“His winnowing fork is in His hand, to clear His threshing floor and to gather the wheat into His barn, but the chaff He will burn with unquenchable fire” (Lk. 3:17). These words were spoken by St. John the Baptist regarding our Lord Jesus Christ at the start of His public ministry. The Lord has …
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Uniformity of Behavior, Reconstruction, and Such Musings
The Reconstruction. Перестройка. Gray high-rise apartment buildings loomed in the gray overcast sky. Through the dust-covered window of the charter van, I watched as we passed an overcrowded electric trolley bus which was leaning heavily to one side. I wondered how the trolley was even driving … at the time it seemed more like a …
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“Social Distancing,” Desert Fathers, and Church Services
Introduction added on 3/25/20 - I originally penned this blog in response to ideas I encountered on the internet and blog-o-sphere. This piece is a response to the ideas of my peers in that realm. That is the sole intent. I am questioning some of the ideas put forth by my peers. It is a …
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Christians in Times of Epidemic, Then and Now
At current, even within Orthodox circles, the idea is being put forth that if I, as a person, truly cared about others I would stay at home. This staying at home includes forgoing attending church. Some are saying things like "don't try to be a hero." Others are proposing that staying at home is …
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The Church in Pergamos: Balaam is in Your Midst
“And to the angel of the Church in Pergamos write ...” (Rev. 2:12). The historic church of Pergamos “was planted in the midst of a city extremely corrupted by paganism … In it there was a temple to the pagan god Aesculapius, the patron of physicians. Its sorcerers occupied themselves with medicine and offered great …
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The Providence of God in a Fallen World
Below is a translation of a short encouraging word from Met. Luke of Zaparozhye. He is a hierarch in the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church. His diocese is located in Western Ukraine, the area where the most intense trials and tribulations are occurring (please see "Orthodox situation in Ukraine" in categories for more on this topic). …
The Seven Churches of Revelation: A Message to the Church For All Time.
Introduction. “Write these things which you saw, and the things which are, and the things which are about to take place after these things” (Rev. 1:19). In the opening pages of the most cryptic book of the New Testament, the book of the Apocalypse, or Revelation, Our Lord Jesus, the First and the Last, addresses …
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When Men Take God’s Job.
The Lord Christ is the Head of the Church, and “He is also the Savior o the Body” of the Church (Eph. 5:23). As the Head of the Church, the Lord Christ unceasingly gives the Body of the Church all it requires for its life in Him and the salvation of its members from sin, …
Is Christ Faithless? Examining Protestant Ecclesiology
Is Christ Jesus faithless? Or is He eternally faithful? How does one's view of the Church reflect on the faithfulness of Christ? Proper Ecclesiology (theology of the Church) has always been vital to true Christianity. A staple doctrine of modern Protestantism teaches that the Church (using this word generally) fell into relative darkness sometime after …
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The Inkless Pen 