Long Overdue Update to the New Faithful Archive
Two new sermon additions, from our own VIPs, Fr. WB and Fr. Nelson.
Fr. WB discusses the meaning of Christian marriage, here.
"Hell is the situation of perfect, unmitigated loneliness. It is not good that man should be alone. That’s the problem. Here’s the remedy: Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and cleaves to his wife. Things are not as they seem. A man leaves his Father. There was once a Son who left his Father’s house… and then he came down from Heaven, and by the Holy Spirit became incarnate from the Virgin Mary and was made man, and for our sake was crucified. Why did he do it? Because God was not willing that humankind should continue to live in its mortal isolation. It is not good that man should be alone. God was not willing that we should be so subjected to the temptation and the toil and the suffering of our broken human nature that we should die in our isolation from him. So God joined his own nature, his own divinity, to our broken human nature in the one flesh of Jesus Christ, perfect God and perfect man, like us in every respect (Heb. 2.17). Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and cleaves to his wife, and they become one flesh."
Fr. Nelson expounds on the account of the rich young ruler in Mark 10, here.
"In this hand – I hang onto what is familiar, what is safe, what is pleasing to me, what brings me happiness.
And in this hand – I hang onto salvation, that which is wild, and untamed, which will cost me my life, and bring me great joy...."
I really encourage any readers who write sermons, do exegesis, or read devotionally to check out our indexed Archive as a source for inspiration and reference. I am pretty selective about what gets published from our many submissions, and the sermons that you will find there represent the creme de la creme of orthodox reflections on Scripture for the Church, by young men who are making and reforming modern church history. Check out the Archive! And as ever, we welcome your own submission for consideration! (newfaithful(at)gmail(dot)com
Fr. WB discusses the meaning of Christian marriage, here.
"Hell is the situation of perfect, unmitigated loneliness. It is not good that man should be alone. That’s the problem. Here’s the remedy: Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and cleaves to his wife. Things are not as they seem. A man leaves his Father. There was once a Son who left his Father’s house… and then he came down from Heaven, and by the Holy Spirit became incarnate from the Virgin Mary and was made man, and for our sake was crucified. Why did he do it? Because God was not willing that humankind should continue to live in its mortal isolation. It is not good that man should be alone. God was not willing that we should be so subjected to the temptation and the toil and the suffering of our broken human nature that we should die in our isolation from him. So God joined his own nature, his own divinity, to our broken human nature in the one flesh of Jesus Christ, perfect God and perfect man, like us in every respect (Heb. 2.17). Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and cleaves to his wife, and they become one flesh."
Fr. Nelson expounds on the account of the rich young ruler in Mark 10, here.
"In this hand – I hang onto what is familiar, what is safe, what is pleasing to me, what brings me happiness.
And in this hand – I hang onto salvation, that which is wild, and untamed, which will cost me my life, and bring me great joy...."
I really encourage any readers who write sermons, do exegesis, or read devotionally to check out our indexed Archive as a source for inspiration and reference. I am pretty selective about what gets published from our many submissions, and the sermons that you will find there represent the creme de la creme of orthodox reflections on Scripture for the Church, by young men who are making and reforming modern church history. Check out the Archive! And as ever, we welcome your own submission for consideration! (newfaithful(at)gmail(dot)com
posted by MM at 6:36 PM
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