If Chrysostom had watched the Super Bowl!
The Super Bowl and the secular Super Sunday is now over. The colossal social phenomenon—the Super…
Reflections in Christ
What God Has Prepared for Those who Love Him
If the Biblical teaching about hell suffers in the popular imagination, being thought of as a kind of subterranean torture chamber…
The Consensus of the Fathers
How can you be sure what the Bible teaches? I get this question a lot from enquirers and catechumens. Most of them come…
A Sign of Ecclesial Maturity
The 18th All-American Council of the Orthodox Church in America. held in Atlanta, Georgia in July 2015, is now…
Life: “The most sublime expression of God’s creative activity”
Friday, January 22, 2016 marks the 43rd Anniversary of the infamous Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court decision of 1973 that…
Will Everyone Eventually Be Saved?
When they are in fashion, fads are never recognized as fads. Those under their influence and promoting them feel that they have…
“One Baptism for the remission of sins”
“I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins” [Nicene Creed]
The Great Feast of Theophany is more ancient that that of Christ’s…
Theophany: The Feast of Humility
Theophany is the feast of God’s humility. Humility is not something normally associated with power. Powerful people and…
Fire in the Desert
The Sunday before the Great Feast of the Theophany is dedicated to the work of John the Baptist (or Saint John…
The Nativity Icon: The Good News in line, form and color
During Catechumens class last weekend, I offered an explanation of the Icon of the Nativity. How beautiful it is that this…