Archive
February 2012
Chaplains Corner: Even the Thought is an Affront to God
Limiting the service of chaplains gives the impression that government administrators think religion is unimportant.
January 2, 2012
January 2, 2012
Smart Parenting XXIV Applying Christ’s Beatitudes to Parenting: Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit
Becoming poor in spirit.
January 2, 2012
January 2, 2012
January 2012
Speak My Name
Go therefore into all nations...
January 12, 2012
January 12, 2012
Engaged Monasticism
We need a return to the monasticism of the 4th century.
January 12, 2012
January 12, 2012
Has Europe Lost Its Soul?
The religious roots of the market economy and of democratic capitalism...were produced by a culture saturated in the values of the Judaeo-Christian heritage, and market economics was originally intended to advance those values.
January 12, 2012
January 12, 2012
A Grim Christmas
This Christmas let us spare a thought and say a prayer for countless Christian victims of Muslim brutality, over the centuries and in our own time.
January 12, 2012
January 12, 2012
Defending Intelligent Design
"This whole Darwinian story, it seems to me, has been very much oversold," says Phillip Johnson. "It is an imaginative story that has been spun on the basis of very little evidence."
January 12, 2012
January 12, 2012
The Favor of God Was Upon Him—Homily on the Circumcision of Christ, January 1, 2012
What are the works that we must do that follow from Christ's teachings?
January 3, 2012
January 3, 2012
January 2012
Commitment for a New Year: Overcoming Rudeness
Treating people rudely violates their inherent dignity.
January 1, 2012
January 1, 2012
Understanding Counseling in a Pastoral Setting
A presentation below was given to the Clergy Retreat of the Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America, November 08-11, 2011, in Scottsdale, AZ.
January 1, 2012
January 1, 2012
Philosophy and Contentment in the Age of Radical Skepticism
"We have reached a point in Western history when common sense and our instinct for survival force us to ask: Can an entire age be spiritually and morally sick?"
December 31, 2011
December 31, 2011
Beware the ‘Rights of Nature’
Mother Earth has rights too! At least that’s what radical environmentalists say.
December 31, 2011
December 31, 2011
What Brings a World Into Being?
How does the information latent in the fundamental laws of physics unfold itself to become a world? Apparently is just does.
December 31, 2011
December 31, 2011
Evolution and the Illusion of Randomness
Evolutionists can't explain the purpose of organisms.
December 28, 2011
December 28, 2011
Political Discourse and Impugning Motives
"The tendency to attack motivations … is frequently a sign of intellectual laziness.”
December 28, 2011
December 28, 2011
An Upside-Down Family Tree
"The problem with the advanced West is not that it's broke but that it's old and barren."
December 26, 2011
December 26, 2011
The Limits of Secularism
A society without faith is like one without art, beauty or grace, and no society without faith can endure for long.
December 24, 2011
December 24, 2011
Christmas Too Commercialized? Bah! Humbug!
There's more to the commercialism than meets the eye.
December 24, 2011
December 24, 2011
Good Marriage XXIV. Trust: A Cornerstone of a Godly Marriage
Commitment and loyalty are the foundation of trust in marriage.
December 4, 2011
December 4, 2011
Remembrance of God
Being "Scrooge-like" is a spiritual illness with a cure.
December 5, 2011
December 5, 2011
November 2011
A European Victory for Ethical Stem Cell Research
European Union rules that embryonic stem cells and the products derived from them cannot be patented.
November 9, 2011
November 9, 2011
Christ: Our Model for Forgiveness
"Forgive one another as I have forgiven you."
November 5, 2011
November 5, 2011
Overcoming Bitterness
Bitterness impedes personal growth.
November 5, 2011
November 5, 2011
October 2011
The Missing Link: The Coessential Nature of Science and Faith
Science and religion may have more in common than we think.
October 17, 2011
October 17, 2011
Free Market Sweden, Social Democratic America
Two historic countries, moving in opposite -- and unexpected -- directions.
October 13, 2011
October 13, 2011
Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein, the New World Order, and Our longing for Dystopia
"The great temptation and tragedy of contemporary society is our desire for happiness at all cost, and our goal of making the objective demands and contingencies of everyday life all but vanish."
October 11, 2011
October 11, 2011
American Challenges: The Blue Model Breaks Down
The blue model has been declining for thirty years already, and... is increasingly likely to bring on a crash.
October 11, 2011
October 11, 2011
New Blue Nightmare: Clarence Thomas and the Amendment of Doom
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas "...has been pioneering the techniques and the ideas that could...conceivably topple the constitutionality of the post New Deal state."
October 11, 2011
October 11, 2011
When Christ rose again the third day according to the Scriptures
Which scriptures did Paul mean?
October 8, 2011
October 8, 2011
San Jose Articles Challenge UN Position on a Universal Right to Abortion
United Nations effort to impose pro-choice ideology world wide is challenged.
October 8, 2011
October 8, 2011
Obama Court Case Could Force Christian Schools, Churches to Employ HIV-Positive, Transgender Teacher
The Obama administration wants more control over Christian churches and schools.
