Listen to Father Josiah's Reflection's on his Spotify Podcast "The Arena" - Link in Description!

@starshooter7128

13 күн бұрын

Thank you Father Josiah, my thoughts below: Most supporters of this movement also believe people can be "born" into the wrong body, but wouldn't that be admitting the existance of the soul? Yet if questioned they would vehemently deny the existance of anything immaterial (empirical wordlview) or something like a soul existing. Yet another contradiction in their position...

My twin sister is "Trans" and identifies as a man. When we were children, she was the sweetest human being, always sharing, being helpful and being kind to everyone. We had an awful neglectful childhood. She was always very tomboyish. She came out as a lesbian in High School and made it her entire identity thanks to the unnecessary Gay Straight Alliance club in a public school and my ignorantly liberal Mother. She then joined the Navy and got out medically because of Endometriosis. Within a year she had a new identity and wanted to be identified as a male. I know for a fact that she never had a thoughtful or deeply involved therapist that discussed the roots of our childhood, her feelings or the causation to her dysphoria. Within a few weeks of seeing a prominent LGBQT therapist in our area, she was already prescribed opposite-sex hormones. Testosterone does hell to a woman's body, also, we must consider that she already had hormonal imbalances from Endo prior. Immediately she became more emotionally unstable, unkind and irrational. She turned into the most horrible person. She never allowed me to adjust, I misgendered her accidentally and she immediately cut me off for years. She put me on her social media and called me a transphobic twin, I woke up to death threats from strangers within that toxic community. They validated everything for her. Now, I just yearn for my twin to find Christ. I really do. I cry (sob) often thinking about her. I cry because I miss her, she is part of my soul. I cry because I cannot imagine how unbelievably lost she feels, despite her attempts to mask her true identity. I cry because despite all of these permanent damages she is doing to herself, she will never feel satisfied. I cry because she couldn't just love herself the way that she was created. All I can do is pray. The LGBQT community is extremely toxic. What I would give just to hug her and tell her I love her. I don't even see her as the oddly modified man she appears as. I see her in my imagination as the sweet strawberry blonde little girl with a bob haircut and Oshkosh overalls. I miss her. Please pray for her. Thank you for sharing this Father. It needs to be known.

@central_scrutinizr

12 күн бұрын

Your pain is palpable. That sounds absolutely heartbreaking. We will pray for you both.

@oanarusuungureanu1309

12 күн бұрын

Me too! God please open their eyes to see the beauty in life as You created it! God bless all of us!

@player1playforfun

10 күн бұрын

God is close to the broken-hearted, I'll give my unworthy prayers for your twin.

@mchsy5554

9 күн бұрын

Please love them still. God never gives up on us

@millier.206

8 күн бұрын

Omg. I’m a twin and my sister is my best friend. She is Muslim and I’m orthodox but we always pray for each other and talk kindly with one another. I cannot imagine the pain you are going through. I will pray for your sister that God reveal himself to her ❤️🙏🏻

God: Created man and woman. World: There are many genders. God: United man and woman. World: Anyone can get married. Love is love. God: No one comes to Him but through Jesus Christ. World: There are many paths. Thank God for priests like Fr. Josiah to constantly remind us what the Truth is. The world is not our friend.

@stevelenores5637

13 күн бұрын

The devil has many schemes. This is just one of them. The other day someone said they believed the anti-Christ would be a homosexual. I thought it was a ridiculous idea, but it sort of makes sense the more I thought about it.

@MDBYSL

13 күн бұрын

1 John 2: 15-17

Sexual dysphoria is very real but it is also very rare. What we see today, are children being completely brainwashed.

So glad I'm orthodox and to here orthdox teachings.

According to child psychiatrists who specialize in gender dysphoria, many children go through this phase (I personally didn't but apparently, there are many who do) but in 95% of all cases, the children eventually overcome it on their own. But many people today are treating it like something permanent and if a child expresses any doubt about their gender, they are given puberty blockers which cause permanent irreperable damage. More young people have committed suicide because they had such operations and later regretted it than kids who take their own lives because they are "not accepted" for what they think they are.

Hugs from Bucharest, Romania, Father. Happy you visited our country, hope you enjoyed your stay with us 🌷

Your awesome Father Josiah.

thank God at least one of our priests is talking about this!

