Books by AFR Podcasters

Item No. 9781944967413 by Fr. Lawrence R. Farley Popular biblical commentator and church historian Fr. Lawrence Farley turns his hand to hagiography in this collection of lives of saints, one or more for each day of the calendar year. His accessible...

Item No. 9781944967154 by Barnabas Powell In the style of his beloved podcast, Fr. Barnabas Powell offers reflections for each workday of the year to inspire us to live out our faith in the real world every day. Read these brief, pithy thoughts...

Item No. 9781944967673 compiled and edited by Nicole M. Roccas Throughout Scripture and patristic writings, Christians are consistently enjoined to give thanks to God in all things. But it can be easy to forget to give thanks on a daily basis,...

Item No. 9781944967314 by Lawrence R. Farley The Book of Daniel should be read with the eyes of a child. It’s a book of wonders and extremes—mad kings, baffling dreams with gifted interpreters, breathtaking deliverances, astounding...

Item No. 9781944967796 by Albert S. Rossi, PhD This deceptively small and simple book holds a great secret - the secret to achieving peace of mind in Christ. Beloved writer and teacher Dr. Al Rossi uses stories from his own life to illustrate the basic...

Item No. 9781936270996 by Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick Speaking to non-believers and believers alike, Fr. Andrew Damick attempts to create a sacred space in which we can encounter God. In this compact volume, he distills the essence of the...

Item No. 9781955890366 by V. Rev. Dr. Stephen De Young Many Christians today divide ancient Jewish and Christian literature into two categories: what is in the Bible and what is not. The Christian East, however, has traditionally described a third...

Item No. 9781955890021 by Andrew Stephen Damick The gospel of Jesus Christ is not about what Jesus can do for your life. It is not even the answer to the question, "How can I be saved?" It is the declaration of a victory. In His coming to earth, His...

Item No. 9781888212341 by Frederica Mathewes-Green The acclaimed author takes us through a typical Divine Liturgy in her little parish of Holy Cross in Baltimore, setting of her well-loved book Facing East; Interspersed with reflections on the liturgy...

Item No. 9781936270163 by Albert S. Rossi, PhD with a foreword by Fr. Thomas Hopko In order to become a healing presence for others, we must first be healed ourselves—through an active relationship with the great Healer, Christ. Drawing on the...

Item No. 9781944967000 by Elissa Bjeletich & Caleb Shoemaker How do we as Orthodox parents keep our children in the Church throughout their lives? It all begins with involving them in the life of the Church from birth onward—in the parish and...

Item No. 9781888212914 by Fr. Meletios Webber Worry, despair, insecurity, fear of death . . . these are our daily companions, and even though we attempt to ignore them or try to crowd them out, they are there, waiting for us in our quieter moments. It...

Item No. 9781888212686 by Patrick Henry Reardon In this sequel to Christ in the Psalms, popular pastor and scholar Patrick Henry Reardon once again applies his keen intellect to a topic he loves most dearly. Here he examines the lives of almost 150...

Item No. 9781888212211 by Patrick Henry Reardon Christ in the Psalms takes the reader on a thought-provoking and enlightening pilgrimage through this beloved prayer book of the Church. Lively and highly devotional, this book holds a wealth of insight...

Item No. 9781936270200 by Fr Thomas Hopko This new edition has a redesigned cover, as well as the addition of a new foreword and a few other minor changes throughout the text. Father Thomas Hopko draws on the wisdom of the Orthodox Christian Church...

Item No. 9781888212839 by Patrick Henry Reardon The Old Testament Books of Chronicles contain some of the most neglected passages in all of Scripture. Understanding their message can be a difficult and daunting task for the modern reader. Patrick...

Item No. 9781888212617 by Molly Sabourin This book is for every young mother who's ever wished children came with an instruction manual; who's ever longed for just one quiet minute to finish a thought or utter a prayer; who's ever despaired of...

Item No. 9781888212969 by Patrick Henry Reardon The Book of Genesis is foundational reading for the Christian, concerned as it is with the origins of our race and the beginnings of salvation history. Its opening pages provide the theological...

Item No. 9781936270101 by Fr. Stephen Freeman Have you ever referred to God as “the Man upstairs”? Most Christians living in a secular society have unwittingly relegated God and all things spiritual to the “second storey” of the...

Item No. 9781955890328 by Stephen Freeman From advertising to social media, from trauma survival to keeping up with the Joneses, shame is deeply embedded in our culture and our psyches, directing much of our behavior from far behind the scenes. But is...

Item No. 9781936270521 by Melissa Naasko Does every fasting day or season find you scanning your pantry shelves in a panic, wondering what in the world to cook for dinner? Help is on the way! Melissa Naasko, food blogger and mother of 11,...

Item No. 9781936270972 by Joseph Huneycutt & Steve Robinson Popular bloggers and podcasters Fr. Joseph Huneycutt and Steve “the Builder” Robinson explore the reality of life in Christ as perpetual conversion—falling and...

Item No. 9781888212532 by Fr. Lawrence Farley The community Paul founded in Corinth gave him both joy and grief, for he was to encounter problems there of disunity, sin, and arrogance including the rejection of his own apostolic authority by some of...