October 7, 2011
October 7, 2011
On the Fall of Man
What does Genesis say about the Fall of man?
October 6, 2011
October 6, 2011
Why Pastors Must Be Free To Preach On Politics
A freedom that must be handled judiciously and never taken away.
October 6, 2011
October 6, 2011
Smart Parenting XXIII. Coping with Bullying
A comprehensive but practical look at bullying and how to deal with it.
October 3, 2011
October 3, 2011
Compassion: The Forgotten Virtue
Compassion is a skill that can be developed by practice.
October 3, 2011
October 3, 2011
September 2011
Working Together in Charity
Any interaction we have with others, especially those who may differ with us should be based on the utmost charity that Christ showed Himself
September 12, 2011
September 12, 2011
Anger - The Boomerang Emotion
As anger increases, so does its destructiveness.
September 1, 2011
September 1, 2011
Revisiting that Kindness and Forgiveness Are Next to Godliness: Even in Church
Harsh severity and anger can drive people away from the Church.
September 1, 2011
September 1, 2011
August 2011
Patriots for Christ
In the Third Wold Christianity is exploding, in the Christian West it is dying.
August 3, 2011
August 3, 2011
The Indoctrination of Children: Murray v. Curlett Revisited
The state used public education to indoctrinate children.
August 3, 2011
August 3, 2011
Making Our Future
Blessed Augustine writes: Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.
August 1, 2011
August 1, 2011
Smart Parenting XXII. Witnessing Loyalty, Dedication and Dependability
Parents need to model dedication, loyalty, and dependability.
August 1, 2011
August 1, 2011
July 2011
Why the Arabic World Turned Away from Science
Spain, hardly an intellectual superpower, translates more books in a single year than the entire Arab world has in the past thousand years.
July 8, 2011
July 8, 2011
Divine Justice vs. Human Justice
The way things appear to us is not always the way they appear to God.
July 1, 2011
July 1, 2011
Smart Parenting XXI. Raising Children Disposed to Peace
Teaching your children peace in a violent world.
July 1, 2011
July 1, 2011
June 2011
Intellectuals as True Believers
Those who attempt to block the development of universal suffrage must indeed be made to suffer.
June 24, 2011
June 24, 2011
The Shaky Foundation Of Keynesian Economics
Worldview affects even economic theorists.
June 24, 2011
June 24, 2011
Jesus as the ‘Perfection’ of Faith
What is Jesus' relationship to faith?
June 24, 2011
June 24, 2011
Address to European Council of Religious Leaders on Religious Persecution
European religious leaders must unite to fight Christian persecution around the world.
June 23, 2011
June 23, 2011
America Becoming ‘Much Less Friendly’ to Religious Freedom
Anti-religionists will use the power of the state to diminish the influence of Christianity in the culture.
June 23, 2011
June 23, 2011
When the Church Bows to the State: Gay Bishops in the Church of England
The Church of England becomes subservient to the State over homosexuality.
June 23, 2011
June 23, 2011
Shades of Grey: The Record of Archbishop Stepinac
Pope Benedict XVI’s uncritical portrayal of Archbishop Alojzije Stepinac (1898-1960) as a saintly figure raises problems for the Orthodox.
June 09, 2011
June 09, 2011
Will the World Really End on December 21, 2012?
Let's forget the Mayans and Nostradamus and go back to the basics.
June 6, 2012
June 6, 2012
Finding Meaning in Suffering
Much worry comes from the idea that life should be the way we want it to be. Most of the time it isn't.
June 5, 2001
June 5, 2001
Healing Apostolic Church Disunity: Zeal - Among the first of virtues required by Holy Baptism
Love is the key to zealous committment in the Church.
June 5, 2011
June 5, 2011
May 2011
Zeal: Among the First of Virtues of our Missionary Apostolate
We have to cultivate the virtue of zeal.
May 17, 2011
May 17, 2011
Economics 101
Financial health is easier than you think.
May 17, 2011
May 17, 2011
Mortality Tales
Composer John Tavener reflects on his life and illness.
May 15, 2001
May 15, 2001
Osama is Dead. Now What Should I Feel?
Mixed feelings on the death of a murderer.
May 2, 2011
May 2, 2011
Smart Parenting XX. The Theology and Practice of Love Made Simple
God's love for us is individualized and concrete.
May 1, 2011
May 1, 2011
The Hidden Devastation of Greed
The moral dimension of our economic crisis.
May 1, 2011
May 1, 2011
April 2011
The Seminary Bubble: The Great Relearning
The economics of seminary education.
April 27, 2011
April 27, 2011
A Catholic Hermit’s Path to Orthodoxy
The journey to Orthodoxy that took a lifetime.
April 26, 2011
April 26, 2011
Arousing Ourselves to Death
Porn is ravaging our churches.
April 26, 2011
April 26, 2011
Fr. George Calciu: First Century Christian in the Twentieth Century
The cruelty inflicted on Orthodox believers by Communists surpasses that of Early Church.
April 23, 2011
April 23, 2011
The Miracle of the Holy Fire in Jerusalem
The light that emerges from the Tomb of Christ on Christian Passover.
