Subject Archive for the year

• Art & Media
  • Book Reviews
    • Book Review. The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
      
    • Book Review. The New Vichy Syndrome: Why European Intellectuals Surrender to Barbarism
      
  • Books & Literature
    • Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein, the New World Order, and Our longing for Dystopia
      
  • Music
    • Mortality Tales
      
  • Television
    • Having No Money Does Not Mean You're Poor
      
• Culture
  • America Becoming ‘Much Less Friendly’ to Religious Freedom
    
  • Arousing Ourselves to Death
    
  • Our New Obamacare Masters
    
  • When the Church Bows to the State: Gay Bishops in the Church of England
    
  • Analysis
    • America's Ruling Class -- And the Perils of Revolution
      
    • American Challenges: The Blue Model Breaks Down
      
    • An Upside-Down Family Tree
      
    • Believers, Like the Miners of Chile, Seek the Light
      
    • Book Review. The New Vichy Syndrome: Why European Intellectuals Surrender to Barbarism
      
    • Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein, the New World Order, and Our longing for Dystopia
      
    • Eastern Europe Versus the Open Society
      
    • Europe's Choice: Populate or Perish
      
    • Europe, Immigration, and Merkel’s Christian Values
      
    • Finding the Balance: Privacy and the Civil Society
      
    • Has Europe Lost Its Soul?
      
    • Living in the Ruins of Christendom – Part 1
      
    • Living in the Ruins of Christendom – Part 2
      
    • Multiculturalism, R.I.P.
      
    • Pity the Postmodern Cultural Elite
      
    • Religion, Journalism, and the New American Orthodoxy
      
    • Role Models vs. Heroes: Was Tiger Woods Ever Really Enough?
      
    • The Heritage of Western Civilization
      
    • The Nitty Gritty: Self-Esteem vs. Self-Control
      
    • When It Comes to Sex, the Left Hates Science
      
    • Women of Yesteryear
      
  • Animal Rights
    • Beware the 'Rights of Nature'
      
    • Shouldn't We be Nice to Puppies?
      
    • The Animal Rights Movement from an Orthodox Perspective
      
  • Enviromentalism
    • Beware the 'Rights of Nature'
      
    • Ecocide: A Crime Against Peace?
      
  • Liberals vs Conservatives
    • Obama Court Case Could Force Christian Schools, Churches to Employ HIV-Positive, Transgender Teacher
      
    • Political Discourse and Impugning Motives
      
    • San Jose Articles Challenge UN Position on a Universal Right to Abortion
      
    • Why Pastors Must Be Free To Preach On Politics
      
• Family Affairs
  • Education
    • Founding an Orthodox Liberal Arts and Sciences College
      
    • HORACE MANN, PART II: Prussia comes to America
      
    • Understanding the Origins of the U.S. Public School System: Horace Mann, Part I
      
  • Marriage
    • Good Marriage I - How an Attitude of Entitlement Undermines Marriage
      
    • Good Marriage II. Reciprocity -- The One-Way Contract that can Wreck a Marriage
      
    • Good Marriage III. Nagging: The Ultimate Marital Over-Control
      
    • Good Marriage IV. The "Preference Scale"
      
    • Good Marriage VII. 'Desperate Togetherness' and the Fear of Being Alone
      
    • Sex Is Holy: Psycho-Spiritual Reflections In A Secular World
      
  • Children
    • Smart Parenting XVII. Love and Worship in the Domestic Church – Of God or Idols?
      
    • Smart Parenting XVIII. A Spiritual Child as a Happy Child
      
• History
  • 95 Years After the Assyrian, Armenian, Greek Genocide
    
  • A Hidden History of Evil
    
  • As We Forgive
    
  • Has Europe Lost Its Soul?
    
  • History Returns to Europe
    
  • Intellectuals as True Believers
    
  • New Book: Christ after Communism: Spiritual Authority and Its Transmission in Moscow Today
    
  • One Christ, Three Religions
    
  • Shut Up About Armenians or We'll Hurt Them Again
    
  • The Heartless Lovers of Mankind
    
  • The Hidden Anti-Semitism of Christopher Hitchens and the New Atheists
    
  • The Nashville Flood - 2010
    
  • Twenty Years After the Fall of a Tyrant
    
  • Whittaker Chambers: Man of Courage and Faith
    
  • Why the Arabic World Turned Away from Science
    
• Human Rights
  • A Grim Christmas
    
  • A Rare and Tenuous Freedom: An Interview with Nina Shea
    
  • Chai Ling, Former Tiananmen Leader, Becomes a Christian
    
  • Intellectuals as True Believers
    
  • Religious Persecution International
    
• Philosophy
  • Debate: The Source of Human Morality (Opening Statement)
    
  • Intellectuals as True Believers
    
  • Liberty, Youth, and Fidelity to Truth in the Open Society
    
  • Of Virtue and Respect in Daily Life
    
  • Reconstructing Philosophy
    
  • The Source of Human Morality (Videos)
    
  • The Tired World: That Old Ennui
    
  • Thinking About Suicide?
    
