The quote below comes from part of a post by Internet Monk. Went to the post office this morning (I love Saturday mail. Please don’t cancel it) and there was an old friend sitting in his car. His wife was in the PO. Big, strong strapping man. … [Continue reading]
ACORN has extremists within it
Father Orthoduck has previously pointed out that there are some real whack jobs on the right wing. They deliberately twist the truth and consider themselves to be justified because they are preventing a worse evil. There is a willingness to lie and … [Continue reading]
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On Joe Wilson and incivility
Father Orthoduck is drifting farther and farther away from the Republicans with whom he voted during the late 1980's and into President George Bush's second election. The drift began during President Bush's first term as the debate about illegal … [Continue reading]
Flannery O’Connor and hell
"It takes two to love. It takes liberty. It takes the right to reject. If there were no hell, we would be like the animals. No hell, no dignity.” Flannery O'Connor, 1959 Mary Flannery O'Connor was a southern writer and a Roman Catholic. She died … [Continue reading]
Sometimes we just simply use bad logic
Recently I posted a comment on someone else's blog and, in part, received the comment on my comment listed below: With all due respect, the Radical Reformers’ desire to do away with the liturgical aspects of worship probably had more to do with … [Continue reading]
Speaking the truth in love
Yesterday I quoted Saint Paul, “Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ.” I wrote that in connection with the tendency of too many bloggers to just write neither exactly the truth … [Continue reading]
Some random thoughts on Church
I recently received some questions, as I periodically do, and I thought I would publish part of my answer. Any personal references have been removed. The note is not meant to be theologically precise, but rather general. Every Church has its … [Continue reading]
Are we not all tired of the arguing yet?
Father Orthoduck saw this quote on another blog. Are you frustrated with the constant bickering between the parties? Are you tired of the "he said, she said" of current politics? Do you wish the Congress would get about the business of seriously … [Continue reading]
On freedom and the wrath of God
I was just reading a transcript of an interview from 2008 on Ancient Faith Radio in which Frederica Mathewes-Green was interviewing Fr. Ted Stylianopoulos. At one point Father Ted says: But you notice, in Romans chapter 1, as God Holiness … [Continue reading]
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