Looking for Christ at Christmas
For Evangelicals, it can be very hard to find Christ at the church Christmas program – whatever that happens to be in any given year.
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Part V of the Western Series: Guilt, Suffering, Sickness and Death
Is God angry, aloof, and looking to punish mankind with illness and death for our sins? Or is God love? How can we understand all this in an authentically Christian way?
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Astroturfing Tradition: Attempting to Invent a Southern Orthodoxy
In a consumerist age, when every niche group spawns its own “culture,” are we preserving authentic Orthodox Tradition? Or do movements such as the Philip Ludwell III Orthodox Fellowship threaten to make our drift away from authenticity even worse?
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The Orthodox Study Bible and Christian Private School
When sending Orthodox Christian children into heavily Protestant settings, such as private schools, parents should mindfully prepare and equip them.
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Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
The Divine Liturgy is essential to Orthodox Christianity. When the enemy seeks to delude faithful Orthodox Christians, he always starts with attacking the liturgy. What we have received, we are obligated to preserve and pass on.
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The Question of the Western Rite
A critical response to Fr. James Krueger’s article on Orthodox Reflections concerning the validity of Western Rite Orthodoxy.
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Why Western Rite?
Are there any valid reasons for the Orthodox Church to support Western Rite Orthodoxy? It is past time for Orthodox Christians to have a serious dialogue on this question.
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Tradition is More Meaningful Than English Speakers Understand
“Tradition” in Greek carries meanings and connotations that the English language has lost or obscured. To preserve the faith, we need the full meaning.
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