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October 2012

October 09, 2012
I have a new podcast that I am doing on culture and theology. It's a...

August 2012

August 31, 2012
This is a guest post by Fr. Stephen Freeman, an Orthodox (OCA) priest. You can read...
August 25, 2012
I got this compilation from Savas Zembillas. Thanks!You are not making a gift of your possession to the...
August 23, 2012
Why doesn't the term "trinity" appear in the Bible? This video seeks to explain how...
August 22, 2012
Are you interested in figuring out where the Liturgy came from? Well below I have...
August 10, 2012
I recently read A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis. Most people have encountered C.S. Lewis...
August 10, 2012
This image shows how we see the orbit of Mars from earth. As you probably...

July 2012

July 30, 2012
I thought there were some interesting thoughts being discussed here. Do you think these fellows...
July 12, 2012

June 2012

June 01, 2012
This video is in response to a Youtube comment which asks "Why do you show...

May 2012

May 30, 2012
The Apostles Creed has been a part of the church in the West for a...
May 29, 2012
Here is a video I made in response to a question from my friend Ryan Mahoney.
May 08, 2012
Have you ever felt isolated from your own story? Do you go through days without...
May 07, 2012
 Some people ask why the compilers of the biblical canon were right in including Ecclesiastes...
May 01, 2012
The book of proverbs is a deeply loved, and also deeply complicated book of the...

April 2012

April 30, 2012
The books of Job and Proverbs probably were completed around the same time. Both of...
April 30, 2012
The following quote comes from "On the Dress of Virgins" by St. Cyprian. It discusses...
April 28, 2012
 I found the lecture presented in the video below to be pretty good. Basically Tom...
April 27, 2012
So fellow Chicago-land pastor, Jonathan Fisk posted this video today. In it he argues that...
April 27, 2012
This is a great little diagram that maps out the great commission (Matthew 28:19-20) and...
April 27, 2012
One of the great tragedies of the reformation is the loss of history within the...
April 26, 2012
Yesterday I posted about how I need spiritual classics to help me see a God...
April 25, 2012
For much of my Christian life I have suffered from having a limited perspective. Most...
April 24, 2012
Some scholars argue that wisdom literature is a different kind of revelation from, say, that...
April 23, 2012
I remember a conversation I had over a decade ago with a friend of mine...
April 23, 2012
How is resurrection different? This is an excerpt from a lesson I did yesterday for...
April 17, 2012
The Book of Psalms is probably the most read book in the Bible. I know...
April 16, 2012
If one were to pick up a Jewish Old Testament and compare it to a...
April 10, 2012
The Bible is a conversation. Some books seem to be responses to other books. Even...
April 09, 2012
Oracle, the word of יהוה With these words the books of Zechariah and Malachi both...
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