The Arena
Sunday Homilies and Theological Reflections with Fr. Josiah Trenham - Weekly homilies and theological reflections recorded from the amvon of St. Andrew Orthodox Church in Riverside, California. This podcast is sponsored by Patristic Nectar Publications, a publisher specializing in resources for Orthodox catechesis. We thank you for allowing us to be a part of your spiritual quest, and we hope that your listening experience is an edifying one.
Interview | Jonathan Jackson On The Cost of Faith in Hollywood and His Journey to Orthodoxy
The Arena Podcast is the flagship of Patristic Nectar Publications. It contains the Sunday Sermons and other theological reflections by Father Josiah Trenham delivered from the ambon of St. Andrew Church in Riverside, California, and began in 2010. There are more than 800 sermons and lectures covering ten years of preaching through the liturgical calendar.
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Reflection | Do You Love God or What He Gives You?
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Reflection | Are You Ruined?
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Loving Like God Does- St. Luke 6 - 2nd Sunday of Luke
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Reflection | How Jesus Destroyed Our Tribalism
Father Josiah explains through John 4 how Jesus breaks down our narrow loyalties, calls the whole world to Himself, and teaches Christians to put the Kingdom of God above every nation.
The Arena Podcast is the flagship of Patristic Nectar Publications. It contains the Sunday Sermons and other theological reflections by Father Josiah Trenham delivered from the ambon of St. Andrew Church in Riverside, California, and began in 2010. There are more than 800 sermons and lectures covering ten years of preaching through the liturgical calendar.
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Homily | He is Both Peter and Satan - Sunday After Exaltation of the Cross 2026
The Arena Podcast is the flagship of Patristic Nectar Publications. It contains the Sunday Sermons and other theological reflections by Father Josiah Trenham delivered from the ambon of St. Andrew Church in Riverside, California, and began in 2010. There are more than 800 sermons and lectures covering ten years of preaching through the liturgical calendar.
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Reflection | The Death of Law and the Rise of Secular Confusion
Fr. Josiah Trenham explains what happens when a society separates its laws from God, and why law without a higher moral standard eventually becomes unstable and confused.
The Arena Podcast is the flagship of Patristic Nectar Publications. It contains the Sunday Sermons and other theological reflections by Father Josiah Trenham delivered from the ambon of St. Andrew Church in Riverside, California, and began in 2010. There are more than 800 sermons and lectures covering ten years of preaching through the liturgical calendar.
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Reflection | St. Justin Martyr on Compromised Christians
The Arena Podcast is the flagship of Patristic Nectar Publications. It contains the Sunday Sermons and other theological reflections by Father Josiah Trenham delivered from the ambon of St. Andrew Church in Riverside, California, and began in 2010. There are more than 800 sermons and lectures covering ten years of preaching through the liturgical calendar.
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Reflection | The Supremacy of Love
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Reflection | AI, American Greed, and the Cross
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Reflection | Are We Worse Than Sodom and Gomorrah?
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Reflection | China's Antichrist: What Mao Teaches the West Today
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Come to the Wedding Feast! St. Matthew 22 - Sunday of Matthew 2026
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Reflection | Why Apologetics Is Not Enough
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Reflection | Every Christian a Missionary
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Reflection | Being "Spiritual" Means Almost Nothing
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Reflection | Why Catechesis Must Be at the Heart of the Orthodox Church
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Reflection | Are All Sins Equal?
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Ask Father Josiah | Should I Quit My Job to Go to Church?
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Interview | The Orthodox Revival in America
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Reflection | Scandal in the Church
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Reflection | The Way Up, is Down
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Reflection | Stop Relying on Yourself
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Ask Father Josiah | Stop Letting Your Feelings Control Your Life
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Reflection | The Miracles of Baptism
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Reflection | Why We Struggle to Do God's Will
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Reflection | Stop Sinning
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Reflection | What Is Jesus Doing Now?
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Homily | What Is Jesus' Doing Now? Sunday After Ascension 2026
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Reflection | The Most Radical Thing a Woman Can Do
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Reflection | Cremation, the Body, and What Christianity Has Lost
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Ask Fr. Josiah | What If I’m Not Truly Sorry?
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Homily | Doing God's Will - The Samaritan Woman 2026
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Reflection | Fanatical Zionists & the Martyrdom of St. Philoumenos
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Reflection | The Christian Meaning of the Wedding Ring
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Reflection | Theo Von: Do I Want to Be Healed?
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Interview | How to Get Your Priorities Right w/ Jonathan Pageau
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Reflection | The True Relationship Priorities
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Interview | The True Goal of the Christian Life w/ Fr. Alexis Torrance
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Homily | Leaps of Joy - Sunday of The Myrrhbearing Women 2026
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