Usury was once considered a sin. Grounded on Old Testament condemnations of the practice, Church Fathers strictly forbade the lending of money at interest. What was once reviled has now become the basis of our entire dysfunctional economy. We need to make usury a sin again.
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For the Orthodox, Pascha is the holiest day of the year. Our entire faith centers around the Empty Tomb. When we allowed the government to close our churches on Pascha, we lost a lot of credibility that is only now being regained.
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Growing up Evangelical, there was always something shallow about the observance of Easter. It can often seem that Evangelical Churches are not even sure what they are celebrating. Or why.
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MAGA cheers President Trump’s moves for peace in Ukraine, but few are criticizing the push for renewed war in the Middle East and fresh censorship at home. Christians are in more danger than they realize.
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At the core of Progressivism was always a belief in a future Utopia created by technocratic elites using revolutionary technological advancements. Such a religious belief becomes ever more dangerous with the advent of AI.
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A lively panel discussion on successfully leading Orthodox missionary efforts in an America dealing with diversity in class, religious background, political ideology, race, language, ethnicity and more.
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Going on pilgrimage to monasteries is a treasured Orthodox Tradition for the lay faithful. However, for the spiritually immature, pilgrimages can do great harm. Here are reasons to avoid them, if you are not fully prepared to undertake them in the correct spiritual mindset.
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A student’s inside look at heretical teaching in the Antiochian House of Studies. The future formation of Orthodox clergy is at stake. Nothing could be more important.
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If Matthew is not the first gospel written, then the whole Christian religion is a lie. Academia is mostly groupthink that too often abandons Tradition.
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If the supremacy and infallibility of the Roman Popes were of Apostolic origin, then we would expect to have seen these dogmas “believed everywhere, always, and by all”. Were the Popes really supreme in the 1st Millennium?
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