The following is a quote from Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States. In our current era where the comments of politicians can have the effect of being polarizing, I think you’ll find President Roosevelt’s words insightful for all of us:
“The foes from whom we should pray to be delivered are own our passions, appetites and follies; and against these there is always need that we should war.”
Episode 89 features the reading of the lyrics to two ancient Christmas hymns as well as the texts of two ancient Christmas sermons. The hymns are Verbum Supernum Prodiens (Word Proceeding From On High), dating back to the 6th-7th centuries as well as “The Lord At First Did Adam Make”, found in a compilation of Christmas hymns printed in London in 1823. Of the two sermons, one is a Christmas sermon by Saint Isaac of Nineveh from the 7th century. The other was preached by Saint John Chrysostom in 386 AD, making it one of the oldest known Christmas sermons in the church.
A Link to Verbum Supernum Prodiens can be found here
A link to “The Lord At First Did Adam Make” can be found here.
A link to the Christmas sermon of St. Isaac of Nineveh can be found here
A link to the Christmas sermon of St. John Chrysostom on the Ancient Faith Radio blog site can be found here
In this minisode, two excerpts are read from Chapter 3 (Communion With God the Father) from John Owen’s 17th century classic “Communion With God”.
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This minisode features the reading of an excerpt from the autobiography of the 19th century pastor, evangelist and orphanage founder George Müller. In this reading, George Müller gives his spiritual advice on how to nourish one’s soul, namely, on the meditating on the Word of God.
A link to this excerpt can be found here at Bible.org.
A link to a pdf detailing the devotional life of George Müller can be found here.
A link to John Piper’s lecture on how George Müller’s strategy for showing God can be found here from DesiringGod.org..
This minisode centers on the reading of a excerpt from Chapter 1 of “On Loving God” by the 12th century monk Bernard of Clairvaux.
Link to Christian Classics Ethereal Library’s webpage for the treatise “On Loving God” can be found here
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