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Monthly Archives: July 2009
What is a miracle?
Time and again we read of miracles in the Gospel and in the Old Testament and indeed, we observe them in the life of the Church through the centuries; miracles of healing, miracles of the renewal of a human life … Continue reading
Posted in Beauty, Christ, God, Orthodox, Uncategorized
Tagged God and Man, Healing, Miracle of Christ, Miracles
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God’s Existence: Not Dependent on Disproving Evolution
As I’ve mentioned before one of the benefits of blogging is that one does occasionally have opportunity to enter into discourse with someone who holds to idea or beliefs radically different from one’s own or even antithetical to one’s own. … Continue reading
The Freedom to love vs. The Bondage of Self-love
The Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book has a prayer which speaks about “bondage of self.” We really can be so self centered - paying so much attention to what “I” want – as to be enslaved to the self. Such bondage cuts … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Christian, love, Orthodox, Uncategorized
Tagged Being Christian, Christian Love, love, Love vs. Self-love, Self love
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Which virtue is most important?
: St. Makarios of Egypt said Where outward ascetic practice is concerned, which virtue is the most important? The answer to this is that the virtues are linked one to the other, and follow as it were a sacred sequence, … Continue reading
Please Your Neighbor Not Yourself
We who are strong ought to bear with the scruples of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, leading to edification. For even Christ did not please Himself… (Romans 15:1-2) … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Christian, humility, love, Marriage, Orthodox, Orthodoxy, Peace, Uncategorized
Tagged Being Christian, Charity, Edification, Harmony, Healthy Marriage, Peace, Service
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Evolution from Creation to New Creation (3)
This is part 3 and the conclusion of my blog which began with Evolution from Creation to New Creation (1), and then continued in Evolution from Creation to New Creation (2). These three blogs are all my own ruminations upon the book by … Continue reading
The Meek: The Avenger of the Abused
In commenting on Psalm132, St. John Chrysostom offered the following words about the virtue of gentleness. He is talking about Moses who the bible describes as the gentlest/meekest man on earth (Numbers 12:3). “… let us demonstrate that he was … Continue reading
Posted in Christian, Church, Hierarchy, humility, Morality, Orthodox, Orthodox Church, Uncategorized
Tagged Clergy Sexual Abuse, Clericalism, Gentle, Meek, Moses, Righteousness, Virtues
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Evolution from Creation to New Creation (2)
This is part two of my blog Evolution from Creation to New Creation. It is the continuation of Evolution from Creation to New Creation (1). The previous blog, this one and the next are all my own ruminations upon the book … Continue reading
Posted in Creation, death, evolution, God and Evolution, God and Science, Science and Religion, Uncategorized
Tagged Charles Darwin, Creation, Doubt, evolution, God and Evolution, New Creation, Skepticism
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Giving to the poor = Lending to God
St. John Chrysostom is well known for using commerce imagery when talking about giving charity to the poor. Generally he saw money given to charity as an investment the Christian makes in this world, but he collects it back with … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Christ, Christian, Judgment, love, Ministry, Orthodox, Orthodoxy, Uncategorized
Tagged Alms, Charity, Chrysostom, Generosity, Kingdom of Heaven, Last Judgment, Matthew 25:31-46
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Evolution from Creation to New Creation (1)
This is the continuation of my blog series which began with Journey into the Unknown: Science and Religion, and then continued in Creation or Evolution: Do We Have to Choose? (1). The immediately preceding blog to this blog was Creation … Continue reading



