The Lord’s Prayer: “Our Father who art in heaven”
We continue this series examining the Lord’s Prayer phrase by phrase, using Matthew’s version of the Prayer rather than Luke’s. We will…
Reflections in Christ
The Lord’s Prayer: Introduction
The Feast of the Entrance and the Protoevangelium of James
Much of the hymnography adorning our Feast of the Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple causes the raising of eyebrows—talk about Mary being…
Forgetfulness (of God) is Foolishness
I regretted passing over the Lord’s parable appointed to be read at the Divine Liturgy yesterday. Yet at the same time, I wanted to bring…
The Authority of the Fathers
We Orthodox are fond of referring to the Church Fathers as authorities within the Church. When faced with a new or controversial issue, an…
Reading the Old Testament
Though Marcion has been dead for a long time, his legacy is still among us. Marcion was a heretic in the second century who said that…
With a Little Help from My (Dinosaur) Friends
Who would have thought that dinosaurs would feature in Christian apologetics? Like everyone of my vintage, I loved dinosaurs when…
Eternal Security
The first knock-down drag-out theological scrap I ever had was in high school and it was over the doctrine of Eternal Security. I was not…
Reading the Song of Solomon Today
The Biblical Song of Solomon (also called the Song of Songs) has always been read by Christians on two different levels…
Remembering in Communion the Holy Fathers of The Seventh Ecumenical Council: On the Relationship of Image and Person in the Redemptive Work of Sacred Space
Most feast days celebrated in the Orthodox Church focus on the remembrance of Jesus Christ, the Mother of God, or other saintly…