Yes! This.... Glory to God

Preach brother

Praised be Jesus Christ! I am a Catholic from Poland. I fully agree with what you are saying, but I see that Orthodox brothers (in Europe) do not engage much in the fight regarding truths about gender, castration surgery, abortion, etc. Let's do it together. Only then will we begin to understand each other, because only love brings us closer to God and man. And in the name of this love we should pray together and actively oppose evil.

@eddiedelisio

14 күн бұрын

I saw news of a Catholic “transgender” priest and Catholics blessing same sex marriage. At least orthodox haven’t done anything nearly that wrongful

@ffs6158

14 күн бұрын

In America, the Catholics are rather lax on leftist policies, it's the evangelicals who are the most fervent in leading the charge against modern evils. Now is not the time to fight each other, I agree. We're all under attack.

@Shellshock1918

14 күн бұрын

@@eddiedelisiohey let’s stop pointing fingers and work together against this mania.

@jlynn5680

14 күн бұрын

This is not an argument, but a little push back. The Orthodox speak very often on these topics. The biggest forum we have now to reach the majority is social media. I can guarantee if you just pick one, other than Fr Josiah, you will find a video or often multiples where they speak out. If they were to be asked out right, they would also let you know their thoughts on the topic. May I ask what you consider engagement of the fight?

@divine.defined.sthetics9876

14 күн бұрын

Show us the evidence of the failure which you pointed out, if not, it will show your comment as suspicious in various ways.

Gnostics also believed that they were trapped in their bodies.

@cellospot

10 күн бұрын

Yes, transgenderism has its roots in gnosticism.

Bless you Father

Initially I thought my knowledge of this topic was suffice, however Fr. Trenham continues to instill further edification. God bless you all.

Amin

That is actually a very in-depth analysis

God Bless Father Josiah for castrating the misreadings of the Gospels

Yes, yes yes. 👍💯

Thank you Father 🙏☦️

I pray the Lord keeps me occupied by thinking of Him always. Glory to the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen.

Thank you Father for the edification

Unrelated but the new mobile app looks great! Thank you for all your content, here on KZread as well. Your lectures and videos have guided my morning bible studies for the past several weeks. I'll be attending an orthodox church for the first time in August :) Praise be to God

This was really interesting

Thank you Father for doing these presentations. 🙏☦️🕊

❤✝ CHRIST IS RISEN ✝❤ ❤💪🙏✝ GOD BE WITH US IN OUR FIGHT AGAINST EVIL AND TEMPTATIONS ✝🙏⛪🕊

Thank you. The psychological pressure on my younger sibling, who had gender dysphoria before it was in the mainstream but who didn’t start radically changing until after it was. They never transitioned. Now they were along the belief that their soul or essence was she and their body was he, and maybe God made that so for a reason. Maybe she really was a her in a he’s body. The promise of Reassignment surgery and starting on hormones did nothing to help her. Don’t get me started on the doctors. I keep thinking, if it’s a spiritual dilemma, isn’t the solution likely spiritual? They took their own life. Their own body was a distress to them. I don’t know if God makes it so the soul of one can be in the body of another but if that’s the case, as it really seemed that way the way my sibling was from birth, I know the answer to the lesson God is trying to teach us is definitely not found in reassignment surgery. If only I had known then to tell them, none of us will understand what’s going on in their head like God does. Not to mention all the people who support reassignment surgery say they believe in gender non-conformity when reassignment surgery is actually just gender conformity with extra steps. If I speak out too loudly my family will ostracize me. Pray for us.

Yes

Preach

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The new PNP app is a massive upgrade, but there's an issue with the saints of the day portion, it does not automatically update and you have to manually select each saint scrolling down all the way from January, each time you want to listen to the saint of the day, it used to automatically update

@PatristicNectarFilms

7 күн бұрын

Thank you for the feedback. The Synaxarion calendar feature is on the way. Stay tuned.

Are you on Apple Podcasts? Really enjoy your lectors. Very informative. Thank you, sir.

@mrjkstark

13 күн бұрын

He is. It’s called The Arena

Great video! Speaking of Origen, it would be interesting to hear you do a video about your thoughts about universalism? Some Orthodox are in favor of it, like David Bentley Hart, while others seem to think it's heresy? I'm leaning towards universalism myself. Just to clarify, we universalists agree that some people will be damned, but their punishment might not be eternal. After their punishment, they can, with their free will, choose to come to God, and since eternity never ends, that's bound to happen sooner or later for everyone. There could also be different levels of heaven, so that there is still some justice in that sense, and that the worst people will not be in the same place as their victims.

