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Monthly Archives: May 2009
St. Paul – The Church’s 1st Generation of New Leaders
Some commentators have noted that once St. Paul becomes a Christian he seems much more aggressive and bold about taking the Christian message to the Gentiles than are the apostles from among the Twelve. St. Paul embraces the mission to the … Continue reading
Posted in Church, Gospel, Hierarchy, Ministry, Orthodox Church, St. Paul, Uncategorized
Tagged Apostles, Conversion of St. Paul, Disciples, Pauline Gospel, St. Paul
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Julie’s Graduation
The Class of 2009 made history today with their graduation. 718 Seniors graduated. 96% plan to continue their education beyond high school. Julie received her high school diploma with focus on Allied Health. I took … Continue reading
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Happiness: In Relationship to Whom?
One of the benefits of blogging for me has been the chance to dialogue with people who hold different beliefs than I do. In these exchanges with people who embrace atheism or who reject religion that I often wonder “what God … Continue reading
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The Truth about What we Believe
Stanley Fish wrote an opinion piece in the New York Times entitled God Talk, one paragraph of which I commented on in my blog The American Myth and Its God. Fish’s opinion piece brought out a fair number of atheist critics … Continue reading
The Ascension: Believers, Get Your Heads out of the Clouds
In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen. After … Continue reading
Posted in Ascension, Christ, Church, Gospel, Orthodox Church, Orthodoxy, resurrection, Uncategorized
Tagged Acts 1:1-12, Ascension, Cloud of Witnesses, Great Commission, Heaven, Holy Spirit, New Creation, resurrection
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The Feast of the Ascension (2009)
The Ascension of our Lord Acts 1:1-12 “As the Gospel tells us, after the Lord’s Ascension the Apostles returned (to Jerusalem) ‘with great joy.’ (Luke 24:52) The Lord knows what joy He gave them: and their souls experienced this … Continue reading
Posted in Ascension, Christ, Kingdom, Orthodoxy, salvation
Tagged Acts 1:1-12, Ascension, Heaven, Luke 24
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A Foreign but Friendly Critique of America (2)
This is Part 2 and the conclusion of my blog A Foreign but Friendly Critique of America. Kishore Mahbubani, dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore, wrote what he considered to … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Election, Government, Peace, Politics, Uncategorized, United States
Tagged American Democracy, U.S. Economy, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S. Politics
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A Foreign but Friendly Critique of America
“Primum non nocere.” (First, not to harm.) Nonmaleficence, as Wikipedia notes, is a fundamental principle in medical treatment reminding ”the physician and other health care providers that they must consider the possible harm that any intervention might do.” It is an idea … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Election, Politics, Uncategorized, United States
Tagged America, Entitlements, Individualism, U.S. Foreign Policy
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The Unity of the Church
The recent discussions regarding the Church in America and Canon 28 of the 451AD Council of Chalcedon are no doubt essential to the eventual normalization in organizing the Orthodox jurisdictions in America. I have not yet had the chance to … Continue reading
Posted in Christ, Conciliarity, Hierarchy, Orthodox Church, Orthodox Church in America, Uncategorized
Tagged Afanasiev, Canon Law, Chalcedon 28, Holy Spirit, Joshua 22, One Lord, Orthodox Unity
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The Gift of Light and the Allure of Darkness
The Man born blind (John 9) St. John Chrysostom wrote regarding the Gospel lesson of the man born blind: “‘Now this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, yet men have loved the darkness rather than the light.’ He … Continue reading
Posted in Christ, Evil, Judgment, Light, Orthodoxy, Repentance, salvation
Tagged John 9, Light and Darkness, Light of Christ, Man born blind
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