The Simple Path to God
Fr. Spyridon Bailey applies the teaching of the Church Fathers to modern life with reference to the Sunday gospels.
Episodes
Is Your Desire for Justice Sinful?
We must resist the world's understanding of justice.
Guarding Ourselves Against the Danger of a Lukewarm Faith
We must follow the basic principles of our faith to avoid this dangerous condition.
Discerning False Teachers
We must learn to discern false gospels.
Your TV & Phone are Harming Your Soul
Computer games, TV, and phones serve to scatter the soul.
How Can We Acquire Love For God?
Christ commands us to love God, we must examine how we have responded and learn from those who have acquired love.
Demonic Action When we Pray
St Ignatius Brianchaninov teaches us how to overcome distraction and unwanted thoughts when we try to pray
Christians Who Still Believe in Evolution
Christians must confront the incompatibility of the doctrines of their faith with the theory of evolution.
Seeing Our True Spiritual Condition
God reveals the true condition of our soul through suffering.
Finding Peace in a World of Stress and Anxiety
The Church Fathers teach us practical ways to find peace.
Evil Has Revealed Its True Nature
Father Spyridon offers some thoughts on how the reality of evil is revealed through the possessed.
Do Not Relax Before God
We must be aware of who and how we are before God in prayer and worship.
Godless Fear
Father Spyridon shares a few insights on how to recognize and reject the kind of fear that bears unrighteous fruit.
What Does God Ask of You?
Father Spyridon reflects on the sacrifices we must all make to live a Christian life.
Straight White Men
In this episode, Father Spyridon explains how men can develop a better understanding of themselves despite living in a culture hostile to masculinity.
Worldly Happiness Is a Deception
In this episode, Fr. Spyridon explains how Orthodox Christians can respond to the constant bombardment of programming designed to convince us that the things of this world can bring lasting happiness.
How Should Christians View the Body?
Father Spyridon explains how the Ascension of Christ transforms how we must understand our physical reality.
Get Away from Me, I Never Knew You
Father Spyridon reminds us that even those who believe they worship God may not, in fact, know Him.
Excessive Worry About the World Is a Spiritual Condition
Father Spyridon exhorts us to remember that our lives are ordered by God, and that worry stems from a refusal to recognize His providence.
True Christian Asceticism
Every Christian is called to a life of self-denial, but we must understand what this requires of us: a journey of humility and intense spiritual warfare.
Live in a New Authority and Power
At the beginning of the Paschal season, Fr. Spyridon reflects on how, following the Resurrection of Christ, Christians are called to live in divine power.
Do Not Presume to Be Saved
Father Spyridon highlights why, even as we celebrate the Feast of Feasts, we must be on our guard against demonic deception.
Climb the Ladder of Divine Ascent—Even in an Age of Deception
Saint John Climacus sets before us the rungs that we must climb to God's Love.
The Myth of Evolution
Christians must recognize the true nature of the philospohy of evolution in order to reject it.
The Jesus Prayer: A Summary of the Gospel and a Tool of Transformation
The Jesus Prayer is a summary of the Gospel and is a tool for transforming our spiritual condition. Many of these ideas are found in the writing of Met. Anthony of Sourozh.
Orthodoxy: The True Path to Salvation
The Triumph of Orthodoxy is the preservation of the narrow way.
As in the Days of Noah
We must recognise where we are in the timeline of God's plan.
Wasting God's Gifts Risks Uniting the Soul to Evil
The parable of the Prodigal Son offers both assurance of God's mercy for those who repent, and a warning to those who squander God's gifts.
Spiritual Poison
The demons work to turn our virtues into condemnation.
The Kingdom of God Is Within You—But Not Everyone
Christians must ask themselves how brightly they burn with love for God.
Should Christians Go to War?
Christians face the difficult tension between our calling to establish peace while living in a fallen world.
Impulses That Darken The Mind
Our preferences must not be the foundation of our judgment and understanding.
What Happens After Death?
God has revealed much about the journey of the soul after physical death. To avoid deception we must not remain ignorant.
Christians Must Be Ready for Battle
Christians must live in constant readiness for spiritual attack.
Few See the Depth of This Deception Within Themselves
The Church Fathers warn us of the self-deception that can separate us from God's grace.
We Must Learn Our Enemies Strategies
The Church Fathers teach us how to conduct the spiritual warfare.
Fantasy Restricts Spiritual Growth
Let us grasp the present moment to make ourselves ready for Christ's return.
