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little volume. Took me a bit to nail down the intended audienceit's not potential converts, but new Christians learning how to live as Christians, and why they shouldbut once I'd figure that out it helped the reading experience considerably.


This volume is split into four chapters of increasing length and depth, each ending in a set of "Points for Reflection.
" Those might work better in a group setting, in my opinion, For the rest, some of the metaphors are a bit overworked, but the underlying theology is sound, The last two chapters were especially insightful, A great introduction to the faith and teachings of the Orthodox Church, St. Innocent writes with clarity and simplicity without sacrificing theological truth, The new edition also comes with discussion questions making it very useful for study groups, A great and straightforward introduction to Orthodox Christian doctrine and beliefs, I really enjoyed reading this little book, This is something that anyone can read, Wow! What a great intro, At first it is simple but not striking, and one recalls that he learned and wrote this in Aleut just to share this with the natives.
But from pageto the end at pageit really picks up momentum and power, as if he was learning Aleut by leaps and bounds by divine energy.
It is hard hitting and sometimes, for example about laziness in the last chapter, funny at the same time, He is both fierce and gentle in his simplicity, It shouldn't fail to inspire you to do something more for the Hope beyond all hope, Why are we here on this earth Is there more to this life than this These and many others are questions that man struggles with in this world.
Indication of the Way into the Kingdom of Heaven attempts to answer these questions and provide an introduction to the Christian life, This book was written by St, Innocent of Alaska, who not only developed an alphabet Aleut for natives in Alaska, but also had the Bible and other religious works translated into this language.
That's some effective evangelism!

There are only four chapters in this book, but each chapter gets progressively longer as the information becomes deeper.
In the first chapter, the reader presumably a new Christian learns about the blessings we gained from Jesus' death, This is something the seasoned Christian will already know, but it is definitely essential for the new Christian to know that it is only through Jesus' death that we can receive forgiveness of sins and the eternal reward of Heaven.
We do not gain either of those by our own power,

We then move onto a chapter about how Jesus lived and suffered, This is followed by a chapter that discusses the way to Heaven, In one word, it's Jesus, That is the simple answer, but we must deny ourselves, pick up our cross, and follow Him, That is easier said than done, The last chapter deals with how Jesus helps us and that is through the Holy Spirit, However, we can only receive the Holy Spirit through purity of heart, humility, listening to the voice of God, prayer, daily selfdenial, reading and listening to the Holy Scripture, and the sacraments, especially the Eucharist.


This is a great little book for the beginning Christian or possibly even someone questioning Christianity or considering conversion to Christianity.
Don't let it's size fool you though, It is packed with information, and each chapter contains questions to reflect upon which provide further assistance, Even the person who has been a Christian all their life will find merit in reading this book, I wish I had read this book in my late teens/early twenties, So pick up thisstar book from Holy Trinity Publications today! One of my most fruitful reads ever,

A short book, but you'll want to take constant notes,

He has an excellent summary of Luke:and Matthew:"if any man will come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.
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He calls it theDuties of a Christian Disciple, Here is the excerpt online read it, sitelink org/takin

Deny himself Repent of sin, Put away bad habits. Practice denial of urges. Do not cherish bad thoughts, but chase them away with prayer,

Take up his cross "external crosses", bear all unpleasant and painful external circumstances without complaint, but with joy and love,
Then, he explains "internal crosses" as well, which was one of the most important and succinct expositions I've come across, Essentially he explains the seeming paradox of holy men seeing themselves more and more as the worst of sinners, but not in a selfpitying despairing way, but in a way of true humility that gives you faith and hope.
This section is very helpful for discerning humility without falling into despair, Also helpful for combatting the idea that Christianity demands that you 'demean yourself' and seeing the faith as a hotbed for mental illness.
Many people are hurt by teachers being too harsh, The section of this book isn't a description of how to pastor, but a description of what you will go through once you begin to really confront yourself.

God allows you to see more and more of yourself, but only so much as you can bear, Gradually lifting your blindness this process can be painful and fearful, But God is with you, and this internal suffering serves to purify you and increase your humility and love for God and others.
The Holy Spirit will then comfort you this is the path of the great saints who experienced the Light and joy of God.
And it's a process we all go through to one degree or another,
Go read the passage itself much better laid out than my attempted summary,

Follow me Christ pray always, Humility. Obedience. Carry out service and all work with willingness and diligence, Glorify and praise God in public and private, Wish good for all, do good to all, including your enemies, Bear all offenses. Do not seek praise from others,

St. Innocent also has an excellent section on the Holy Spirit, what He bestows, how we can draw close to Him, This answered some questions I've had recently on the role of the Holy Spirit in the Trinity, Now in its seventh

English language printing, this is one of the finest introductions to the Orthodox Faith ever written, Prior to the Alaska purchase ofthe "Great Land" was part of the Russian Empire, This catechism was authored by the sainted Russian Bishop and missionary Innocent of Alaska who created the written Aleut language, The original edition was published in the Aleut Native American language in, The book begins with the premise that we are not to live on earth like animals and then to disappear but rather to live with God and in God for eternity.
It is seen as natural and good to seek for happiness and prosperity whilst understanding that these are only truly found in God.
It explains how this may be, .