Simply Christian - N.T. Wright

Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense, Part 1 of 2 from The Veritas Forum on Vimeo.

Tom Wright & James Dunn: The New Perspective on Paul

Rachmaninov Vespers - 2 Praise the Lord (Greek Chant, Ps. 104)

Rachmaninov Vespers - 1 O Come and Worship

Pray Simply - St John Klimakos

Let there be no studied elegance
in the words of your prayer:
how often the simple and monotonous lispings of little children
make their father give in to them!

Do not launch out into long discourses
that fritter away your mind
in efforts for eloquence.
One word alone
spoken by the Publican
touched God's mercy;
a single word full of faith
saved the Good Thief.

Prolixity in prayer
often fills the mind with images and distracts it,
while often one single word
draws it into recollection.
- St John Klimakos

Ben Harper - Steal My Kisses

Prayer vs. Presumtion - John of Karpathos

12. Sometimes people find themselves brightly illuminated
and refreshed by God's grace for a while,
but then this grace may be taken away,
and they can fall into depression and start grumbling
and even give up dispiritedly
instead of energetically renewing their prayers
to call down again that assurance of salvation.
Such behavior is like an ungrateful beggar
taking alms at the palace door
and then walking off indignantly
because he was not invited in
to dine with the king himself.

- John of Karpathos