• Podcasts
  • Podcast. Full Hearts
    
• Politics/Economics/Law
  • Across America 15 Million People are Still Unemployed
    
  • Backdoor "Death Panels"?
    
  • Debt, Credit and the Virtuous Life
    
  • Economics 101
    
  • Europe: The Unjust Continent
    
  • Has Europe Lost Its Soul?
    
  • History Returns to Europe
    
  • How to Cripple the Free Economy
    
  • Leftism, the Religion
    
  • Medicare Counseling Reg Not a Death Panel: But Health Care Rationing a Clear and Present Danger
    
  • Neo-Ottoman Turkey: A Hostile Islamic Power
    
  • New Blue Nightmare: Clarence Thomas and the Amendment of Doom
    
  • Our New Obamacare Masters
    
  • Political Discourse and Impugning Motives
    
  • Prophet Jim Wallis and the Ecclesia of Economic Ignorance
    
  • Richard Hoste: Postmodern Dhimmitude
    
  • San Jose Articles Challenge UN Position on a Universal Right to Abortion
    
  • Shut Up About Armenians or We'll Hurt Them Again
    
  • The Audacity of the State
    
  • The Indoctrination of Children: Murray v. Curlett Revisited
    
  • The Shaky Foundation Of Keynesian Economics
    
  • Why Pastors Must Be Free To Preach On Politics
    
• Religion: Church & Society
  • Address to European Council of Religious Leaders on Religious Persecution
    
  • United States
    • Book Review. Souls in Transition: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of Emerging Adults
      
    • Christians and Civil Disobedience
      
    • The Limits of Secularism
      
    • The Orthodox Question for 2010
      
    • The Seminary Bubble: The Great Relearning
      
    • What’s the Future of Orthodox Unity in America?
      
  • New Atheism
    • Believe It or Not
      
    • Hitchens, Hitchens and God, too
      
    • What the New Atheists Don’t See
      
  • Europe
    • Patriarch Kirill & Pope Benedict: A Tale of Two Leaders for a New Missionary Age
      
    • The Limits of Secularism
      
  • World
    • Christopher Hitchens and the Days of Rage
      
    • In The Land Of Mao, A Rising Tide Of Christianity
      
    • Living Within the Truth: Religious Liberty and Catholic Mission in the New Order of the World
      
    • The Miracles of St. George -- to Muslims!
      
    • Toward Healing Church Schism: Overview and Psycho-theological Reflection
      
  • Religious Left
    • Embracing the Tormentors
      
    • Leftism, the Religion
      
    • Not Celebrating Communism’s Collapse
      
    • Prophet Jim Wallis Explains the Doctrine of Coercive Repentance
      
    • Resenting African Christianity
      
    • Thieves Hijacking the Language of the Moral Tradition
      
• Religion: General
  • America Becoming ‘Much Less Friendly’ to Religious Freedom
    
  • Islam
    • A Grim Christmas
      
    • Interview: The Closing of the Muslim Mind
      
    • Islam's Public Enemy #1 - Coptic Priest Zakaria Boutros
      
    • Six Million African Muslims Leave Islam per Year
      
    • What Did You Say About Muhammad?!
      
    • Why the Arabic World Turned Away from Science
      
    • Worldwide Trends in Honor Killings
      
  • Christianity
    • Francis Schaeffer [1912-1984]
      
• Religion: Orthodox Church
  • 2010 Census of US Orthodox Churches
    
  • Address to European Council of Religious Leaders on Religious Persecution
    
  • Faith & Practice
    • A Catholic Hermit’s Path to Orthodoxy
      
    • A Challenging Vision For Orthodox Christians in America: An Interview With Father John Meyendorff
      
    • A Christian End to Our Life
      
    • As We Move Toward Unity
      
    • Changing Hearts and Minds: The Philanthropic Habits of the Orthodox Faithful
      
    • Clergy Burnout and Fatigue
      
    • Cultivating Spiritual Perception
      
    • Ground Zero as Metaphor: A Crossroads for America and Orthodoxy?
      
    • It is Time to Finish What Began at Ligonier!
      
    • Orthodox Mission in the 21st Century
      
    • Orthodoxy and Capital Punishment
      
    • Pentecost 2010 Springtime for the Church in the Americas!
      
