Make this gospel of Jesus Christ the very center of who you are. Make this gospel the center of your home, the center of your families, the center of this parish. Make this gospel what this parish is known for. Make this gospel what informs every thought that you have, every decision that you make. Teach this gospel to your children, share it with your neighbors, cultivate it in your families, bear it with you where you work and everywhere you go.
However you want to understand why there are demons on the earth even now, it is true that they are real and they are present. It is true that the suffering of this world is closely associated with their activity.
With the calling of these disciples, Christ is building His army. Later in the Gospels, we will see Jesusâ disciples doing what He does in the very next passage after this oneâcasting out demons, calling people to repentance. And this is not only His army but also His government.
Mankind is suffocated by his idolatry. If we want to breathe, to breathe again the Holy Spirit, it begins with repentance. It begins with sacrifice. It begins with worship.
After almost 11 years of partnering with Ancient Faith Ministries as a content contributor for their podcasts, books and blogs, Iâm being hired! I will be taking the newly-created position of Chief Content Officer.
I really donât have the qualifications to speak about the death of George Floyd and what has now followed it, and perhaps many of you do not, either. But no matter what our backgrounds or credibility regarding the specific problems before us, these are things we all can do.
Whatever good that we see, whatever love that we receive, whatever grace has been given, no matter where or in whom or through whomâthese are all from Jesus Christ.
Iâve had more than one person say to me over the past couple weeks: âWith Pascha here, I feel like COVID-19 should be over.â Shouldnât this thing be over now? Christ is risen, you know.