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Was Christ Really Born on December 25?

by Archpriest Panayiotis Papageorgiou, Ph.D. – The issue of the time of the birth of Christ has been addressed by many people in the past, both scholars and theologians, so what I intend to do here is...

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The Importance of Saying ‘Merry Christmas’

by Dennis Prager – The nearly universal change from wishing fellow Americans “Merry Christmas” to wishing them “Happy Holidays” is a very significant development in American life. Proponents of “Happy...

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Pillars of Modern American Conservatism

by Alfred Regnery – The basic foundations of American conservatism consist of liberty and freedom, tradition and order, rule of law, and belief in God. Over the past half century, conservatism has...

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Jesus Calms the Storms of Life

When one forgets that our lives are in the hands of the Lord we tend to presume a certain “exemption” from life’s trials. It is then difficult to be able to live through difficult experiences and to...

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The Dark Ages: Pagans Turned Out the Lights, Not The Church

by Fr. Lawrence Farley – The Dark Ages, insofar as they were dark, were darkened by the barbarian invasions that inundated the western Roman Empire, and that it was only in the Church and monasteries...

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The Bible and the Poor: Jesus Did Not Preach Communism

by Robert Klein Engler – In light of the continuing misunderstanding of Pope Francis by the progressive media, it’s time to reconsider the words of Jesus in the Gospel of Mark 14:7, “For you have the...

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Putting on the Armor of God: Being a Warrior When It’s Popular to Be a Weaner

Fr. Thaddaeus Hardenbrook – Being a warrior for Christ has no minimum age or athletic qualifications. All warriors for Christ, however, must want to “be men” or “be manly”. It means to be what a human...

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Our Salvation is in the Hands of God

St. Nikolai Velimirovich – “The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but salvation is in the Lord” (Proverbs 21:31). We are obligated to prepare ourselves but our success depends on God. All of...

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Transformation of a Homosexual: What Change Looks Like Through Jesus Christ

by David Kyle Foster – In a recent conference on homosexuality put on by the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission in Nashville, I was shocked and deeply saddened at the absence of...

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Orthodox Church is the Bridge that Can Unite Russian and American People

by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia – The task of our Churches is to pray and work in order that the Lord would grant His mercy on the peoples of our countries, so that God’s strength would...

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By Whom Shall We Be Led – God Or Man?

by Jeffrey T. Brown – The God of the Bible is anathema to secular leftists. As evidence of that, we see a troubling rise in anti-Christian and anti-Semitic bigotry from the political left, both at home...

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The Pursuit of Happiness: Bear Your Cross With Gratitude

by Fr. Thaddaeus Hardenbrook – “Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,” the Declaration of Independence states, are unalienable rights granted by our Creator, to be protected by the government....

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Christian Pastors Must Stand for Truth, Righteousness, and Morality in the...

by Fr. Josiah Trenham – You’d be right to ask, I think, what’s a pastor doing at this conservative political conference. I certainly know some of my clerical colleagues are asking what I’m doing here....

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Former Homosexual: Even Harsher Language on Homosexuality Needed from...

by Joseph Sciambra – I will always be thankful to that priest – because, he was not afraid. Some would argue that he was about as un-pastoral as you can get: he named the sin, told me where it came...

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We Are Far Too Easily Pleased

by David Mathis – It’s a beautiful thing when a single sentence reorients a soul for good. When one proposition proves potent enough to be life-changing for the better. Especially when it’s a short...

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The Comforting Doctrine of Hell

by Leon J. Podles – Modern Christians don’t deny Death, although they don’t like to think about it, and if they believe in an afterlife, they look forward to a pleasant Heaven. However, the other...

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Scriptures and Christian Saints: Homosexuality is an Abomination

Leviticus 18:22 “You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.” 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 “Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be...

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Moral Lives, Repentance, and Confession Before Holy Communion

by Fr. Paul Gassios – Many times you have to say to your kids “no, you can’t do that” even if it means your child getting angry at you; they might even say they hate you when you need to enforce an...

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Christian Martyr is the Opposite of Muslim Suicide Terrorist

by G.K. Chesterton – A Christian martyr is the opposite of a Muslim suicide terrorist. They are at the opposite ends of heaven and hell. One man flung away his life; he was so good that his dry bones...

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Classical Christian Education and Public Witness

by Stephen Turley – If Christians are to remain faithful to the biblical Gospel, we must once again affirm the public witness of the church, particularly in the field of education. For such an...

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