The tendency of man is to seek comfort. Due to the fall and sin, this tendency has led to a lowering of mankind's eyes from his true goal: life in, and union by grace with, Christ. Many times instead of striving for the Kingdom of God we surround ourselves with earthly pleasures and worldly ease. …
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Theology, Gender, and Dysphoria
“Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female ...” (Mat 19:4). True Christianity has always confessed that mankind is the creation of God, the work of His hands. To be truly human means to live according to the mode of being, the revelation, the way of …
The Rebellion of Korah: Without Priesthood There is no Christianity
True Christianity is priestly by nature; even more so, it has always had a defined and visible priesthood. To deny priesthood is to deny an elemental component of Christianity. “Wait,” the reply comes from certain groups, “we are all priests unto God, have you not read in the Scriptures, 'You yourselves are being built up …
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You Shall be My Martyr
“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 …
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 …
The Self Liquidation of Christianity, a reflection
The article entitled The Self Liquidation of Christianity was written in 1966 by Eugene Rose, more well known as Fr. Seraphim. It was originally published in The Orthodox Word. Fr. Seraphim (Rose) Fr. Seraphim is a penetrating and acute thinker (he passed away in the early 1980's). I would even venture to say he is …
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The War on Peace
A small September, 2023, prologue: I originally penned this post in August of 2017. Sadly, I believe the observations that I made at that time about the mentality of violence and war have only grown more acute. Since then, I have also posted on my blog sections from St. Nikolai Velimirovich's book “The Bible and …
The Inkless Pen 