Your Dark Thoughts Are Not a Sin
Patristic Nectar
teaching
July 14, 2026
Father Josiah Trenham and Fr. Alexis Torrance explain the Orthodox understanding of temptation, evil thoughts, and the spiritual process by which a thought becomes sin.
0:00 Do Evil Thoughts Mean You've Sinned?
2:31 "A Bad Thought Destroyed Is Love for God"
3:25 The Five Stages: How Temptation Becomes Sin
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