Vladimir Lossky, one of the greatest twentieth-century Eastern Orthodox theologians and author of The Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church, made the claim that “the Trinity is, for the Orthodox Church, the unshakable foundation of all religious thought, of all piety, of all spiritual life, of all experience” (1). He expands on this by stating that […]The … Continue reading The Hidden God of Eastern Orthodoxy — Roland Weisbrot
Sermon: On Justification Before God — Roland Weisbrot
https://www.youtube.com/embed/Mr7KNqUImgs?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&start=2491&wmode=transparent A little over 500 years ago in the fledging town of Wittenberg, in what would become the modern state of Germany, a monk and theology professor named Martin Luther came to the shocking revelation that there were some major discrepancies between what Holy Scripture taught and what the Church of his time was teaching. … Continue reading Sermon: On Justification Before God — Roland Weisbrot
Sermon: Deep Waters — Roland Weisbrot
https://www.youtube.com/embed/KBsRDTCOe0c?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&start=1744&wmode=transparent You will forgive me as today I have decided to depart from the lectionary and instead preach on something that has been fermenting in my mind since my summer holidays in August. So, I begin with some context. During my vacation time, Rachel and I attended different churches, which as a pastor is always … Continue reading Sermon: Deep Waters — Roland Weisbrot
YHWH, Moses, and the Egyptians: Exodus 14 and the Crossing of the Red Sea — Roland Weisbrot
Exodus 14 should be interpreted primarily as a narrative about the power and redeeming love of YHWH, in which Moses and the Israelites are elected and saved and Pharaoh and the Egyptians are condemned and destroyed. Unfortunately, much of the scholarship of the past two centuries that has dealt with this chapter has done so […]YHWH, … Continue reading YHWH, Moses, and the Egyptians: Exodus 14 and the Crossing of the Red Sea — Roland Weisbrot