Is there a parallel between getting a vasectomy and becoming a eunuch?

Father, bless! I wish there was a better place to put this, but there is no contact information on the website or app. The Android has a number of bugs and issues I would love to report but there's no where to do that. If someone could please open up a line of communication for that it would be great.

@PatristicNectarFilms

7 күн бұрын

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Thank you Father. Will your book Contra Mundum be available in English?

@PatristicNectarFilms

7 күн бұрын

God willing.

Thank you for this reflection, Fr. Trenham. While listening, I recalled that the Lord Jesus said to cut off your right hand if it caused you to sin, for it is better than to have the whole body cast into hell, could you explain this?

Father could you do a video that would explain (in short) the teachings of Saint Gregory of Palamas about the prayer of the heart in Triads? He is hailed by many Orthodox people (including clergy) as an apostle of ecology (in the modern sense of it) and I don't see it in his texts but maybe I don't read them as they should be read?

Please open Pandora’s box. We need the truth!

Isn't castration Illegal in most countries?

What do the orthodox believe about intersex people? What about them? God still made them in his image right?

The Orthodox Church accepts the existence of cells?

@player1playforfun

10 күн бұрын

Yes, why wouldn't we? We even have a modern Saint which is a doctor! (Saint Vasile Voiculescu)

@way2tehdawn

10 күн бұрын

@@player1playforfun I would have just thought it would be a bad idea to weigh in on matters outside of God. Science changes, for example in my country they say Aspirin is carcinogenic in one study, another study says it relieves cancer to a degree. I’d just be worried if the church was looking at scientific, mathematic, historical or other papers and then evaluating them they expose themselves to being wrong about things, a lot (it simply can’t be helped). Sure cells are what is being observed now and is consistent with medical science as to components of the human body but this could change one day. Didn’t the church make this error in the west with a brief flirtation with flat earth? It diminishes the reputation of the church in the eyes of some. I’d just stick to God personally but I bow to the wisdom of my betters of course.

I guess Origen is right out!!! Must be why he isn't a Saint, except Protestants treat him as if was of their "Saints". Maybe Universalism, that Origen taught, is related to Protestant's acceptance of LGBTxyz in their Churches.

Why does those books in the back have the freak flag colors?

I was hoping this video was going to address why, despite the Church's ban on castration, castrati singers made up the majority of the choir at Hagia Sophia at times...

What about the intersexed ? Born with both xx and xy chromosomes ? What do they do or are you totally unaware that medical professionals know this occurs

@rachelbooker513

13 күн бұрын

Please adress this n stop thinking you know . Or burying your head believing this people are not actually born in the category that medical professionals can assign the criteria for a perticular gender

@rachelbooker513

13 күн бұрын

Please educate yourself how humans or medical professionals determine or define a child’s gender .. and then once you have done this you will see that there are some born that medically speaking no gender can be assigned to them .. not there fault . I will only respect father trenham if he addresses this fact

@rachelbooker513

13 күн бұрын

Physically they can not be assigned either male or female .. it’s a medical fact .. don’t believe me go find out for yourself although I am a medical professional . So therefore how then do we understand the term he created them male and females when we clearly see some are not physically . Perhaps internally the soul ? But that doesn’t make sense either because our lord said in the kingdom of heaven there is neither male or female .. so please educate yourself before you wish to tread the path of thinking you can have or do have the black and white answer

@euphemios4207

12 күн бұрын

​@@rachelbooker513Then go ahead and don't respect Father Josiah for his "lack of education". The guidance laid out in this video primarily adresses the issue of attempting to solve spiritual sickness with bodily interventions (lust through castration or gender dysphoria through e.g. hormone treatment and surgery). People born with chromosome anomalies have nothing to do with this particular subject.

@shin_kiyo

9 күн бұрын

they’re male or female individuals with chromosomal disorders (that only affect a certain sex). males have the capacity to produce sperm, or would if not for anything preventing them from doing so. same with females and eggs. humans are either male or female.

God did not intend for us to live sexually. Adam and Eve were not sexual beings in the garden of Eden.

@donalfoley2412

13 күн бұрын

Go forth and multiply?

@player1playforfun

10 күн бұрын

Didn't God say to go forth and multiply? To populate the Earth? I understand if you meant that lust is evil, but reproduction is a gift from God.