“They stumble at the word, being disobedient, in regard to that which they were appointed.” 1 Peter 2:8. Humanity is appointed to know God and, by grace, have fellowship with Him. Humanity was created for communion with God, this is its natural state. This state was corrupted by sin, which entered through the free choice …
Category: Philosophical Reflection
A Sacrifice for Apostasy
“We must stand bravely.” Ss. Juventius and Maximinus. The essential truth and reality of Christian revelation are in no way dependent upon quantitativeness. The revelation of Christ Jesus, given once for all (cf. Jude 3), is itself the fullness of the Faith. It remains so, whether a vast multitude believes in it, or scantily few. …
The Religious Phenomenon of LGBTQ-ism
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 …
Slipping Softly Away
In the gathering storm of earthly mortality, I am drip, dripping away. In the scorching heat of senseless brutality I am melting sadly away. The salty tears of my fleshly eyes Swell the burden of my soul; With every step humanity dies From wounds of its own insanity. All the towers of excess material gain; …
A Millstone is Better
True Christianity is timeless and eternal because it has its source in the Eternal and Timeless God. The revelation of Christ Jesus does not come in and out of fashion. True, it may wane in popularity because it does not substantiate and justify every fleeting whim of humanity, most of all modernity. The issue is not …
Techno-Buddy Jesus
It is, at times, costly to be an Orthodox Christian. Christ the Lord calls His followers to humble repentance. The Faith instructs us to seek Christ Jesus, and Him alone. Don't expect to be a superstar. Don't even seek the gifts that He can give. Love only Him, desire only Him. All things pass, only …
Fading Flowers and Man
Stop regarding man in whose nostrils is breath, for of what account is he? Isaiah 3:221 This is profound advice for our times. Sooner or later breath ceases and the mortal life of a man ceases. Regardless of his place in life, his deeds, his power, and his influence. Every person comes to an end. …
The Worst Pollutant
“Cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrows shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life” (Gen. 3:17). Sin, the rejection of God and the willing cooperation of mankind with evil, is a spiritual pollutant. Sin affects not only the spiritual but the physical world also. Ultimately sin is the cause …
A Sojourner and Exile
“There are two deaths, the one temporal and the other eternal; so also are there two lives, one of short duration and the other without end.” The Holy Martyr Plato. Vital to true Christianity is the remembrance of our, humanity's, transient mortality. Temporal life is given for but one reason: to secure eternal life. Eternal …
A Free-thinking Cage
“A free-thinker is but the slave of all the current prejudices of his period.” Rene Guenon Free-thinking is one of the greatest phantasies of modern times. The fact is, there is no such thing as “free-thinking.” Every “free-thinker” freely subjects his mind to a certain set of ideologies, uniform or conglomerate. It is through these …
