Tag: Culture
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Timothy George on the Manhattan Declaration
HT: Peter and Helen Evans “The best dialogue occurs among people who are of great conviction about what they believe. … I do not believe in an ecumenism of accommodation. I do believe in an ecumenism of conviction.” Interviewer: Peter and Helen Evans.
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Crime and Recession, It’s Not What They Think
HT: OrthodoxNet.com Chuck Colson 5/27/2010 – Chuck Colson –The evidence shows over and over that crime is not caused by deprivation, but by depravity. And the answer is conversion. The statistics are startling. Across the United States, crime rates are dropping—for the third year in a row. According to the FBI, violent crimes like murder…
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How about a good Catholic story?
This post isn’t intended to cheer-lead the Catholic Church, but to show the kind of ministry we Orthodox could also be doing. We do some very good things (FOCUS, IOCC, etc.) but imagine what a clearer focusing of goals and resources could accomplish. Watch the interview and get inspired. Here the Catholics are a good…
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Norm of faith as norm of life
This essay is outstanding. It represents the quality of thought that should be coming from all Orthodox Churches; the words that speak to the foundational questions of culture as I wrote yesterday. Frankly, the Orthodox in America are capable of contributions of this depth and importance. I have my doubts however, that Constantinople will ever…
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Episcopal Church is Going to the Dogs
It’s easy to make fun of the lunacy in the liberal wing of the Episcopalian Church (and the commentators at First Thoughts have a number of clever retorts), but this latest example of Episcopalian inclusiveness gives me the creeps. Sure, bless the animals. I bless the family dog or cat whenever I do a house…