Category: New Believers

90 New Testament Verses Showing That Faith Without Works Is Dead

90 New Testament Verses Showing That Faith Without Works Is Dead 100% New Testament Theology A Scripture Study Prepared by the Priory of Salem Institute of Theology Quick Navigation: Click […]

80 New Testament Verses About Overcoming the World, the Flesh, and the Devil

80 New Testament Verses About Overcoming the World, the Flesh, and the Devil 100% New Testament Theology A Scripture Study Prepared by the Priory of Salem Institute of Theology Quick […]

100 New Testament Verses Showing That True Conversion Produces a New Life

100 New Testament Verses Showing That True Conversion Produces a New Life 100% New Testament Theology A Scripture Study Prepared by the Priory of Salem Institute of Theology Quick Navigation: […]

70 New Testament Verses About Holiness and Sanctification

70 New Testament Verses About Holiness and Sanctification 100% New Testament Theology A Scripture Study Prepared by the Priory of Salem Institute of Theology Quick Navigation: Click Here to Jump […]

80 New Testament Verses About Confession, Forgiveness, and Cleansing

80 New Testament Verses About Confession, Forgiveness, and Cleansing 100% New Testament Theology A Scripture Study Prepared by the Priory of Salem Institute of Theology Quick Navigation: Click Here to […]

100 New Testament Verses About Keeping Christ’s Commandments

100 New Testament Verses About Keeping Christ’s Commandments 100% New Testament Theology A Scripture Study Prepared by the Priory of Salem Institute of Theology Quick Navigation: Click Here to Jump […]

100 New Testament Verses About Walking in the Spirit Rather Than the Flesh

100 New Testament Verses About Walking in the Spirit Rather Than the Flesh 100% New Testament Theology A Scripture Study Prepared by the Priory of Salem Institute of Theology Quick […]

100 New Testament Verses Showing That Saving Faith Produces Obedience

100 New Testament Verses Showing That Saving Faith Produces Obedience 100% New Testament Theology A Scripture Study Prepared by the Priory of Salem Institute of Theology 100 Bible Verses Showing […]

Did God Ever Call Unclean Meats “Clean”? Biblical Dietary Laws, Health, and the Last Days

Did God Ever Call Unclean Meats “Clean”? Biblical Dietary Laws, Health, and the Last Days Did God ever truly call unclean meats clean? This study hub brings together our Biblical, […]

“Heavenly Participation in Early Christian Liturgy: Praise, Protection, and the Origins of Saintly Petition”

Heavenly Participation in Early Christian Liturgy: Praise, Protection, and the Origins of Saintly Petition Heavenly Participation in Early Christian Liturgy: Praise, Protection, and the Origins of Saintly Petition Introduction: Recovering […]

The Celtic Missal (Lorrha–Stowe) — Abbot-Bishop Maelruain, Céle Dé

The Celtic Missal (Lorrha–Stowe) Abbot-Bishop Maelruain, Céle Dé (1955–2013) Introduction This page preserves and presents the Celtic Missal as translated and rubricated by +Abbot-Bishop Maelruain, Céle Dé (Kristopher G. Dowling), […]

Celtic Orthodox Church: The Celtic Church and Orthodox Church of the Culdees

The Historic Celtic Church and Today’s Orthodox Church of the Culdees The Living Celtic Orthodox Tradition: Featured Documentary Watch this short documentary introduction to the Celtic Orthodox Church, the Orthodox […]

Pascha at Dawn: The Firstfruits, the Resurrection, and the Apostolic Pattern of Worship

Pascha at Dawn: The Firstfruits, the Resurrection, and the Apostolic Pattern of Worship A Living Tradition Rooted in Scripture Before turning to the Scriptures themselves, it is helpful to begin […]

The Biblical Light Has Come: Why December 25 Belongs to Christ — Even If He Was Born at Tabernacles

THE BIBLICAL LIGHT HAS COME: Why December 25 Belongs to Christ — Even If He Was Born at Tabernacles (the inversion, “the shadow of things to come…”, the photo negative) […]

Pastoral Handout for the Advent Season

A reminder as we enter the holy season of preparation and expectation Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, As we enter into the sacred season of Advent, the Church calls […]

Why Confession (and Repentance) Was Central to the Original Celtic Church

Restoring the Penitential Heart of Celtic Orthodoxy Recovering the Confessional Foundation of the Western and Celtic Liturgies I. The Danger of “Starting Over” A new generation seeks to start over […]

Is It Scriptural to Use the Prayer Rope (or Rosary)?

Is It Scriptural to Use the Prayer Rope (or Rosary)? A Biblical, Israelite, and Apostolic Defense of Counted Prayer, Remembrance, and Ceaseless Praise Most objections to the prayer rope (chotki) […]

Prayer to Jesus in Scripture and Tradition

Prayer to Jesus in Scripture and Tradition The Church’s prayers, both liturgical and personal, are profoundly Christ-centered. From the rising of the sun to its going down, believers invoke the […]

The Origin and Continuity of Prayer Beads and Knots Across Christendom

The Origin and Continuity of Prayer Beads and Knots Across Christendom Second Article in the Jesus Prayer & Prayer Rope Seriesby St Andrew’s OCC / Rev. Dr. Stephen M. K. […]

Receiving the Word: How Meditation(repetition) Makes the Word Effectual

Receiving the Word: How Meditation Makes the Word Effectual By St. Andrew’s Orthodox Celtic Church Introduction: When Hearing Becomes Receiving In the parable of the sower, Christ said that the […]

The Persistence of Prayer: Repetition as Faith, Not Vanity

The Persistence of Prayer: Repetition as Faith, Not Vanity By St. Andrew’s Orthodox Celtic Church Introduction: Yom Kippur and Covenant Prayers In ancient Israel on the high holy day of Atonement […]

The Eternal Law, the New Covenant, and the Misunderstanding of Love and Liberty

The Eternal Law, the New Covenant, and the Misunderstanding of Love and Liberty by Rev Dr Stephen MK Brunswick, ThD, PhD. Professor, Priory of Salem, Institute of Theology Primace, St […]