Fr. Stephen Rogers is the Senior Priest of St. Ignatius Antiochian Orthodox Church in Franklin, Tennessee, where he has served since 1987. We invite you to listen in as he shares these homilies with the St. Ignatius parish.
Fr. Stephen Rogers and Ancient Faith Radio
Through the Cross, all hatred, hurt, and helplessness has been eliminated.
In our fallen state, we want to partake of the fruit of the vineyard without any regard for the care of the vineyard or respect for its owner.
An inheritance cannot be earned through effort; rather, it is a gift bequeathed because of a relationship.
It was in the midst of a storm that the disciples saw Christ in His power.
Each Liturgy, five loaves are gathered. Christ says to us, "Bring it to Me,"and a miracle occurs.
The cry of the two blind men restored their sight; it is no different for us.
The reality of God's presence, power, and purpose is made tangible in the mystery of our liturgical life.
Do we serve Christ and our fellow man unconditionally or with the expectation of something in return?
Dare we, like the saints, stand before the world and those who would seek to destroy the Faith, and cry out "I am a Christian!"
On the day the Jews offered the first fruits to God, the Church received the first fruit of the Spirit.
In this world we often seek life life from poisoned wells.
The evil one wishes for us to define our life by its limitations; God desires for us to define our life by its possibilities.
Setting out to annoint the body of Christ, the women experienced the power of the resurrection of Christ. Our service to his body has the same result for us.
Judgment or joy is a matter of the heart—whether it chooses to receive or reject.
When Christ entered the the holy city, many were seeking a king to bring them freedom and prosperity. What do we seek from our king?
Being lifted into God's glory begins with an honest descent into ourselves.
There is no word that better summarizes the purpose of Great Lent—or, indeed, our entire Christian journey—than "return."
Great Lent can be a time of great spiritual growth or great spiritual loss. It depends on where you are looking.
In the tiniest of fragments is the wholeness of truth: What a relic can teach us.
Zacchaeus shows us the path from self-centeredness to Christ-centeredness.
In the waters of baptism, Christ reveals our true selves.
All of creation prepares for His coming, but do we?
They can get in the way or be the way to dine with Christ.
The answers stand before us each time we enter the church.
Our possessions can lead us down one of two roads—the road of thankfulness or the road of fear.
Like the woman with the issue of blood, we touch Christ's humanity; like Jairus's daughter, we are touched by His divinity.
Though the demons may not possess us, our culture can.
God has planted all that is necessary if we are willing to work the harvest.
For most of us, what we demand of others is exactly the opposite of what we ask for ourselves.
Christ challenges us to "cast our nets" into deeper waters, but in so doing provides us with the means to meet that challenge.
Fr. Stephen explains that the Cross is both an ugly instrument of death and a holy instrument of life.
Fr. Stephen explains that at the heart of the Orthodox faith is the realization that God so loved the world that he desired for us that which He originally intended.
Fr. Stephen answers this question with three additional questions that all Christians must ask themselves.
Fr. Stephen opens his new podcast with this homily about our loving and merciful Master's forgiveness. Will we choose to live with gratitude or in servitude?
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