When sending Orthodox Christian children into heavily Protestant settings, such as private schools, parents should mindfully prepare and equip them. The post The Orthodox Study Bible and Christian Private School appeared first on Orthodox Reflections.| Orthodox Reflections
My Baptist friends give two replies to the claim that they are not truly catholic. First, they appeal to their intent to be catholic. For example, in the introduction to the Second London Confession (1689) they say: "This we did the more abundantly to manifest our consent with both in all the fundamental articles of the Christian religion, as also with many others whose orthodox Confessions have been published to the world on the behalf of the Protestant in diverse nations and cities." Contin...| The Heidelblog
When the ancient church began to use the adjective catholic (universal) to describe her theology, piety, and practice, and to distinguish herself from the Gnostic, Marcionite, and Montanist cults of the second century, the best evidence is that they did not read . . . Continue reading →| The Heidelblog
Significant numbers of American evangelicals have come to find ancient liturgical forms meaningful, a welcome alternative to the folksy informality typical of many Protestant churches today, especially ‘big-box’ nondenominational congregations. In liturgical churches, these seekers find a stronger historical consciousness and a . . . Continue reading →| The Heidelblog
If Apostle Junia went to Philadelphia, Sardis, and Smyrna, what would she encounter? Find out about these cities named in the book of Revelation.| Elaine Kelly Author
Find out about Colossae, Laodicea, and Hierapolis, and imagine what Apostle Junia did on her mission journey there.| Elaine Kelly Author
Where might the female Apostle Junia have gone on her first mission journey? Could Antioch be the church that commissioned her?| Elaine Kelly Author
Studying a combination of the Masoretic Old Testament and the Greek Septuagint proves the perpetual virginity of Mary, the Mother of God.| Orthodox Reflections
Let's look at two historic ways to make disciples: by force or love.| Elaine Kelly Author
A brief, yet robust primer on The Council of Nicaea and The Nicene Creed.| Rambling Ever On
Do you see feminism as advocacy for equality and freedom, following Jesus, or do you see it as an enemy to Jesus?| Elaine Kelly Author
"Equal to the Apostles" Mariamne transformed to a man to travel as an apostle with Philip and Bartholomew.| Elaine Kelly Author
In late modernity a strange delusion has taken hold among many Christians. They have come to believe that democracy, broad popular participation in how a society is governed, is a morally superior political system, even one desired by God, rather than simply one among many, and perhaps one both morally and practically worse than any| The Worthy House • Towards A Politics of Future Past -
Women deacons, elders, and overseers - until Church Councils restricted them.| Elaine Kelly Author
In the classic 1970s Irish Republican Army anthem “My Little Armalite,” the lyrics include “Well the army came to visit me, ’twas in the early hours / With Saladins and Saracens and Ferret armored cars.” One wonders why would the British, back when there still was an England, name their military equipment after the Kurdish […] The post The Life and Legend of the Sultan Saladin (Jonathan Phillips) first appeared on The Worthy House • Towards A Politics of Future Past.| The Worthy House • Towards A Politics of Future Past
In the beginning days of the settling of America, slavery was a world-wide phenomenon that had plagued humanity since its early days. But the conscience of Christians began to be troubled by the practice and gradually what had always been had to be undone forever. Welcome to the introductory episode of our series Waters Troubled, […]| The Brophisticate