The modern world is not "secular" by chance. It is the result of a great religious formation, among other factors. I have made the case elsewhere in my writings that the secular world is actually “religious” in its manifestation, and I hold to it. In this article, I will be using “secular” and “religious” in …
Continue reading The Charisma of the Age: An Orthodox critique of the Charismatic Movement
In true Christianity, Orthodoxy, right faith and living go hand in hand. For instance, a person cannot confess that Jesus Christ is not God and be an Orthodox Christian, in confessing something contrary to the revelation of God in His Church such a one is setting himself at odds with that revelation. Of course, one …
“Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower, whose top will reach to heaven; and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the earth” (Gen. 11: 4). The goal of modern Ecumenism is global religious pseudo-unity; it is Anti-Church (Ecclesia), that is, it seeks …
Every person has a worldview - principles, beliefs, and a school of thought - by which one encounters and experiences the surrounding world and its events, together with how one governs his person. Most of the time, at least in “Western” societies, a worldview is self-chosen, and thus for most adults becomes an act …
“All alike displayed faith in Christ to their persecutors, they proclaimed the Name and were willing to die.” St. Nicholas Cabasilas Such was the disposition of the Christian martyrs. Martyrs are those who have shed their blood to hold fast the Faith. Yet martyr simply means witness. Christ the Lord tells His disciples, “You shall …
