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Is the budgetary glass half-full or half-empty?

Father Orthoduck would like to remind his readers about the glass half-full or glass half-empty saying we have in this culture. It is meant to remind us that sometimes our outlook on a situation can vary depending on our background, etc. It is an old joke about the difference between an optimist and a pessimist. It is a warning that the data can look different to different people despite being the... [Read more]

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Walmart caskets

Looking to save money on your casket? Well, this Halloween, you can get a great deal on a Wal-Mart casket. Yes, Father Orthoduck would not mislead you. Go to Wal-Mart, where you can buy your very own casket and beat the funeral home rip-off. If interested, please go here. Actually, Father Orthoduck thinks that this is a good idea. There is nothing about a casket that requires that it be made by an... [Read more]

Five Types of Christians

Mother Maria Skobtsova, a martyr of the Nazi concentration camps, and an early 20th century intellectual and nun, wrote an insightful essay entitled, “Types of Religious Life.” In it she articulates five ways of being religious: the “synodal,” the ritualist, the aesthetical, the ascetical as well the ideal way, the “evangelical” (or “way of the Gospel.”). While it is easy to point fingers... [Read more]

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We have met the enemy and he is us, part 02

. . . drop themselves into the sea. The final enemy is the one to which we tend to historically pay the least attention, and that is the flesh. And here is the key to what kept the monastics and the Amish from straying into the legalism and the lack of balance of the separatist fundamentalist. For too many of us, and not simply for the separatist fundamentalist but for all too many of us, our attitude... [Read more]

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Vilification as a modern tool

Below is a good quote from a Baptist pastor who is reliably known as a theological conservative. I think it needs no further comment and it invites us to think: The reason conservatives and progressives can’t talk to one another are the tactics of vilification. We turn to them too soon. We use them without restraint. We all turn into Bill O’Reilley. Both sides. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Vilification... [Read more]

We have met the enemy and he is us, part 01

I have been talking about the Anabaptists–or at least those descended from the English Separatists–and the early monastics. I have mentioned how the monastics were kept from falling into the same trap as the Anabaptists. But, let me put it another way that may help you to see it better, and it has to do with the cartoon above. I wonder how many of you remember Pogo and the tremendous impact... [Read more]

How monks avoided becoming fundamentalists

Yesterday I asked the question about why the early Christian monks did not fall into the trap of the modern separatist fundamentalists. After all, if you read Church history, the monastic movement started from some of the same concerns the Anabaptists had about the purity of the Church and the failure of Christians to practice, or at least try to live, a life of increasing Christian perfection. So,... [Read more]

Why some fundamentalists need to study history!

Church Plans To Burn Bibles, Christian Books Pastor Says Burning Meant To Light A Fire Under True Believers CANTON, N.C. — A North Carolina pastor says his church plans to burn Bibles and books by Christian authors on Halloween to light a fire under true believers. Pastor Marc Grizzard told Asheville TV station WLOS that the King James version of the Bible is the only one his small western North... [Read more]

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Masjid ul Aqsa fighting

Today the news came across about fighting at the Masjid ul Aqsa compound. Most of us in the USA know is as the Dome of the Rock. It is the third holiest site in Islam and the holiest site for Jews. Within its general area are both the mosque and the Wailing Wall. Of course, for Christians who believe in a dispensationalist interpretation of the Bible, this is the area where the new temple will be built.... [Read more]

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Hmm, tempting to believe this is true

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