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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticlePillars 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...
View ArticleJesus 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticlePutting 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...
View ArticleOur 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...
View ArticleTransformation 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...
View ArticleOrthodox 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...
View ArticleBy 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...
View ArticleThe 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....
View ArticleChristian 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....
View ArticleFormer 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...
View ArticleWe 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleScriptures 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...
View ArticleMoral 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...
View ArticleChristian 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...
View ArticleClassical 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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