OK, so what is popular religiosity and why is it important that we know what it is? Well, first let me print a couple of quotes that will help you begin to understand it. You need not read the quotes to understand the posts that will come out after this one. [Warning: the quotes are heavy going.] Today I am […]
On children raised as Christians
Recently Fr. Orthohippo posted: An evangelical is slow to understand how a person could know God (including Jesus) from birth, even if they lapse and leave their faith for a time, and return later. A Catholic or Orthodox wonders how an evangelical can ignore the wisdom and history of the Church and insist on individual […]
Why I don’t go to church – excuse 103
Father Orthoduck saw this cartoon today and thought that it expressed very nicely some people’s thought pattern. This is the famous, “I don’t think of God until I am in trouble” thought pattern. And, if God does not answer the prayer, then they take that as proof that God does not really care. A variation […]
What the second professor taught me
Yesterday, I wrote about the influence of one of my seminary professors on my life, and the lessons I learned from him, both about being logical and about knowing the limits of human logic. Today I want to talk about the second professor, Dr. Jerry Flora. He was raised as a good Brethren believer and […]
Good commentary on failing newspapers
Father Orthoduck found the above comic to be a most apt commentary on why newspapers fail. There are even good statistics showing the effects of the newspaper sensationalization of the news on the average person in America. For instance, ask yourself, are you more likely to get murdered or raped or burglared today or twenty years ago? Most […]
A tale of two professors
The first seminary I ever attended deeply formed me. [Yes, I have attended more than one seminary.] That seminary was Ashland Theological Seminary in Ashland, OH. There were professors there that I still remember to this day. And, there was an attitude there that I wish to this day that I could replicate in my life. […]
Evangelism and the Orthodox
I work in a mission church. We are short of money. I have been unsuccessfully looking for a job that will allow me to be a priest for a year now with an incredible lack of success. Our mission is running out of money and in less than a year they will not be able […]
The unholy trinity
An evangelical blogger that I read every day just posted an article in which he speaks about the unholy trinity. He says: Someone wrote me the other day using the phrase “the other Trinity,” referring to evangelicals’ obsession with homosexuality, abortion and evolution. All are important issues, but does anyone else have the suspicion that we are […]
Eastern Orthodox Olympics
Father Orthoduck had the following announcement relayed to him by email. I am unfortunately not able to track down the source. However, I have included a video of the team censer swing from the Western Rite team from the Antiochian Archdiocese. Both the Antiochians and the Russians have been training these alternate liturgical teams. ================= The International […]
To God be the glory
Below is a comment I made on another blog. It had to do with the phrase sola Dei gloria, which means only to God be the glory. ========= Steve, Curtis, Matt, and Jan point out that the Scriptures themselves talk about humans having glory. We are being changed from glory to glory. Glory has come […]
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