Archive for August 2026
False Prophets are Real
There is nothing new about false prophets. Throughout history they have appeared to lead people away from God. Sometimes they are bold. Other times they veil themselves in Christian language slyly leading people astray. Even in modern Christianity they come. Don’t be fooled. One very powerful and relatively modern false prophecy is the ‘rapture’. This…
Read MoreSome People Just Don’t Want God in Their Life
Try as we might, there will always be some people who reject the Gospel. There will always be ‘that one person’ who fights against the Church. There will always be a ‘group’ that thinks they know better than the clergy. There will always be because there has always been. The Lord said to the Jews…
Read MoreEpisode 487 – Prayer, Fasting and Healing
In the most difficult times of our Christian struggle, it isn’t easy to understand why God doesn’t give us what we want. In those most difficult times, we are called to a life of prayer and fasting, not to follow God’s rules, but to train our hearts to understand that God knows what we need…
Read MoreReligion and Politics
It’s been going on for centuries, millennia actually. Religion and politics have long been partners in gathering people and passing down important traditions of life. Long before Christ’s incarnation, even God used politics to organize the Church. It hasn’t always been great. Today’s Gospel lesson is an example of how God has partnered with government.…
Read MoreWalk the Walk and Talk the Talk
You see it every day, around every turn. You see people that don’t live the way they talk. We all do it at some level. We say one thing and then do another. For Christians this can drive others away from Christ. That’s because all others see is our hypocrisy. Brethren, our boast is this,…
Read MoreDon’t Give Up Now
At the point of exhaustion every athlete wonders if the finish line can be achieved. Properly trained marathon runners prepare for just that moment when their bodies say ‘no’ but their commitment says ‘yes.’ Success in any endeavor requires persistence. Today’s reading from Saint Peter’s First Universal Letter might be long, but I urge to…
Read MoreBeware of the Company You Keep
The old saying, ‘you are known by the company you keep’ is more relevant for Christians than for any other group. We are expected to interact with everyone with love. How do we keep company but remain distant when people pull us from Christ? Brethren, what do people mean by being baptized on behalf of…
Read MoreEmpty Hope is Folly
All this talk about hope in the Church should make one wonder. What are we hoping for in the first place? Some use hope merely to lift our spirits in a difficult situation. We believe that hope will get us though, but if hope is empty then we are just fools. For Saint Paul, hope…
Read MoreEpisode 486 – Raging Storms of Life
When we are faced with the hard reality of struggle, we can either panic or remain focused on Christ. The storms of life push us back and forth, but when we focus on Christ, He walks with us and keeps our heads above water. When we remember that Christ is in front of us, even…
Read MoreMind Over Matter
We have more control over our suffering than you might imagine. Whether it is being mocked by our coworkers or in the public square, how we ‘receive’ the suffering makes all the difference. That’s why Christ INVITES us to take up our cross, rather than forcing it upon us. Today is the Feast of the…
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