DYK #JohnChrysostom (d.407) taught when #virgins died, women or men, all became #BridesOfChrist? Giving up sex on earth gained matrimonial bliss in heaven w/Christ—“hotter” than any other husband could be! #Virginity on earth was his ideal. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #HistSex
This week’s selection of new books 📚
📖 An exploration of David Jenkins’s #theology
📖 An introduction to #JohnChrysostom
📖 A reflection on contemplative common worship
#Newbooks #Books
We must not mind insulting men, if by respecting them we offend God. - John Chrysostom
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DYK #JohnChrysostom taught that when #virgins died, women or men, they all became #BridesOfChrist? Giving up sex on earth gained matrimonial bliss in heaven w/Christ—“hotter” than any other husband (or wife) could be! HowSexGotScrewedUp.com
Do I fear? No!
The Up Devotional for September 22, 2025
Storms rage. But we can be confident and at peace. John Chrysostom tells us why: zurl.co/PuPPg
#dailydevotional #johnchrysostom #JesusChrist #cornerstone #faith #God #Bible
"If you cannot find Christ in the beggar at the church door, you will not find Him in the chalice."
🕯️ #JohnChrysostom, 'golden-mouthed', Early Church father, famous preacher and Saint (Patriarch of Constantinople 398-403), #DOTD 14 September 407 AD.
If a man cannot learn well a melody, unless he in every way strain his attention; how shall one, who sits as a listener to sounds mystical, be able to hear with a careless soul?
- #JohnChrysostom
#ActonInstitute #ChristianEthics #EconomicJustice #FairTrade #FreeMarket #GlobalEconomy #IncomeInequality #JohnChrysostom #JournalOfMarketsAndMorality #LiberationDay #MarketMorality #MoralEconomics #OrthodoxChristian #ParetoOptimal #PoliticalEconomy #PovertyAlleviation #Protectionism
The most important lesson we teach our kids isn’t reading or math but wisdom from God’s Word.
Dive into timeless Christian parenting wisdom with me:
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" #DoNot #separate from the #Church, because there is nothing stronger than the Church. Your #hope is the Church, your #salvation is the Church, your #refuge is the Church. It is higher than the #sky, larger than the #earth. It never gets #old, but always #blooms."
~ #Saint #JohnChrysostom
If the #enemies of the #truth never have enough of #blaspheming our #Benefactor, we must be all the more #tireless in #praising the #God of all.
~ #Saint #JohnChrysostom
• #JohnChrysostom #Life #SeekingApproval #TheWorld #OtherPeople #Death #QuicklyForgotten #NeverForgotten #GOD #JesusChrist #Bible #Christianity #JesusIsGod
“Give me just one #generation of good #Christian #mothers, and I will change the #world.”
~ #Saint #JohnChrysostom
“But if a #man and #woman marry in order to be #companions on the #journey through #earth to #Heaven, then their #union will bring great #joy to themselves and to others.”
~ #Saint #JohnChrysostom
“For by #gold, the #power of a #king is signified, by #frankincense the honor of #God, by #myrrh the #burial of the #body and accordingly they offer Him, gold as King, frankincense as God, myrrh as Man.”
~ #Saint #JohnChrysostom
A grey background featuring the cover of Christians at Home: John Chrysostom and Domestic Rituals in Fourth-Century Antioch by Blake Leyerle. To the left of the cover is the Penn State University Press website (www.psupress.org). To the right of the cover is a blurb that reads "It is not very often that one has the privilege to read a work such as this—so well argued, so beautifully written, and making such a crucial contribution to scholarship."—Chris L. de Wet, author of Preaching Bondage.
Now published! Take 30% off CHRISTIANS AT HOME w/ discount code NR24: www.psupress.org/books/titles... #ReligiousStudies #Religion #JohnChrysostom