New Commentary
December 29, 2010
The Heartless Lovers of Mankind
In this classic 1987 article Paul Johnson warns to beware of those who love humanity but have problems with people.
Backdoor “Death Panels”?
In a stealthy move, the Obama administration has slipped end-of-life planning back into Medicare regulation.
December 10, 2010
Europe, Immigration, and Merkel’s Christian Values
Recognizing the need to reestablish Christian values in Europe.
Believers, Like the Miners of Chile, Seek the Light
The light that illuminates come from the outside?
The Ethics of Assisted Suicide
A survey of Early Christian literature.
Thinking About Suicide?
Some questions to ask yourself first.
Reconstructing Philosophy
"Any philosophy that foregoes the possibility of embracing transcendence...does an incalculable disservice to man’s capacity for self-knowledge."
Multiculturalism, R.I.P.
"So let's be clear from the outset: culture and race have nothing to do with each other."
October 28, 2010
The Open Society and Its Enemy
The danger George Soros' "Open Society" represents to a free society.
October 18, 2010
Interview: The Closing of the Muslim Mind
Robert Reilly on how intellectual suicide created the modern Islamic crisis.
October 5, 2010
Liberty, Youth, and Fidelity to Truth in the Open Society
We no longer have a feel for the exquisitely human essences that mark us as sentient beings.
Living Within the Truth: Religious Liberty and Catholic Mission in the New Order of the World
The root of the crisis in Western Civilization is moral. A brilliant and cogent cultural analysis.
September 28, 2010
Religion, Journalism, and the New American Orthodoxy
Modern reporting and the denial of religion in culture.
July 22, 2010
In The Land Of Mao, A Rising Tide Of Christianity
By some estimates, China now has 100 million Christians, more believers in Christ than Communist Party members.
Christians and Civil Disobedience
Is the time coming for Christian civil disobedience?
July 20, 2010
Pity the Postmodern Cultural Elite
The elite culture is completely at odds with the country it leads.
July 19, 2010
America’s Ruling Class—And the Perils of Revolution
Who are America's rulers, and by what right do they rule?
Europe’s Choice: Populate or Perish
The challenge in Europe is overall population decline and an aging population.
The Heritage of Western Civilization
Chinese scholar: "The Christian moral foundation of social and cultural life was what made possible the emergence of capitalism and then the transition to democratic politics."
June 23, 2010
Evangelicals and Global Warming
The public-policy response to global warming proposed by some evangelicals makes actually helping the global poor more difficult.
Orthodox Authors
January 2, 2011
Orthodox Preachers Attending The Festival Of Young Preachers
Orthodox young people enter national preaching competition.
December 29, 2010
New Book: Christ after Communism: Spiritual Authority and Its Transmission in Moscow Today
A story of post-Soviet Russian Orthodoxy told from within.
Medicare Counseling Reg Not a Death Panel: But Health Care Rationing a Clear and Present Danger
Obama administration has sights set on government rationing of health care.
December 10, 2010
Debate: The Source of Human Morality (Opening Statement)
A debate between Fr. Hans Jacobse and Matt Dillahunty
The Source of Human Morality (Videos)
A debate between Fr. Hans Jacobse and Matt Dillahunty
Our New Obamacare Masters
Meet the Independent Payment Advisory Board
October 28, 2010
Eastern Europe Versus the Open Society
Undermining the cultural values of Eastern Europe.
October 27, 2010
Unceasing Prayer
An exhaustive look at unceasing prayer, an important part of Orthodox spiritual understanding.
October 9, 2010
A Challenging Vision For Orthodox Christians in America: An Interview With Father John Meyendorff
This 1990 interview is still compelling today.
October 8, 2010
Orthodox Mission in the 21st Century
Any Christian church has to be missionary if it wants to be faithful to its call to be the Church.
October 5, 2010
2010 Census of US Orthodox Churches
Published under the auspices of the Standing Conference of Orthodox Bishops (SCOBA).
Why We Should Preach after the Gospel Reading
Encountering Christ in the Gospel is necessary for the Eucharist that follows.
October 4, 2010
Thieves Hijacking the Language of the Moral Tradition
Lose the language, you lose the war.
Bioethics: Creating a Culture of Death
Wesley J. Smith addresses St. Tikhon's Seminary about the assault on human rights in Western culture.
Patriarch Kirill & Pope Benedict: A Tale of Two Leaders for a New Missionary Age
Both Pat. Kyrill and Pope Benedict understand that moral virtue is the bedrock of freedom.
September 30, 2010
Orthodoxy and Capital Punishment
What does the Church say about capital punishment?