Item No. 9781936270217 by Fr. Lawrence R. Farley In the fourth century, a nun named Egeria traveled through the Holy Land and wrote an account of her experiences. In the twenty-first century, Fr. Lawrence Farley followed partially in her footsteps...

Item No. 9781936270484 by Rita Madden Orthodox Christians fast approximately half the days of the year. But in our food-obsessed society, how do we determine our approach to eating in general? Nutritional expert Rita Madden expands on her...

Item No. 9781955890045 by Stephen De Young Infanticide. Holy war. Divine wrath. Violence in the Old Testament has long been a stumbling block for Christians and skeptics alike. Yet conventional efforts to understand this violence—whether by...

Item No. 9781888212877 by Fr. Lawrence Farley A guide to understanding the Divine Liturgy, and a vibrant reminder of the centrality of the Eucharist in living the Christian life. Every Sunday morning we are literally taken on a journey into the Kingdom...

Item No. 9781955890571 by Lawrence R. Farley Much has been written about the similarities and differences between the Orthodox and Evangelical faiths. In this book, Fr. Lawrence Farley provides a concise and non-confrontational summary of the major...

Item No. 000682 Introductory handbooks on Orthodox Faith and life. Presented in brief chapters, this series is excellent for quick reference or study, and provides valuable teaching material for both teens and adults.  Vol. 1 Doctrine &...

Item No. 9781944967178 by Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick This new edition of the bestselling Orthodoxy & Heterodoxy is fully revised and significantly expanded. Major new features include a full chapter on Pentecostalism and the Charismatic...

Item No. 9781944967666 by Patrick Henry Reardon Many modern readers think of the Book of Numbers with a groan. And it does begin slowly, with several chapters detailing the census of Israel. But once we get past those chapters, Numbers becomes a...

Item No. 9781944967994 by Alexander Goussetis Developing a habit of prayer is crucial to the Christian life, but many people find the process confusing and intimidating. In this 28-day workbook, Fr. Alexander Goussetis breaks the process down into...

Item No. 9781936270491 by Patrick Henry Reardon In response to popular demand, Fr. Patrick Reardon presents the first of three volumes exploring redemption and salvation through the lens of Scripture, patristics, and liturgics, as well as...

Item No. 9781944967840 by Rev. Dr. Nicholas G. Louh and Dr. Roxanne K. Louh Are you struggling in your walk with Christ? Do you want to rediscover your reason for living, the person you were created to be? Renewing You: A Priest, a Psychologist, and a...

Item No. 009017 by Fr. Josiah Trenham This book has been written for three purposes. First, to provide the Orthodox reader with a competent overview of the history of Protestantism and its major traditions, from its beginnings in the 16th century to...

Item No. 9781888212563 by Fr. Lawrence Farley St. Paul's epistles to Timothy and Titus contain the apostle's instructions to the pastors under his care about how they, in turn, should care for their flocks in wisdom and love. As the last epistles St...

Item No. 9781888212631 by Fr. Meletios Webber An Orthodox priest with a doctorate in counseling, Fr. Webber helps us to understand addiction and explores ways to overcome it. He clearly and skillfully explains the Twelve Steps of the Fellowship of...

Item No. 9781944967536 by Elissa Bjeletich and Kristina Wenger Are you looking for a way to keep your family engaged in the true spiritual nourishment Lent has to offer? Tending the Garden of Our Hearts offers family devotions based on the scriptures...

Item No. 9781936270620 by Lawrence Farley Fr. Lawrence Farley explores the Acts of the Apostles as St. Luke's sequel to his Gospel—an apology for the Christian Faith as the fulfillment of Judaism, a gospel for all peoples, and a faith that poses...

Item No. 9781936270408 by Fr Lawrence Farley The Book of Revelation has inspired controversy ever since it was written in the first century. It was the last book to be accepted into the New Testament canon, and today a myriad of mutually contradictory...

Item No. 9781936270958 by Annalisa Boyd Annalisa Boyd knows motherhood—its challenges, its joys, and its potential for spiritual growth. In this prayer book she offers a wide selection of prayers mothers can use to intercede for their families as...

Item No. 9781936270538 by Lawrence R. Farley  Many Christians see the Old Testament as “the other Testament”: a source of exciting stories to tell the kids, but not very relevant to the Christian life. The Christian Old Testament...

Item No. 9781955890151 by Dr. Eugenia Scarvelis Constantinou The Crucifixion and Resurrection of Christ are central events in our salvation. Yet few Christians have a good grasp of the first-century historical and religious context in which the...

Item No. 9781936270347 by Richard René Isabella Morgan is lost, running away from a cruel father and a broken home. Tempted by the evil Djinn, she finds herself in Mysterion, a hidden world peopled by Cyclops and giant turtles, dragons and...

Item No. 9781936270613 by Fr. Lawrence R. Farley In contemporary North America, the bishop’s throne in the local parish stands empty for most of the year. The bishop is an honored occasional guest rather than a true pastor of the local flock...

Item No. 9781936270743 by Lawrence Farley The Hebrew Christians of apostolic-era Palestine were tempted to fall back into Jewish ways because of persecution and a lack of understanding of the true uniqueness and significance of Christ. The writer of...

