Frank Schaefer is a noted Orthodox writer, speaker and blogger. He recently received a request from a friend in the Chicago area: “Please let me know if your contacts know of any truly loving Orthodox (Greek, Russian or other) churches or missions in Chicago or within an hour’s drive of Chicago.” Frank wrote on …
Possessions that Possess
I am forced again to talk about context, because the parable we heard today has been deprived of its context. Here is the context, in Luke 12: 13 One of the multitude said to him, “Teacher, bid my brother divide the inheritance with me.” 14 But he said to him, “Man, who made me …
What don’t you understand?
One can say, I don’t understand all this high theology, I don’t understand what Liturgy is all about, I don’t understand how bread and wine can be the body and blood of Christ. One can say any of these things and be sincere. But what don’t you understand about “Go and do likewise”? It’s …
“Did you help?”
Dorothy Sayers began one of her public talks with the following words: What I am going to talk about is theology. ... I think it only fair to warn you about this, because I so often get letters from people saying that they "don't agree with theology.” They don't like it, as some people …
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