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July 2018

July 09, 2018

Become famous for good deeds; Church Fathers: Day 339

St. Basil was a man who knew how to ask for a favor. In this...

July 08, 2018

Practice what you preach; Church Fathers: Day 338

If you tell other people to behave themselves, says Lactantius, what will they think when...

July 06, 2018

Everyday martyrdom; Church Fathers: Day 337

You can be a martyr even without the bloodshed, says Commodianus, a North African bishop...

July 05, 2018

This hurts me more than it hurts you; Church Fathers: Day 336

Insults, thefts, even torture—none of these things do any real harm to the person who...

July 04, 2018

Evil is evil, even if God turns it to good; Church Fathers: Day 335

St. John Cassian tells how an earnest monk asked a hard question of the wise...

July 03, 2018

Fear God, not death; Church Fathers: Day 334

When the city of Antioch was in danger of total annihilation, St. John Chrysostom dared...

July 02, 2018

Not being with God is the real punishment; Church Fathers: Day 333

Whatever happens to sinners in hell, says St. John Chrysostom, their worst punishment is not...

June 2018

June 30, 2018

Need help preparing the way for conversions? Look no further! – Off the Shelf 079

In this episode of Off the Shelf Karlo Broussard and I discuss some of the...

June 30, 2018

Pity the prosperous sinner; Church Fathers: Day 332

St. John Chrysostom tells us that the person most to be pitied is the sinner...

June 30, 2018

Why are the wicked joyful?; Church Fathers: Day 331

Why are the wicked often prosperous and happy, while the righteous struggle? It’s because they’re...

June 29, 2018

Don’t judge by appearances; Church Fathers: Day 330

In a vision, the Shepherd tells Hermas that you can’t tell the righteous from the...

June 28, 2018

Nothing gets past God; Church Fathers: Day 329

Do you think that anything escapes God’s notice? asks St. Ambrose. Even when we shut...

June 27, 2018

Measure your duty by heaven, not earth; Church Fathers: Day 328

St. Ambrose summarizes the opinions of classical philosophy on duty. Then he explains why a...

June 26, 2018

Remember the judgment of Christ; Church fathers: Day 327

In this transcript of the trial of St. Justin Martyr and his companions, Justin argues...

June 25, 2018

Be ready for the end of the world; Church Fathers: Day 326

The last judgment may be coming very soon, says St. John Chrysostom. But whether it...

June 24, 2018

The resurrection is easy for God; Church Fathers: Day 325

Does the resurrection of the dead seem strangely unlikely? Well, of course, says Aphrahat—God’s miracles...

June 23, 2018

How do we form young disciples? – Off the Shelf 078

There’s a crisis in youth ministry today and it not something that has happened overnight....

June 23, 2018

Why not choose death?; Church Fathers: Day 324

If heaven is so great, why don’t you just kill yourself now? St. Justin Martyr...

June 22, 2018

Share in the sufferings of the martyrs; Church Fathers Day 323

The historian Eusebius tells the story of a young girl, a holy virgin in Tyre,...

June 21, 2018

Know the resurrection by the proofs; Church Fathers: Day 322

God didn’t just tell us that the resurrection would happen, says Aphrahat. He has proved...

June 20, 2018

Make light of what is mortal; Church Fathers: Day 321

The historian Eusebius records the last words of Agapius, a martyr who had been brought...

June 19, 2018

Death is transformed into sleep; Church Fathers: Day 320

Why is it important that Christ’s body was laid in a new tomb, one that...

June 18, 2018

Learn from nature that we are immortal; Church Fathers: Day 319

Without being taught, says St. Hilary of Poitiers, we know that we are immortal. Nature...

June 17, 2018

Matt Nelson on Off the Shelf 077 – Just Whatever

Matt Nelson tackles the topic of spiritual indifference in his latest book Just Whatever: How to...

June 17, 2018

Experience Life Everlasting

I would dare say that each of us would admit that our prayer life has...

June 17, 2018

Fear the death of the soul, not of the body; Church Fathers: Day 318

The soul is immortal, say St. Augustine, but in a sense it dies when God...

June 16, 2018

Remember, your life belongs to God alone; Church Fathers: Day 317

Asterius of Amasea reminds us that our lives really belong only to God. The things...

June 15, 2018

Think of yourself as a guest in this life; Church Fathers: Day 316

We think of ourselves as owners of all we possess, says Asterius of Amasea, but...

June 14, 2018

Live like a visitor to this world; Church Fathers: Day 315

If we remember that we must die and move on, says Aphrahat, we will live...

June 13, 2018

Remember death, and live; Church Fathers: Day 314

When you pile up earthly wealth and plunder your neighbors, says Aphrahat, you are forgetting...

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