    • Prayer is a Powerful Weapon
      
    • Prayer is the Highest Human Activity
      
    • Psalm 91
      
    • Put Not Your Trust in Princes
      
    • Set in Stone
      
    • Sex Is Holy: Psycho-Spiritual Reflections In A Secular World
      
    • The Churching of Women
      
    • The Orthodox Bioethics of Cremation
      
    • Unceasing Prayer
      
    • Unceasing Prayer -- Bibilography and Notes
      
    • Why We Should Preach after the Gospel Reading
      
    • With God, Nothing is Impossible
      
  • Organizations
    • Orthodox Preachers Attending The Festival Of Young Preachers
      
  • Social/Moral/Political Issues
    • Address to European Council of Religious Leaders on Religious Persecution
      
    • Barbarians Among Us?
      
    • Patriots for Christ
      
  • Theology/History
    • "Don't Call Us...We'll Call You" - The Pentecost of Evangelical Orthodox Christians at the Phanar
      
    • A Point or Passage in Time? Kairos and Chronos
      
    • Luke's Account of the Baptism of Jesus
      
    • On the Fall of Man
      
    • Psalm Inscriptions
      
    • The “Myth” of Unity: A Response to a 2009 Address Given at St Vladimir’s Seminary
      
    • The Voice from Heaven at the Baptism and the Sacrifice of Isaac
      
  • Sermons & Essays
    • “You Owe Me One!” — The Reciprocity Factor
      
    • A Case of Mistaken Identity
      
    • A Different Path Toward Faith
      
    • A New Depression Era
      
    • Affirming the Inherent Goodness of the Material World
      
    • All Saints Icon Academy
      
    • Ananias and Sapphira
      
    • And on Earth...Peace
      
    • Are We Like the Rich Young Ruler?
      
    • Baptists Target the Orthodox
      
    • Be Ready for the Risen Christ! -- The Tenth Orthros Reading
      
    • Believe in the Gift of God's Son
      
    • Believing Without Seeing
      
    • Beneath the Surface
      
    • Biography and Chronology
      
    • Children and the Stories of the Old Testament
      
    • Christ is Risen and We Are His Witnesses
      
    • Christ's Descent into Hell
      
    • Christmas Too Commercialized? Bah! Humbug!
      
    • Come and See!
      
    • Cultivating Spiritual Perception
      
    • David's Compatriots
      
    • Doceticism
      
    • Engaged Monasticism
      
    • English Expressions from the Nautical World
      
    • Faith in Christ, Not in Works
      
    • Fasting Abundantly
      
    • Follow the Call of Sts. Peter and Paul
      
    • Free Will and Freedom in Christ
      
    • Genesis, Creation and Evolution
      
    • God Can Fill Us
      
    • God Loves a Cheerful Giver
      
    • Gossip: Sowing the Bad Seed
      
    • Hanging From Our Cross
      
    • Honor thy Father and Mother
      
    • How Do We Imitate the Virgin Mary?
      
    • How Do We Worship God?
      
    • I am the Light of the World
      
    • Israel's Monarchy
      
    • Jesus as the 'Perfection' of Faith
      
    • Jesus Lost at the Temple
      
    • Jesus Read Books
      
    • Jesus' temptation in Mark and Luke
      
    • Jesus: Fulfillment of the Law and Prophets
      
    • John the Baptist
      
    • Learn From Me
      
    • Life in the Womb and Abortion
      
    • Living Under the Cloud
      
    • Lord Acton's Dictum on Absolute Power
      
    • Making Our Thoughts Captive to Christ
      
    • Meet God Halfway
      
    • Mission to Guatemala
      
    • Moving Mountains
      
    • Osama is Dead. Now What Should I Feel?
      
    • Patriots for Christ
      
    • Pearls to the Pigs and Communion to Dogs
      
    • Persist in Prayer
      
    • Placing Impossible Standards on Ourselves
      
    • Practical Humility
      
    • Providing for Christ and His Church
      
    • Putting Off Today What We Can Do Tomorrow
      
    • Race to the Tomb! -- The Seventh Orthros Reading
      
    • Rags to Riches: The Apostles on Pentecost
      
    • Reminders of the Resurrection -- The Fourth Orthros Reading
      
    • Reproaching the Reproachers
      
    • Resisting the Legion of Thoughts
      
    • Returning Good for Evil
      
    • Rev. Wright and Black Liberation Theology
      
    • Sabbath Rest and Healing
      
    • Satisfying Our Thirst
      
    • Simon Son of Jonah, Do You Love Me? -- The Eleventh Orthros Reading
      
    • Speak My Name
      
    • St. Gregory Palamas and the Prayer of Silence
      
    • Swimming in the Fast of Lent
      
    • Ten Lessons about the Ten Talents
      
    • The Christ of the Folded Napkin
      
    • The Church in the Scriptures
      
    • The Deceitfulness of RIches
      
    • The Disarming Technique
      
    • The Fight for Peace
      
    • The Judgment of Love
      
    • The Key to Joy: Prayer, Thanksgiving and Thinking
      
    • The Lenten Prayer of St. Ephraim the Syrian
      
    • The Meeting of Balaam and Balak
      
    • The Paradox of Zacchaeus
      
    • The Power of "No"
      
