Apr 9, 2013

This week we celebrated the Feast of the Annunciation of Christ. Speaking of Christ’s incarnation in the Virgin, the second-century Bishop Irenaeus of Lyons takes up St Paul’s image of Adam and Christ, the first and Last Man, and meditates on the roles of Eve and Mary the Theotokos: Mary transmitted to Christ the entire human reality of Adam, so...

Dec 27, 2011

You think "It has the potential to be something beautiful..."

Oct 15, 2011

The prologue in John sets the stage for the rest of the book. It shows the areas of focus John takes in Gospel: Jesus’ Divine role, and the authority of those who believe.

Apr 14, 2011

Let's assume that Jesus was God, as the Nicean Council determined. What purpose would Jesus' death serve?

Mar 16, 2011

The early church did not seek to formulate a theory of illness; instead, it healed the sick. They had no hypotheses about how prayer works. They simply prayed...

Feb 21, 2011

Humility is the raiment of the Godhead. The Word who became human clothed himself in it, and he spoke to us in our body. Everyone who has been clothed with humility has truly been made like unto Him...

Nov 18, 2010

Elder Epiphanios was asked: "Are Christians allowed to take psychiatric medicines?

Nov 17, 2010

"Where did I say you should buy so much stuff to celebrate My birthday!?"

Feb 20, 2010

Today we commemorate the Sunday of the Triumph of Orthodoxy. We know it's the day we bring icons to church, and celebrate the restoration of the icons after the iconoclast heresy long ago. But even though icons are highly visible, the Triumph of Orthodoxy does not simply mean we can have icons.

Dec 17, 2009

His fists flexed closed as he said, "I don’t want a God you can hold in two hands. I don’t want a God covered in afterbirth... I want pomp, and God-type things. I want thunder and rain and lightning, well-placed too."