The Arena
Father Josiah Trenham
Sunday Homilies and Theological Reflections with Fr. Josiah Trenham - Weekly homilies and theological reflections recorded from the amvon of St. Andrew Orthodox Church in Riverside, California. This podcast is sponsored by Patristic Nectar Publications, a publisher specializing in resources for Orthodox catechesis. We thank you for allowing us to be a part of your spiritual quest, and we hope that your listening experience is an edifying one.
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Mar 25, 2015 • 33min
Joy - An Exposition of St. Paul’s Epistle to the Philippians: Lecture 1 of 4
In this four-part lecture series, Father Josiah presents an exposition of St. Paul's Epistle to the Philippians. Of all St. Paul's letters in the New Testament, Philippians is the most personal. The Great Apostle had a very dear relationship with this local church, and the theme of Christian joy radiates in each of the four chapters. This is deeply intriguing since St. Paul wrote this joyful letter of thanksgiving while he was in prison! In this sacred letter is revealed the world-conquering mystery of Christian faith. Here St. Paul unveils the orientation of his entire life when he says, "For me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain." Each of the chapters contains some of the most sublime teachings of the Gospel, including in chapter 2 the most detailed apostolic teaching on the Incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ found in the entire New Testament. These lectures are presented with the sincere hope that a more thorough study of this Pauline letter will fill believers with the joy which St. Paul models and of which he speaks.
Mar 25, 2015 • 31min
Climb the Ladder
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Mar 18, 2015 • 26min
The Hope of the Cross vs. Suicide
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Mar 10, 2015 • 28min
Blessed Friendship: Second Sunday of Lent
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Mar 3, 2015 • 31min
Triumph? . . . of Orthodoxy
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Feb 27, 2015 • 21min
Forgiveness for Cosmic Traitors
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Feb 25, 2015 • 23min
The Ultimate Reality
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Feb 25, 2015 • 54min
Drive! How to Save Your Soul in Traffic
Perhaps the most unexamined aspect of contemporary urban life is driving the car. After working, sleeping, and entertainment driving consumes the greatest portion of our days. Car ownership is now the second most costly portion of modern life after housing. In this series entitled, "Drive: How to Save Your Soul in Traffic," Fr. Josiah examines the unexamined culture of driving the automobile. In four lectures: Car Crazy - The Rise of Automobile Dominance Car Vice - The Cardinal Sins of Driving Car Courtesy - How to Love Your Neighbor in the Other Car Car Time - How to Redeem It and Reduce Your Car Dependency The contours of Christian driving are set forth with the hope that driving might become both an opportunity for communion with God and less cathartic in our everyday lives.
Feb 10, 2015 • 19min
Make Haste! Motion and Direction in the Gospel
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Feb 5, 2015 • 25min
A Crushed Heart
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