    • The Resurrection Message in the Movie Castaway
      
    • The Resurrection of Christ and the Rise of Christianity
      
    • The Rewards of Fasting
      
    • The Road Less Travelled
      
    • The Sanctity of Life
      
    • The Sign of Jonah
      
    • The Slippery Slide
      
    • The Spirit of Christmas
      
    • The Temptations of Jesus and the Disobedience of Israel
      
    • The Theological Correspondence Between Isaac and Jesus
      
    • The Virginia Tech Massacre -- Lessons to Learn
      
    • The Widow of Nain
      
    • Through Their Eyes
      
    • Treasures for Yourself or Rich Towards God?
      
    • Walk as Children of the Light
      
    • What Are You, Blind?
      
    • What Can We Learn from St. Stephen?
      
    • What Can We Learn from the Temptation of Christ?
      
    • When Christ rose again the third day according to the Scriptures
      
    • Where's Mephibosheth?
      
    • Who is Your Father?
      
    • Who is Your Master: God or Mammom?
      
    • Whom Do You Seek? -- The Eighth Orthros Reading
      
    • Why Are We Surprised When Things Go Bad And We Get Hurt?
      
    • Why Do We Gather Around John the Baptist?
      
    • Why Do We Venerate the Holy Cross?
      
    • Why Do You Go to Church?
      
    • Why We Kneel Before God
      
    • With God, Nothing is Impossible
      
    • Words Can Heal or Hurt
      
    • Your Conscience - Follow God’s Call
      
• Sanctity of Life
  • Bioethics: Creating a Culture of Death
    
  • Abortion
    • Abortion And Its Aftermath
      
    • NARAL’s Daughters — The Abortion Rights Crowd is Concerned
      
    • San Jose Articles Challenge UN Position on a Universal Right to Abortion
      
    • The Early Christians and Abortion
      
  • Biotechnology
    • A European Victory for Ethical Stem Cell Research
      
  • Euthanasia/Infanticide
    • The First Christian Voices Against Euthanasia
      
  • Organ Donation
    • Presumptuous Consent
      
  • Physician Assisted Suicide (PAS)
    • Assisted Suicide: Why Now?
      
    • Sympathectomy of the Soul
      
    • The Ethics of Assisted Suicide
      
  • Philosophical Themes
    • Brave New World Isn't Inevitable
      
    • Cuba's True Martyrs
      
    • Knocking Human Beings Off the Pedestal of Exceptionalism
      
    • Sex Is Holy: Psycho-Spiritual Reflections In A Secular World
      
• Science
  • Intelligent Design/Darwinism
    • Darwin's World of Pain and Wonder
      
    • Defending Intelligent Design
      
    • Evolution and the Illusion of Randomness
      
    • What Brings a World Into Being?
      
  • Global Warming
    • Earth Day Turns 40
      
    • Evangelicals and Global Warming
      
  • Philosophical Themes
    • Science and the Demands of Virtue
      
    • The Missing Link: The Coessential Nature of Science and Faith
      
• Sexual Politics
  • Homosexuality
    • Civil Unions, Stepping Stones That Undermine Marriage
      
  • Sexuality and Society
    • Arousing Ourselves to Death
      
    • Civil Unions, Stepping Stones That Undermine Marriage
      
    • The Curious Incident at the New York Times
      
• Light of the East - Society of St. John Chrysostom

  Messages for Light of the East, the quarterly newsletter of the St. John Chrysostom Society - Western Region. Visit their website: www.lightoftheeast.org.

  • God's Mercy: The Focus of Eastern & Western Church Understanding
    
  • Healing Orthodox Division: A Message for all Apostolic Churches
    
  • Moral Courage: Something the Apostolic Churches Can Do Now
    
  • On the Blood of the Martyrs
    
  • Relativism: The Enemy of All Apostolic Churches
    
  • Stormy Weather Committment
    
  • The Byzantine Liturgy as Missionary
    
  • The Society of St. John Chysostom as Witness
    
  • The Wounds in the Body of Christ
    
  • Working Together in Charity
    
  • Zeal: Among the First of Virtues of our Missionary Apostolate