Dialogue on Free Will & Determinism
February 19, 2012
Dialogue on Free Will & Determinism: An email exchange between a Calvinist Pastor and Father John, an Orthodox Christian Priest
FATHER JOHN: It has been asserted that foreknowledge of a choice, necessarily determines that choice, and eliminates other possibilities as possibilities.
Let’s take the [...]
What are Orthodox Icons?
February 16, 2012
The word Icon, which derives from the Greek word “Eikon”, is a religious work of art in Orthodox Christianity. The term is used in a number of contexts and means an image or representation of something or someone of greater significance, but in the more restricted sense in which it is understood, [...]
Faith, Truth and Temperance
January 26, 2012
by Fr. Christopher Salamy
“These three things God requires of all the baptized: right faith in the heart, truth on the tongue, temperance in the body.” — St. Gregory the Theologian
We are all striving to be good people, to truly live as God’s children; but there are challenges that accompany our [...]
Using Origen to Deny the Literalness of Genesis? Don’t !
January 16, 2012
“Philo and Origen are not your friends, Dr. Alexander: A short survey of what two Biblical allegorists taught about Adam and Eve” by Vincent Torley [SOURCE]
Dr. Denis Alexander, who is the Director of the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion at Cambridge University, is an eminently qualified [...]
2011 as the Year of Hell Debate
January 9, 2012
by MORGAN GUYTON (Morgan is a Methodist and has brought up good questions here that some could say lean toward an Orthodox view of Hell)
The Year 2011 will always be remembered as the year of the “hell debate” because of the explosion of Christian writing that rattled the popular evangelical [...]
The Liturgical Significance of Justin Martyr’s Apology
January 7, 2012
Martin M. Davis
[Mr Davis is an Anglican and and this paper of his is a good summary of Justin Martyr and early Orthodox Christianity – RAS]
Justin Martyr wrote his famous Apology from Rome circa 150 A.D. He wrote to defend the Christian faith against attackers who claimed that Christians [...]
A Homily by St John of Kronstadt on the Nativity of Christ
December 24, 2011
The Word became flesh; that is, the Son of God, co-eternal with God the Father and with the Holy Spirit, became human – having become incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary. O, wondrous, awesome and salvific mystery! The One Who had no beginning took on a beginning according to humanity; [...]
Calvinist Santa
December 23, 2011
in Calvinism
Just in time to enjoy for the Holidays !!! Santa is a Calvinist after Reading Good Books “Desiring St. Nick by John Flutist” and “In the Toymaker’s Hands by James Mutherovpirl” This video is so good !
A Prayer for Confession – St John of Kronstadt
December 22, 2011
by St John of Kronstadt
I, a sinful soul, confess to our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ, all of my evil acts which I have done, said or thought from baptism even unto this present day.
I have not kept the vows of my baptism, but have made myself unwanted before the face of God.
I have sinned [...]
