Glory to God for All Things

The God Cocktail

Posted on 5/14/2013 in atheism, Communion, Conversion, Knowledge of God, Modernity, Orthodox Christianity with 35 Comments

In ’03 there was a small Indy film, Dopamine. The story involves a young computer programmer who is part of a small tech start up in the Bay Area developing an artificially-lived computer character. The cartoon-like bird, can “hear,” “see,” and “interact,” with the user. The tech company manages to place its prototype in a children’s classroom. The programmer develops … Continue reading →

Therapeutic Substitutionary Atonement

Posted on 4/19/2013 in Atonement, Communion, Forgiveness, Holy Week, Mystical Theology, Orthodox Christianity, Pascha, Salvation, Union with God with 87 Comments

For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures… (1 Cor. 15:3-4) No statement is more central to the Christian faith than St. Paul’s rehearsal of the Apostolic Tradition … Continue reading →

Reading in Communion

Posted on 4/8/2013 in Communion, Orthodox Christianity, Scripture, Union with God with 61 Comments

“Seeing they do not see and hearing they do not hear…” (Matt. 13:13) This is Jesus’ description of those who encountered Him but did not understand. Just because we see something doesn’t mean we see it. Just because we hear something doesn’t mean we’ve heard it. This is particularly true of Holy Scripture. Just because we read it doesn’t mean … Continue reading →

“Hail, Mary, Full of Grace,” – the Cause of All Things

Posted on 3/25/2013 in Communion, Incarnation, Mother of God with 23 Comments

I treasure the small volume of George Gabriel, Mary the Untrodden Portal of God. Gabriel occasionally strikes hard at the West and the book would perhaps be strengthened with a less combative approach to the differences of East and West in the faith (my own opinion), but I liked the book and found Gabriel addressing many things, well foot-noted, that are … Continue reading →

Saving Communion

Posted on 3/7/2013 in Communion, Orthodox Christianity, Salvation, The Sacraments, Union with God with 54 Comments

Few things are as fundamental to the New Testament as the reality of communion (koinonia). It means a commonality, a sharing and participation in the same thing. It is this commonality or sharing that lies at the very heart of our salvation. This communion is described in Christ’s “high priestly prayer”: I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe … Continue reading →

Read “Everywhere Present”

Have you ever referred to God as “the Man upstairs”? Most Christians living in a secular society have unwittingly relegated God and all things spiritual to the “second storey” of the universe: Read More...
Christianity in a One-Storey Universe