One of the Orthodox priests in Birmingham, Alabama is one of the priests who was on one of the translation committees for the Orthodox Study Bible. He is erudite, can speak several languages, knows his New Testament, not only in English, but also in Greek, which he can speak, read, and write in both its […]
Christian Porn
The post below is from Pithless Thoughts. Father Orthoduck is only posting part of it. I do highly recommend that you go to his blog and read the entire article. So, I recently posted a video of a “goofy” charismatic couple “praying”. Basically to be honest, I posted it because it invited derision, smirking, ridicule […]
Spiritual warfare is not simply self-denial
What is the difference between practice and a game? Perhaps Father Orthoduck should change his terminology to ask what is the difference between drill and war? In both practice and drill you have at least some choice concerning when you stop for a while. Even if you yourself dare not stop, you have either a […]
Spiritual warfare and spiritual practice
Almost all of us have participated in sports at one time or another. If we have participated in a sport such as football, or volleyball, or martial arts, or some sport in which there is physical contact, then we know that during practice we get bumped around and end up with bruises and sore. We […]
Mistaken ideas of spiritual warfare
In the 1980’s, a wave of spiritual warfare hit the USA. It seemed as though one could read about spiritual warfare everywhere. It was in those days that the C.S. Lewis series and the Tolkien books became big. Peretti wrote his series that included muscular angels. John Wimber did training seminars on spiritual warfare. The […]
The Pope’s Westminster Hall Address
Recently Pope Benedict XVI visited England. While there he addressed a rather large gathering of both religious and secular leaders at Westminster Hall. The leaders were from religion, politics, and academia. You can both watch and read his address here. What he said is important enough that I am going to pre-empt my next posting […]
General Colin Powell (Desert Storm) and illegal immigrants
Father Orthoduck is preempting Father Ernesto for the following important note on a true American hero. General Colin Powell was the Chief of Staff for the USA Armed Forces during Operation Desert Storm. It was the plan that he approved then sent to President Bush that was used by General Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr. when […]
Mosque vandalism in the USA
In the posts over the mosque in New York City various posters have responded to Father Orthoduck, accusing him of either relativism or theological liberalism. Father Orthoduck had to point out time and again that the issue was neither. The issue was the Constitution of the United States of America and the first ten amendments, […]
Quick statement on the “Islam is violent” argument
Father Orthoduck is running late today and will try to post more later, as he promised to a poster from yesterday. However, he would like to make the following statement. Essentially all religions (with some pacifist exceptions) have gone through periods during which they turned violent. And, when they turned violent, they did so against […]
Bad logic on Ground Zero Islamic Cultural Center
Today I received a mass e-mail that contained a sad argument against the proposed Islamic cultural center near Ground Zero. In part it said: Should there be a mosque near Ground Zero? In fact, what is proposed is not a mosque—nor even an “Islamic cultural center.” In Islam, every structure linked to the faith and […]
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