Today is the beginning of the Nativity Fast. Whenever any fasting period begins I get the inevitable question. What are the fasting rules? So, rather than giving you my opinion, let me cut and paste directly from the website of the Antiochian jurisdiction. I trust this will help you during this coming fasting season. The […]
Archives for 2012
OCA elects new Metropolitan 2012
PARMA, OH [OCA] His Eminence, Archbishop Tikhon, Archbishop of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania, was elected Primate of the Orthodox Church in America during the 17th All-American Council of the Orthodox Church in America at Holy Trinity Church here Tuesday, November 13, 2012. To all the Orthodox who are members of the OCA, let me express […]
Metropolitan Hilarion of Russia visits Nashotah House (Episcopal seminary)
Recently Metropolitan Hilarion of Russia visited Nashotah House, the Anglo-Catholic seminary of The Episcopal Church. Below is the news report from the Patriarchate of Moscow. The photograph above is of Metropolitan Hilarion receiving a cope as a gift from Nashotah House. ============= On October 25-26, 2012, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s […]
A changing moral landscape is not a sufficient explanation
“It’s that the entire moral landscape has changed,” he said. “An increasingly secularized America understands our positions, and has rejected them.” — R. Albert Mohler, Jr., president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. While it is true that the moral landscape of America is changing and secularizing, I would not say that America has rejected […]
Western All Saints’ Day 2012
For all the saints, who from their labors rest, who thee by faith before the world confessed, thy name, O Jesus, be forever blest. Alleluia, Alleluia! … And when the strife is fierce, the warfare long, steals on the ear the distant triumph song, and hearts are brave again, and arms are strong. Alleluia, Alleluia! […]
Just giving back — Buffalo Soldier
Today I had another of those VA Medical Centers encounters that warmed the cockles of my heart and left me flabbergasted at the same time. I was walking down the hallway of a Medical Center when I saw a “senior” black veteran with a leather jacket sporting a “Buffalo Soldier” logo, complete with brigade information […]
Westminster Confession of faith and God’s intentions
Recently there have been various Congressmen who have been making some odd statements, including some about God’s intentions. On a previous post I had commented that this is why I am not a Calvinist. But, I thought it good to do a small follow up on the issue of Calvinism. You see, one of the […]
When our sin catches up with us
If you watch the video of Phil Snider’s speech in front of the Springfield City Council (below), you will see what I consider to be an excellently crafted speech. It is so excellently crafted because of the twist at the end in which he completely reverses direction. Sadly, the reason it hits like a blow […]
One of the reasons I am not a Calvinist
Indiana Republican Senate candidate Richard Mourdock said Tuesday when a woman is impregnated during a rape, “it’s something God intended.” Mourdock was asked during the final minutes of a debate whether abortion should be allowed in cases of rape or incest. He replied: “I think even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, […]
True evangelicals believe only in evolution — NOT
One of the most persistent narratives being passed around modern Evangelicalism is that one must deny evolution in order to really be a true “Bible-believing” Evangelical. If one does not believe in six-day young earth creationism, then obviously one is inconsistent in interpreting Scripture and does not really believe in the God of the Bible. […]
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