Orthodixie

… for whatever reason, the other day.

Teenaged daughter wouldn’t believe us …

That this was actually a song, on the radio!,

… back in the day.

Please.

(Forgive me, but …)

You gotta.

Watch:

Everyone from Nero to Kissinger to Osama to GaGa has been believed to be the Antichrist.

The weekly Bible study group at St Joseph Church is about to learn from—

er, I mean, of —

another one.

The Orthodixie Podcast on Ancient Faith Radio.

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Forgive me. But I really have nothing to say about Taught by God except — THANKS.

Excellent. Good work!

I can’t say enough good things about your writing & this work.

— That was my note to author Dan Fanous last year after reading the manuscript for Taught by God.

This, from the publisher’s site:

Few would dispute that the sayings of Jesus were and are important. But though important, these very same sayings are difficult at best and incomprehensible at worst. Sayings like, “The kingdom of heaven suffers violence,” or, “I did not come to bring peace but a sword,” have confused readers of the Gospels for thousands of years. Others such as, “My Father is greater than I,” and, “My God why have You forsaken Me?” have sparked theological infernos that have plagued Christianity from its beginnings. From the greatest theologians to the smallest child, the same question is always asked: What did Jesus really mean? In considering only the most difficult of the sayings of Jesus, Taught by God brings together the academic rigour of modern biblical scholarship and the profound wisdom of the early Church Fathers in a unique, lively, and dramatic synthesis.

Also on AMAZON.

It is a pious custom to keep some holy bread and holy water in one’s icon corner — to consume, breaking the night’s fast, with one’s morning prayers.

O Lord my God, may Thy holy gift and Thy Holy Water be unto forgiveness of my sins, unto enlightenment of my mind, unto strengthening of my spiritual and bodily powers, unto health of my soul and body, unto vanquishing of my passions and weaknesses, by Thy boundless merciful kindness, through the prayers of Thy Most-pure Mother and all Thy Saints. Amen.

Taken from the Parish Newsletter of the Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St John the Baptist (May 2011).

You can read about St Ahmed (feast – May 3) and his connection to holy bread here; or listen to a podcast containing info about St Ahmed here.

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“If one wants more than secular reason can disclose – and one should want more – then one should join a religion and be careful to choose the right one … I indeed affirm the canonical, concrete moral narrative, but realize it cannot be given by reason, only by grace. I am, after all, a born-again Texan Orthodox Catholic, a convert by choice and conviction, through grace and repentance for sins innumerable (including a first edition upon which much improvement was needed). My moral perspective does not lack content. I am of the firm conviction that, save for God’s mercy, those who willfully engage in much that a peaceable, fully secular state will permit (e.g., euthanasia and direct abortion on demand) stand in danger of hell’s eternal fires.” (At the Roots of Christian Bioethics; FWD, xi).

— Dr H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr.

Dr Engelhardt delivers the first keynote address …

Health Care in a Secular Culture:
The Conscience of Physicians & Nurses at Risk

Friday, April 29th and Saturday, April 30th:

ORTHODOX: Dr H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr

PROTESTANT: Dr C. Ben Mitchell

ROMAN CATHOLIC: Dr Grattan T. Brown

Co-sponsored by Houston Baptist University, Pope John Paul II Forum, University of St. Thomas, Orthodox Clergy Association of Southeast Texas, and Touchstone Magazine.

Also, invited to Friday evening’s banquet:

ROMAN CATHOLIC: Daniel Cardinal DiNardo

PROTESTANT: Dr. Robert B. Sloan, Jr.

ORTHODOX: Bishop Thomas

Schedule

Register NOW!

General registration is $50, Clergy registration is $30, Student registration is $30 FREE! Registration includes admission to a day-and-a-half conference of panels, breakouts, and discussions, including three plenary addresses.

Friday Banquet Dinner – $18; Saturday Boxed Lunch – $8