Reading About the Early ChurchAfter mentioning one or two of the early church Fathers in my preaching or teaching, I’m often approached by someone asking how an…Jul 4, 2024Jul 4, 2024
Roger Scruton and the Love for HomeWhat allegiance do we owe our homes? Karl Marx famously declared that “the worker has no country”, and argued that patriotism was simply an…May 23, 2023May 23, 2023
Transhumanism, the Quest for Immortality and the Way of Cross“The mission of the Immortality Institute is to conquer the blight of involuntary death.”¹ It may be the world’s most ambitious mission…Feb 2, 2023Feb 2, 2023
Book Review: Aaron Riches, Ecce Homo: On the Divine Unity of ChristAaron Riches. Ecce Homo: On the Divine Unity of Christ. Grand Rapids, MI: 2016. xxi + 279 pp.Dec 24, 2022Dec 24, 2022
The Orthodox Consensus at the End of the Sixth Century(A review of the last chapter of Volume 1 in Jaroslav Pelikan’s series on the development of Christian doctrine.)Dec 22, 2022Dec 22, 2022
Fellow Workers With God: Free Will and Synergy in Early Eastern ChristianityDue to the towering stature of Augustine in the Latin tradition, grace and free will have been seen in opposition, or at least in…Dec 20, 2022Dec 20, 2022
I Will Tear Down My Barns: St. Basil on Our Responsibility to the PoorI’ve never plagiarized a sermon before, but today I preached a message (giving due credit!) originally delivered by St. Basil the Great…Aug 28, 2022Aug 28, 2022
Seeing Christ in 1 SamuelThe First Book of Samuel contains a gripping collection of stories, crafted by a master narrator (or team of narrators): Hannah crying out…May 27, 2021May 27, 2021
