No Other Foundation
272 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsReflections on Orthodox Theology and Biblical Studies
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Who Goes to Hell?
February 19, 2018 15:44Fr. Lawrence Farley speaks at Daniel Chapel at Furman University on February 6, 2018. Fr. Farley explores the nature and end of humankind from an Eastern Orthodox Christian perspective.
A Song in the Furnace
February 13, 2018 14:50Fr. Lawrence Farley talks about his new book A Song in the Furnace, the message of the book of Daniel.
A Presence Not Theirs
January 20, 2018 05:34Divine Liturgy Commentary - the Peace and the Creed
January 12, 2018 00:14Praying for the Dead
January 12, 2018 00:12Scriptural Teaching On Predestination
January 12, 2018 00:11The Father is Greater Than I
January 12, 2018 00:08Old Testament Feasts
January 11, 2018 17:58Herod and the True Meaning of Christmas
January 08, 2018 15:50King Herod and the True Meaning of Christmas
January 05, 2018 13:43Fr. Lawrence Farley is convinced that his culture knows absolutely nothing about the true meaning of Christmas.
A Brief Word About Eternal Punishment
December 14, 2017 15:36How the concept of punishment in the world to come was understood at the time of Christ.
Waters of Marah
December 14, 2017 15:21North American popular culture, as brought into your home and heart by the North American media, is a very powerful force, and it seems that we too easily underestimate its transforming power.
Allegory and the Old Testament
December 14, 2017 15:13Fr. Lawrence says it is safe to say that the allegorical method has fallen upon hard times in the scholarly world.
Why We Need a God of Wrath
October 14, 2017 22:01Do the words “God is love” mean God could never be wrathful?
Not Like Religion – Sacred Space
October 14, 2017 21:51We Christians share certain external similarities with the religions, but these external similarities can mask the inner meanings of the things we seem to share. In reality, everything in Christianity is different from the religions.
Not Like Religion – Clean vs. Unclean
October 14, 2017 21:46Fr. Lawrence continues his series and examines the correlation in the Scriptures between that which is clean and that which is unclean.
The Feast of Byzantium
September 14, 2017 14:19The Feast of the Elevation of the Cross could also be called The Feast of Byzantium.
Not Like Religion – the Christian Clergy
August 28, 2017 17:03It is easy to misinterpret Christianity as a religion like any other but Fr. Lawrence maintains it is unique.
Three Liturgical Questions
August 04, 2017 16:40I sometimes cannot help asking myself three liturgical questions whenever I visit churches which serve the Liturgy in the “classic” pattern I learned in seminary—all of those questions quite rhetorical.
Commentary on the Divine Liturgy: the Gospel
August 04, 2017 16:38In the Gospel reading Christ even now stands in our midst to speak to our hearts.
Commentary on the Divine Liturgy: the Epistle
August 04, 2017 16:35We regard it as “Scripture”, a holy text, and of course it is. But it is also a personal letter addressed and written to people other than ourselves.
The Trisagion Hymn
August 04, 2017 16:32In the original usage, the Trisagion was sung as a refrain to Psalm 80. The cantor would chant verses of the psalm as all walked in procession and the people sung the Trisagion hymn as its refrain after every verse.
Appreciating Anathemas
August 04, 2017 16:23The decrees and canons of the Provincial and Ecumenical Councils today often sound odd in our modern ears.
The Antiphons
July 10, 2017 15:15Fr. Lawrence continues his commentary on the Divine Liturgy with a focus on the Antiphons.
The Great Litany
July 10, 2017 15:13Fr. Lawrence offers commentary on the Divine Liturgy with a focus today on the Great Litany.
Holy Fire
July 10, 2017 15:10The so-called “Holy Fire” is the name given to the fire that appears on ends of the candles of the Patriarch of Jerusalem and others every Holy Saturday.
Of Gay Sex and Leaven
June 28, 2017 19:51What does the Orthodox Church think about gay sex? The official answer is not hard to find.
Unquenchable Fire
June 04, 2017 18:18Fr. Lawrence talks about is just released Ancient Faith book "Unquenchable Fire."
It Is Time For The Lord To Act
May 30, 2017 18:45How important is it for the people to be there when the Divine Liturgy starts?
Converting the Heathen
May 17, 2017 12:23Fr. Lawrence asks if we should be trying to convert those of other faiths or not faith to Christianity.
Understanding Pascha
May 16, 2017 19:21Fr. Lawrence talks about the societal lies that Pascha reveals.
Another Jesus
May 12, 2017 13:09Fr. Lawrence reflects on the questions that must be asked to determine if someone is preaching "another Jesus." He suggests that the blessing of same-sex activity by some churches raise the same questions as in St. Paul's day.
Palm Sunday
April 07, 2017 21:52Where would you find yourself on that day when our Lord road into town on the seat of a foal?
Annunciation
March 22, 2017 12:56The Priest and the Parish Council
March 03, 2017 17:48Suicide
March 03, 2017 15:31Liturgy and the Language of the Street
February 20, 2017 20:13The Feast of the Meeting
February 20, 2017 20:08Preaching
January 31, 2017 13:48On The Virtue Of Goodness
January 31, 2017 13:48Queen James Bible
January 22, 2017 12:39Papal Calendar
January 11, 2017 13:59Born of a Virgin?
January 11, 2017 13:59Just Imagine, John Lennon
January 11, 2017 13:47Charlie Brown And The Lonely Walk Of Faith
December 24, 2016 13:26Hipster Christmas
December 20, 2016 02:35Holy Hatred
December 12, 2016 19:48Feast of the Entrance
December 12, 2016 19:45Blood That Cries
December 01, 2016 02:22Fr. Lawrence says that any sensible discussion of the moral legitimacy of capital punishment must center on the Scriptures and the Tradition of the Church, not on one’s subjective feelings