Hell in the Orthodox conception is a form of redemption, where even those who resist God freely (which, when the creature of time is swallowed up, becomes for eternity) will be burned continually by … [Read more...]

A fundamentalist preacher once said, "If you want to start an argument in an elevator full of Jews, ask 'What is a Jew? Is it a religious person, an ethnic person, or a citizen of Israel?" Before … [Read more...]

At the coffee shop today, a confident young man is explaining to a credulous young girl how if anyone shows up claiming to be a messenger from God, they're not a messenger. Then he explains why: … [Read more...]

A friend of mine writes on esoteric matters and one of his recent video talks got my attention. He was discussing dispensationalism as an 'engineered ideology'. You've probably heard the tenets of … [Read more...]

To believe in a transcendent reality is to necessarily believe in a transcendent justice and vindication. When you see those who kill people indiscriminately, or for money, those who torture, those … [Read more...]

Image via Wikipedia When a monk says "I am nothing", I think he's saying that what I am and what I think I am, in my passions, are not of the same order. Likewise, when he says "I have done … [Read more...]

I used to teach my catechumens that if anyone speaks against the Fathers, or the monastics, or the Bishop, to cross themselves discreetly, and dismiss themselves as quietly and politely as possible, … [Read more...]