April 21, 2011
April 21, 2011
Climate Scientists: Our Modern Day Prophets?
Lawmakers who are skeptical about climate change "are committing crime[s] against humanity.”
April 23, 2011
April 23, 2011
Torture, Terrorists and Just War
An excerpt from Warrior Monk: A Pastor Stephen Grant Novel.
April 19, 2011
April 19, 2011
Christians in a Post-Welfare State World
The coming collapse of the welfare state age could be a chance for a Renaissance in Christian thought.
April 18, 2011
April 18, 2011
IVF: Enough Will Never Be Enough
Genetically modified embryos next stage.
April 18, 2011
April 18, 2011
One Must Stand by the Cross with Sober Vigilance
Reflecting on the Lenten journey.
April 18, 2011
April 18, 2011
A Hidden History of Evil
Why doesn’t anyone care about the unread Soviet archives?
April 18, 2011
April 18, 2011
Why God Isn’t Doing Well
The universities are fighting an undeclared war on faith.
April 18, 2011
April 18, 2011
Transcendence, Myth, and the Future of Man
Positivism and the death of transcendence.
April 18, 2011
April 18, 2011
“Srebrenica” and the Power of Reason
Untangling a historical myth.
April 18, 2011
April 18, 2011
Atlas Shrugged – See the Movie, Skip the Book
Ayn Rand was right about soul-stultifying statism, but wrong about many other things.
April 18, 2011
April 18, 2011
Pride: The Source of All Evil
Pride is the root of all vice.
April 8, 2011
April 8, 2011
Good Marriage XXII. A Marriage Breaker: Obnoxiously Insisting on Your Point of View
Forcing "truth" makes it unlikely it will be heard.
April 8, 2011
April 8, 2011
March 2011
Out of the Fountain that is Christ: Free Will, Tolerance and Forgiveness
How should Christians respond to the charge that they are intolerant?
March 1, 2011
March 1, 2011
Worthy Work
What determines what work is worthy?
March 1, 2011
March 1, 2011
February 2011
The Hidden Anti-Semitism of Christopher Hitchens and the New Atheists
Anti-theist rationales mirror those of holocaust deniers and others.
February 7, 2011
February 7, 2011
Every Good and Perfect Gift is from Above
God at the Florida shootings.
February 5, 2011
February 5, 2011
The Power of “No”
"Our sins are like a maelstrom...and the longer we stay in that storm the harder it is to get out."
February 5, 2011
February 5, 2011
Moral Courage: Something the Apostolic Churches Can Do Now
Defending the moral tradition in the face of secularism, moral relativism and political and religious correctness.
Spring, 2011
Spring, 2011
February 2011
Pastoral Pointer: It’s the Spirit Behind the Letter
The letter kills but the Spirit gives life.
February 1, 2010
February 1, 2010
Good Marriage XXI. Forfending Disclosure Demand and Disclosure Phobia
Even Jesus did not demand anyone disclose their thoughts and feelings to Him.
January 5, 2011
January 5, 2011
Envy: The Concealed Passion
Envy is listed last in the 10 Commandments but near first in evil consequences.
January 3, 2011
January 3, 2011
Orthodox Preachers Attending The Festival Of Young Preachers
Orthodox young people enter national preaching competition.
January 2, 2011
January 2, 2011
Combatting Secularism: A Powerpoint Presentation for Clergy and Catechists
A talk given to the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco clergy, November, 2010
January 1, 2011
January 1, 2011
December 2010
New Book: Christ after Communism: Spiritual Authority and Its Transmission in Moscow Today
A story of post-Soviet Russian Orthodoxy told from within.
December 29, 2010
December 29, 2010
The Heartless Lovers of Mankind
In this classic 1987 article Paul Johnson warns to beware of those who love humanity but have problems with people.
December 29, 2010
December 29, 2010
Medicare Counseling Reg Not a Death Panel: But Health Care Rationing a Clear and Present Danger
Obama administration has sights set on government rationing of health care.
December 29, 2010
December 29, 2010
Backdoor “Death Panels”?
In a stealthy move, the Obama administration has slipped end-of-life planning back into Medicare regulation.
December 29, 2010
December 29, 2010
Europe, Immigration, and Merkel’s Christian Values
Recognizing the need to reestablish Christian values in Europe.
December 10, 2010
December 10, 2010
Debate: The Source of Human Morality (Opening Statement)
A debate between Fr. Hans Jacobse and Matt Dillahunty
December 10, 2010
December 10, 2010
The Source of Human Morality (Videos)
A debate between Fr. Hans Jacobse and Matt Dillahunty
December 10, 2010
December 10, 2010
Our New Obamacare Masters
Meet the Independent Payment Advisory Board
December 10, 2010
December 10, 2010
Believers, Like the Miners of Chile, Seek the Light
The light that illuminates come from the outside?
December 10, 2010
December 10, 2010
Learn From Me
A Christmas reflection on the humility of Christ
December 10, 2010
December 10, 2010
The Ethics of Assisted Suicide
A survey of Early Christian literature.
December 10, 2010
December 10, 2010