August 23, 2010
Ground Zero as Metaphor: A Crossroads for America and Orthodoxy?
America vs. foreign entanglements in the American Orthodox Church.
August 5, 2010
Richard Hoste: Postmodern Dhimmitude
The coming struggle against Jihad is just and natural. It is inevitable even if the outcome is uncertain, just as the knowledge each of us has of his mortality does not stop us from holding on to life, and beauty, and truth.
July 22, 2010
HORACE MANN, PART II: Prussia comes to America
How did public education take the shape it has today?
July 20, 2010
Islam’s Public Enemy #1 - Coptic Priest Zakaria Boutros
Jihadists have a bounty on his head.
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January 5, 2011
Good Marriage XXI. Forfending Disclosure Demand and Disclosure Phobia
Even Jesus did not demand anyone disclose their thoughts and feelings to Him.
January 3, 2011
Envy: The Concealed Passion
Envy is listed last in the 10 Commandments but near first in evil consequences.
January 2, 2011
Combatting Secularism: A Powerpoint Presentation for Clergy and Catechists
A talk given to the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco clergy, November, 2010
December 1, 2010
Smart Parenting XIX. Preparing for the Extinction Explosion
A sane and successful way to handle extreme temper tantrums.
July 21, 2010
Finding the Balance: Privacy and the Civil Society
Privacy in our culture has come to serve not a deepening of community life but an ever deeper sense of social isolation.
April 14, 2010
As We Move Toward Unity
The crumbling of America and the American Orthodox Church.
April 11, 2010
Barbarians Among Us?
Have we allied the Church with the cultural forces of barbarism?
April 9, 2010
Science and the Demands of Virtue
The natural sciences are not morally neutral
December 10, 2010
Reproaching the Reproachers
Jesus reproached His disciples, but he did not like it when others did.
October 9, 2010
The Voice from Heaven at the Baptism and the Sacrifice of Isaac
In the experience of His baptism, our Lord received an earnest intimation of what it finally symbolized.
June 14, 2010
Governor Art Link and Why Someone From North Dakota is Who He Is
Wonder why those midwesterners are the way they are?
Fr. Nathaniel Irvine, Part 3
The Ecclesiastical Trial Under Talbot.
The Church’s Rape - Part 1
Learning to forgive the perpetrators.
June 10, 2010
Irvine and Talbot, Post 2
Fr. Nathaniel Irvine Part 2
December 10, 2010
Learn From Me
A Christmas reflection on the humility of Christ
September 30, 2010
A Case of Mistaken Identity
We all have the image of God within us.
July 19, 2010
Free Will and Freedom in Christ
An Independence Day homily.
June 10, 2010
Your Conscience - Follow God’s Call
Your money or your life?
June 5, 2010
Across America 15 Million People are Still Unemployed
The reality of our declining economy starting to sink in.
How to Cripple the Free Economy
The socialist policies of the Democrat leadership undermine America’s economic prosperity.
September 30, 2010
The Slippery Slide
Sin enters our life slowly.
July 6, 2010
Where’s Mephibosheth?
A parable of God's mercy.
April 27, 2010
Living Under the Cloud
Like the Israelites in the wilderness, we forget God when things get easy.
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- Bishop Suriel on the Attacks on the Coptic Orthodox in Egypt
- Some Thoughts on Atheism
- UNIVERSAL, GEOGRAPHIC, ECCLESIASTIC, JURISDICTION: Is Such A Concept Orthodox?
- The Unborn Paradox
- Orthodox Preachers Attending The Festival Of Young Preachers
- Russian Church opens in Antalya Turkey (On the territory of the EP)
- Popes, Atheists and Freedom
- Powerful Story of a Woman Who was Aborted – but Survived
Shepherd of Souls
Fr. Peter-Michael Preble
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That Your Joy May Be Full: Learning from the Authentic Orthodox Theology of the Spirit
Fr. Steven Ritter
Get Serious
The Church's Stand on Contemporary Culture
Peter and Helen Evans
Whoever said Christianity was nice?
A Church in Captivity
The Greek Orthodox Church of America
George Matsoukas
What will it take to develop an American Orthodox Church?
Orthodox Christianity At The Crossroad
A Great Council Of The Church — When And Why
George Matsoukas
Papers presented at the
Twentieth Annual Meeting of
Orthodox Christian Laity
Ecclesia
Greek Orthodox Churches of the Chicago Metropolis
Panos Fiorentinos
More than 400 richly colored photographs.
Creation and the Patriarchal Histories: Orthodox Christian Reflections on the Book of Genesis
Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon
We must unshackle Genesis from the strictures of philosophical materialism.
Called to Serve
Fr. John Peck
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