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Death of Dialogue
Given the importance of true dialogue to our civilization's health, ...
Given the importance of true dialogue to our civilization's health, argues Fr. Lawrence Farley, it is only more distressing to find that the willingness to dialogue is dying—especially when it comes to the topic of homosexuality.
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Fifty Shades of Grey
Fr. John Parker, Chair of the Department of Evangelization of ...
Fr. John Parker, Chair of the Department of Evangelization of the Orthodox Church in America, encourages us to replace any impulse we might have to either see Fifty Shades of Grey or read the book with charitable acts done in the name of the Lord Jesus Ch
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The Christmas Truce of 1914
Fr. Philip LeMasters: "One would hope that nations influenced by ...
Fr. Philip LeMasters: "One would hope that nations influenced by even mildly historic forms of Christianity would see the folly of secular salvation by warfare, but the crusading spirit apparently does not die easily."
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Newsweek Scholarship: So Sloppy It’s a Sin
Fr. Lawrence Farley, priest at Saint Herman of Alaska Orthodox ...
Fr. Lawrence Farley, priest at Saint Herman of Alaska Orthodox Church in Langley, B.C., and the host of "Coffee Cup Commentaries," thoroughly dismantles the recent Newsweek article by Kurt Eichenwald titled The Bible: So Misunderstood It's a Sin.
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Evil and the Christian
Fr. Lawrence Farley reminds us that while looking at the ...
Fr. Lawrence Farley reminds us that while looking at the nature of evil under a philosophic microscope is okay, far more important is the knowledge of how to avoid being involved in it.
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Magical Thinking in the Orthodox Church
Is Orthodoxy really somehow immune to the liberalism and worldiness ...
Is Orthodoxy really somehow immune to the liberalism and worldiness that afflicts everyone else in North America? Fr. Lawrence Farley argues, "No!"
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Is the LGBT a New Reality?
On a new "Ancient Faith Commentaries," Fr. Lawrence Farley explains ...
On a new "Ancient Faith Commentaries," Fr. Lawrence Farley explains that the LGBT reality is not really new; it is the same old darkness that St. Paul encountered in his time. And Paul's word to the Church then still stands for us today.
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Choices of Joni and Brittany
Fr. Lawrence Farley argues that Brittany Maynard took only this ...
Fr. Lawrence Farley argues that Brittany Maynard took only this life—and not the life to come—into consideration when deciding to commit suicide.
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The Jesus Seminar and Gospel Accuracy
Fr. Lawrence Farley critically examines the hermeneutic of suspicion that ...
Fr. Lawrence Farley critically examines the hermeneutic of suspicion that marks modern liberal biblical scholarship.
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St. Timon and Assisting the World
On the occasion of the Sunday of St. Timon and ...
On the occasion of the Sunday of St. Timon and his congregation's ongoing support of its sister parish in Bosra-Hauran, Syria, Fr. Philip LeMasters encourages us to avoid despair and work to alleviate the suffering of our neighbors wherever they are in th
