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https://www.aoiusa.org A Research and Educational Organization that engages the cultural issues of the day within the Orthodox Christian Tradition Thu, 11 Oct 2012 23:16:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 https://www.aoiusa.org/pulpit-freedom-sunday-is-a-gimmick-says-fr-preble/ https://www.aoiusa.org/pulpit-freedom-sunday-is-a-gimmick-says-fr-preble/#comments Thu, 11 Oct 2012 23:16:44 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=12278 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Fr. Peter-Michael Preble posted the following essay on his blog a few days ago about preachers and politics. He lays out some important points. I’ve got my own ideas, but what do you think? Sunday, October 7th, was a time when preachers from coast to coast took to their pulpits to try and pull the […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/pulpit-freedom-sunday-is-a-gimmick-says-fr-preble/feed/ 43 https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-peter-michael-preble-sunday-of-orthodoxy-calls-us-to-emulate-the-courage-of-our-fathers-in-the-faith/ https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-peter-michael-preble-sunday-of-orthodoxy-calls-us-to-emulate-the-courage-of-our-fathers-in-the-faith/#respond Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:01:45 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11569 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Fr. Peter-Michael Preble tells us just as our Orthodox Fathers fought to preserve the sacred images (because they knew that destroying the icons of Christ would lead to a denial of the Incarnation in the end), we are called to defend the icons of “flesh and blood” — the human person. It’s a strong sermon […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-peter-michael-preble-sunday-of-orthodoxy-calls-us-to-emulate-the-courage-of-our-fathers-in-the-faith/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/why-is-the-episcopal-assembly-silent-as-religious-liberty-erodes/ https://www.aoiusa.org/why-is-the-episcopal-assembly-silent-as-religious-liberty-erodes/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:36:00 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11395 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Source: Fr. Peter-Michael Preble Blog (The Church Under Attack) | Fr. Peter-Michael Preble – In the Gospels Jesus warns us that the world will hate us. He is giving us a warning that being a Christian will not be easy and that it will be a fight, every day, for what we believe in. The […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/why-is-the-episcopal-assembly-silent-as-religious-liberty-erodes/feed/ 55 https://www.aoiusa.org/religious-freedom-under-attack/ https://www.aoiusa.org/religious-freedom-under-attack/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:02:03 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11387 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Three cheers to Fr. Peter Michael-Preble and Chris Banescu, the first Orthodox Christians to criticize Pres. Obama’s arbitrary ruling forcing all Americans to comply with the anti-life agenda of the cultural left. The Catholics have been front and center on this threat to religious freedom. Orthodox leaders have been silent except for Fr. Preble and […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/religious-freedom-under-attack/feed/ 6 https://www.aoiusa.org/engaged-monasticism/ https://www.aoiusa.org/engaged-monasticism/#respond Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:56:19 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11345 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Source: Fr. Peter-Michael Preble blog | Fr. Peter-Michael Preble In 369 AD St. Basil the great was a newly ordained priest ministering in and around the area of Constantinople. That year a drought hit followed by famine as the crops had all dried up. He delivered four homilies that have been complied in the book […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/engaged-monasticism/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/john-couretas-protect-the-poor-not-poverty-programs/ https://www.aoiusa.org/john-couretas-protect-the-poor-not-poverty-programs/#respond Wed, 10 Aug 2011 22:42:22 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=10677 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Source: Acton Institute | By John Couretas One of the disturbing aspects of the liberal/progressive faith campaign known as the Circle of Protection is that its organizers have such little regard – indeed are blind to — the innate freedom of the human person. Their campaign, which has published “A Statement on Why We Need […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/john-couretas-protect-the-poor-not-poverty-programs/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-peter-michael-preble-a-christian-response-to-the-ongoing-enslavement-of-americas-poor/ https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-peter-michael-preble-a-christian-response-to-the-ongoing-enslavement-of-americas-poor/#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:58:15 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=10609 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Source: Huffington Post | Fr. Peter-Michael Preble Yesterday, President Obama signed a law that will raise the debt ceiling and continue to enslave the American people for another three or four years. It has reduced the national debit some but it seems to me at least that it has not gone far enough. Just so […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-peter-michael-preble-a-christian-response-to-the-ongoing-enslavement-of-americas-poor/feed/ 17 https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-peter-michael-preble-judgment-day-an-orthodox-christian-perspective/ https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-peter-michael-preble-judgment-day-an-orthodox-christian-perspective/#comments Sat, 21 May 2011 14:05:32 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=10039 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Source: Huffington Post |Fr. Peter-Michael Preble Several years ago I was driving behind a vehicle on the highway and I noticed the bumper sticker on the back. It was kind of funny and I will admit I laughed out loud. The bumper sticker read, “In case of Rapture this vehicle will be left unattended.” OK, […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-peter-michael-preble-judgment-day-an-orthodox-christian-perspective/feed/ 2 https://www.aoiusa.org/osama-is-dead-now-what-should-i-feel/ https://www.aoiusa.org/osama-is-dead-now-what-should-i-feel/#comments Mon, 02 May 2011 23:52:40 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=9929 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Source: OrthodoxyToday.org Last night, like most of the world, I was captivated by the announcement that the President of the United States would be making a statement at 10:30 p.m. As I Tweeted this information, I added the line that this could not be good. Presidents do not often come on at 10:30 on a […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/osama-is-dead-now-what-should-i-feel/feed/ 19 https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodox-churches-should-help-the-poor/ https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodox-churches-should-help-the-poor/#comments Mon, 18 Apr 2011 19:49:15 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=9778 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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By Fr. Peter Michael Preble Last week, on the website Ethics Daily an article was posted in response to a reader’s question. The article dealt with charity and poverty and what should be and can be done. The author of the article helped me to clarify my own position on charity and what I think […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodox-churches-should-help-the-poor/feed/ 3 https://www.aoiusa.org/the-manhatten-declaration/ https://www.aoiusa.org/the-manhatten-declaration/#respond Sat, 20 Nov 2010 21:02:15 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=8367 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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A while back Fr. Peter-Michael Preble interviewed me about the Manhattan Declaration and a few other items of interest that was just posted on Ancient Faith Radio. From Ancient Faith: Fr. Peter-Michael Preble interviews Fr. Hans Jacobse, the founder of the American Orthodox Institute, the editor of Orthodoxy Today, and one of the first Orthodox […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/the-manhatten-declaration/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodoxy-and-homosexuality/ https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodoxy-and-homosexuality/#comments Mon, 04 Oct 2010 18:35:15 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=7845 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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From a new posting on Fr. Peter-Michael Preble’s blog. The past few weeks have seen the number of young people being targeted for their homosexual identity then it has in years past. Recently TV personality Ellen Degeneris, herself a lesbian, posted a video about the bullying of people who are different then the rest of […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodoxy-and-homosexuality/feed/ 6 https://www.aoiusa.org/burning-the-koran/ https://www.aoiusa.org/burning-the-koran/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:26:54 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=7630 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Fr. Peter: Well I for one would like to send a message to the radical Christians that we are not interested in you! You are what is wrong in this world and your kind are giving the rest of us right believing Christians a bad name. Maybe you should go your local Army Recruiting station […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/burning-the-koran/feed/ 38 https://www.aoiusa.org/duties-to-the-state-from-a-romanian-orthodox-church-perspective/ https://www.aoiusa.org/duties-to-the-state-from-a-romanian-orthodox-church-perspective/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:44:38 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=7598 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Fr. Peter-Michael Preble has this article published recently on Ethics Daily. Fr. Peter blogs at Shepherd of Souls, and Fr. Peter-Michael Preble. He hosts the Shepherd of Souls podcast on Ancient Faith Radio. I have a Scripture reading system in which I read first from the Gospels and then from the Epistles. I read this […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/duties-to-the-state-from-a-romanian-orthodox-church-perspective/feed/ 6 https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-peter-preble-interviews-fr-jay-finelli-the-ipadre/ https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-peter-preble-interviews-fr-jay-finelli-the-ipadre/#respond Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:06:09 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5401 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Fr. Peter Preble, host of the Ancient Faith Radio program Shepherd of Souls, webmaster of the Fr. Peter-Michael Preble website, occasional contributer to the AOI Observer and all around good guy has good discussion this week with a Roman Catholic priest on the role of the Church in politics and culture, in particular the obligation […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-peter-preble-interviews-fr-jay-finelli-the-ipadre/feed/ 0