One of the commenters to my blog on Caster Semenya commented that I should not have used the term hermaphrodite–despite the fact that this was the term used in several newspapers of various stripes–and should have used the term intersex. Needless to say, as with any discussion that involves sex and gender nowadays, this is […]
Some national memories are worth remembering
I am going to take a one day break from talking about marriage because of a memory that struck me. You see, as I am writing this, it has been 10 days since the anniversary of 9/11. But, oddly enough, the memory that came to me was not the memory of the towers. It is […]
Orthodoxy and physical spousal abuse
Two days ago I blogged two posts on spousal abuse and yesterday on people with certain physical conditions. Let me deal first with spousal abuse. In order to set up this post and the next one, let me give you a rather long quote. I ask that you read it carefully. Unfortunately, the original article […]
How does the Church treat the Caster Semenyas of the world?
I suspect that most of you are not aware of the controversy over Caster Semenya of South Africa. She is an 18 year old runner from South Africa who recently won the women’s 800 meters at the World Championships in Berlin. What brought her to world attention is that she broke the world’s record. And, […]
Self-delusion
Every pastor has to deal with the person who comes to him and tries to excuse himself when he is committing a very serious sin and violating his marriage. Why did I use the masculine pronoun? Well, despite the changes in society and the growth of feminism, it is still my experience that the male […]
Orthodox Anglican Trivia Tidbit
OK, for all of you trivia fans I have a question. When did Anglicans and Orthodox first meet in the continental United States? Now in order to answer that question, you have to know something of the missionary expansion of the Russian Orthodox Church. Most people vaguely realize that the Russians were in what is […]
How to be a father, correctly!
OK, for all you dads out there, this is the right way to be a loving father. In passing, as you will note in the interview, the Phillies did reward him for what he did. Listen, pay attention, and imitate this guy.
On Darwin and Deism
Much blood has been spilled over Darwin. Debates rage about whether he was a Christian or not. By that I do not mean judgments about his theology or philosophy, but rather whether Darwin thought of himself as a Christian. Quotes are cited back and forth as to whether he “repented” or not of his stance […]
Words have power, maybe, part 03
I started this series answering a question from one of the readers who has been told the same thing that many of us have been told at one time or another. For instance, we get told that we should not take part in the martial arts because back in China or Japan the martial art […]
Words have power, maybe, part 02
Sadly many of our current conservative Christians go significantly too far in the area of the demonic, and begin to believe illogical and contradictory ideas that have more in common with Hollywood than they do with Christian reality. — quote from yesterday’s post. Before I speak about the illogical ideas, let’s take one post to […]
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