our 1st Annual Ministry Survey!
Two years ago we started Faith Encouraged Ministries to start organizing our media work in a way that would be both effective and useful. We applied for and received non-profit status from the IRS so any donations would be tax deductible for our partners and we started using what...
4Dec-15
A Slave or A Son – Which are You?
The young man bristled under his father's rules and regulations. He hated knowing that, while he was under age and under his dad's roof, he had to buckle down and do what he was told. He daydreamed of one day being free of this harsh regiment. As he grew...
3Dec-15
The Stone the Builders Rejected
It's simply unavoidable. C.S. Lewis said it best: "Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance, the only thing it cannot be is moderately important." So true! You see, the Christian Faith isn't merely a set of moral teachings. All religious systems have that,...