Item No. 9781888212518 by Fr. Lawrence Farley The apostle Paul lived within a swirl of controversy.  False Christians – Judaizers – dogged his every step, slandering his motives, denying his apostolic authority, and seeking to...

Item No. 9781888212556 by Fr. Lawrence Farley The Gospel of John vigorously witnesses to Jesus, striving to persuade the hearts and minds of the undecided that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and the only source of eternal life. St. John, as one...

Item No. 9781936270125 by Fr. Lawrence Farley The Gospel of St. Luke has been described as "the loveliest book in the world." It was written by a Gentile for Gentiles, with the purpose of touching their hearts with the Good News of Christ. Luke speaks...

Item No. 9781888212549 by Fr. Lawrence Farley Israel expected the Messiah to be a conquering hero who would liberate the Jews from their Roman servitude. But instead, Christ came as a suffering servant to liberate all mankind from slavery to sin. The...

Item No. 9780982277072 by Lawrence R. Farley The New Testament is a Jewish book, and no part of it is more Jewish than the Gospel of Matthew. It tells the story of how God fulfilled His word to Israel and sent them His Messiah, who in turn carried out...

Item No. 008687 by Frederica Mathewes-Green Why are modern Christians so indistinguishable from everyone else? How come Christians who lived in times of bloody persecution were so heroic, while we who live in safety are not? How could the first...

Item No. 008670 by Frederica Mathewes-Green If you have ever struggled with incessant thoughts and worries, the ancient desert fathers and mothers offer a profound source of wisdom for quieting the mind and turning the heart to Christ. A short, simple...

Item No. 008317 by Patrick Henry Reardon Who was Jesus and what was His mission? The Gospels present us with an obvious but profound and compelling thought, that the eternal Word of God became a real man of particular weight and height, with a specific...

Item No. 9781936270989 by Abbot Tryphon Thousands of readers and listeners have benefited from the fatherly wisdom and insight of The Morning Offering, the blog and podcast of Abbot Tryphon of All-Merciful Saviour Monastery, Vashon Island,...

Item No. 9781936270415 by Fr. Thomas Hopko In this book based on his popular podcast series of the same name, the late Fr. Thomas Hopko shares meditations on over 50 different names and titles used for Jesus in the Bible. Learn what each name...

Item No. 9781888212525 by Fr. Lawrence Farley From the depths of a Roman prison, words of encouragement and instruction from the great Apostle Paul were sent in a series of letters to communities throughout the Roman Empire. St. Paul may have been...

Item No. 9781944967550 by Stephen De Young Father Dr. Stephen De Young traces the lineage of Orthodox Christianity back to the faith and witness of the apostles, which was rooted in a first-century Jewish worldview. The Religion of the Apostles...

Item No. 9781888212723 by Patrick Henry Reardon "The Book of Job always constituted essential and formative reading about the ways of the soul. This has always been the conviction of the spiritual classics through the centuries. Yet, for some reason,...

Item No. 9781944967703 by Dr. Eugenia Scarvelis Constantinou What does it mean to "think Orthodox"? What are the unspoken and unexplored premises and presumptions underlying what Christians believe? Orthodox Christianity is based on preserving the mind...

Item No. 9781888212280 by Matthew Gallatin This outstanding book will help Orthodox readers more deeply appreciate their faith and will give Protestant readers a more thorough understanding of the Church. Beginning in the street ministry days of the...

Item No. 9781944967307 by Nicole M. Roccas Idleness. Apathy. Restlessness. Procrastination. These are symptoms of what early Christian theologians called despondency (acedia), a spiritual sickness rooted in a lack of care or effort. A condition as...

Item No. 9781944967819 by Fr. Evan Armatas Are you a new Orthodox Christian, confused about what you need to do to grow in your Faith? Or perhaps you've been Orthodox for some time but could use a refresher course in basic spirituality. Popular...

Item No. 9781944967697 by Nicole M. Roccas Infertility ranks among the hardest griefs a couple can face. Yet this painful issue is all too often neglected in both Church and society. Under the Laurel Tree traces one God-fearing couple’s journey...

Item No. 9781888212600 by Fr. Lawrence Farley A volume in the Orthodox Bible Study Companion Series. The catholic, or general, epistles of the "other apostles"--James, Peter, Jude, and John--are sometimes overshadowed by the stirring theology of the...

Item No. 9780982277089 by Fr. Joseph Huneycutt Based on his popular blog and Ancient Faith Radio podcast, Orthodixie, Fr. Joseph Huneycutt presents a humorous look at the pluses, minuses, joys, pitfalls, and struggles of perpetual conversion within an...

Item No. 9780982277034 by Patrick Henry Reardon Although it is found in every major extant Christian manuscript of the Old Testament, the later exclusion of the Wisdom of Sirach from the Protestant canon has made it one of the little-known gems of Holy...

Item No. 9781936270026 by Fr. Lawrence Farley The early epistles of St. Paul come down to us from antiquity like a flame kindled from within his great apostolic heart a flame of indignation that the people he loved were being led astray from the path...