Archpriest Paul Yerger

Of Fear, Death, and Victory

24 April 2009

Archpriest Paul Yerger

The bird knows his vulnerability; we humans try our best to imagine we are immortal. When humans list their “problems,” they usually don’t mention the most obvious one that will make all the others ...

Why the Cults?

24 March 2009

Archpriest Paul Yerger

The Waco horrors [a fatal assault by U. S. Agents on the Branch Davidians, a heavily-armed apocalyptic cult, in February, 1993] remind us that millions of Americans of Christian background have left ...

Reclaiming the Gospel

18 March 2009

Archpriest Paul Yerger

It is quite obvious from the weak participation in our liturgical services and in the personal lives of some members, that Orthodoxy is often failing to meet the spiritual needs of our people — in ...

On Forgiveness

17 March 2009

Archpriest Paul Yerger

Our Lord does not forgive because some legal requirement has been met. He does not forgive because it is His ‘policy’ to forgive. He forgives each of us because He freely loves and chooses to forgive ...

Open To Me the Doors of Repentance

05 March 2009

Archpriest Paul Yerger

Taking up our cross may mean taking up whatever life presents us with and bearing it with humility and obedience, in union with Christ, as our sharing in the one perfect offering that Christ has ...

Embraced by Lucifer

21 January 2009

Archpriest Paul Yerger

It is disturbing to realize how many Christians -- even Orthodox Christians -- are reading the stacks of books about prayer, angels, miracles, and such being sold today which have nothing whatever to ...

On Building Towers

24 October 2008

Archpriest Paul Yerger

So the Orthodox Church calls us to a demanding life, but she is always full of compassion for those who fail in it and seek forgiveness. No member of the Church (on earth) completely fulfills what ...

On Personal Prayer

22 September 2008

Archpriest Paul Yerger

The purpose of prayer is not to ask favors of God but to unite our lives with Him. For this purpose prayer with the Church and private prayer are both important. Some people imagine that because they ...

Whose Righteousness Is It Anyway?

07 September 2008

Archpriest Paul Yerger

By the way, wanting to be righteous, that is, to obey God, is a good thing; wanting to feel righteous is not a good thing. Wanting other people to approve of us is one of the worst traps we can get ...