The Cross Burns the Demons
The sign of the cross is one of the three things the demons fear most.
Christ Died for All—But Few Will Be Saved
The parables of warning to the Jews now apply to Christians.
Why We Must Resist Despair
Despair and spiritual over-confidence are opposing errors.
Faithlessness Now and the Mark to Come
Christians must repent of faithlessness in order to resist what is to come.
Hesychia, Silence, & the Jesus Prayer
Let us understand the difference between worldly and spiritual silence.
Your Fear is Temporary
Short Bible study exploring the significance of St Peter walking on the water with Jesus
An Age of Madness
As so many people feel disconnected with their lives, the path to healing will incur the world's rejection.
Escaping Spiritual Darkness
Spiritual darkness yields evil fruit.
The True Nature of Forgiveness
Christ's authority to forgive challenges worldly thinking.
Do Christians Have a Duty to Support Israel?
Who is Israel?
Reject the Dead Voices of the World
The world is full of lifeless voices which we must learn to identify and resist.
How Can We Become Holy?
We translate the "holy" from the Greek "agios", meaning not of this world. Jesus teaches exactly what becoming unworldly entails.
The Lies of Atheism Are Demonic
Satan's attack on man is ancient and persists today.
The Tongues of Pentecost
The descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost enables us to enter the Kingdom of God.
The Holy Spirit Can Unshackle Your Soul From the World
Jesus calls us to drink that we may never thirst again, and so free the soul from the shackles of the world.
Christians Who Run From the Cross
There is a true horror within us that takes great courage to face.
Pray Like the Saints
Many people express difficulty praying. Often it is a a matter of the prayer not being meaningful.
Christ Revealed Who Will Be Lost
The parable of the Sower teaches us who may be saved or lost.
A Life of Miracles or Unanswered Prayers?
Let us understand the kind of faith that leads to miracles.
What Does It Mean to “Deny Yourself”?
Christ's call to self-denial is a call to crucifixion.
Separate Yourself From a Fallen Culture
Christians cannot compromise in order to conform to the world.
How Can I Hear God Speak?
The voice of God is not silent, the same God Who spoke to the prophets and apostles speaks to us today.
Too Sinful to Be Saved?
When we be begin to recognise the true depth of our sin, we must resist despair and hear Christ's promise in the parable of The Prodigal Son.
The Final Judgement
As we approach Lent, God calls us to reflect on The Final Judgement.
The Most Destructive Passion
Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I possess.’ And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but be
Conquering Satan's Vessels
The Lord seizes the mightiest of the Devil's vessels, and destroys his cities - St. Theophylact of Ohrid.
What Must I Do to Enter Eternal Life?
And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tested him, saying, Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
Theophany: Divine Revelation
And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up immediately out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Slaughter of the Innocents
And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and remain there until I bring you word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
Finding Blessings in our Pain
And when he saw Him, he fell at His feet and begged Him earnestly, saying, “My little daughter lies at the point of death. Come and lay Your hands on her, that she may be healed, and she will live.”
This is the Age of Which We Were Warned
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
This Very Night, Your Soul May Be Required of You
But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?’
Why Does God Allow the Demons to Exist?
Now the man from whom the demons had departed begged Him that he might be with Him. But Jesus sent him away, saying, “Return to your own house, and tell what great things God has done for you.” And he went his way and proclaimed throughout the whole city what great things Jesus had done for him.
Modern Man Must Suffer Much to be Saved
"And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; And in hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and seeing Abraham far off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am torm
Christians Deceived by their Feelings
When asked to describe the difference between a saint and a non-saint, St. Seraphim of Sarov replied simply: "Determination"
Forsake the World
Assuredly, I say to you, among those born of women there has not risen one greater than John the Baptist; but he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
The Hidden Mystery of Christ's Commandments
St. Gregory Palamas teaches that Christ's commandments must be understood from the context of God cleansing His creation from the disfigurement of sin.
Understanding the Lord's Prayer
"Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil."
To be Orthodox is to Enter Spiritual Warfare
"Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me."
True Prayer
...that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin.
Spiritual Self-Awareness
"And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God."
Unwanted Thoughts in Prayer
Thoughts are like airplanes flying in the air. If you ignore them, there is no problem. If you pay attention to them, you create an airport inside your head and permit them to land! - St. Paisios
See As God Sees
"I have glorified You on the earth. I have finished the work which You have given Me to do. And now, O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was."
Christian Meditation
"But Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart."
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