Kinder Morgan Protests Raise Serious Questions for Christians — Loren Wilkinson
People of all ages and backgrounds continue to get arrested while protesting the work on the Kinder Morgan pipeline on Burnaby Mountain. The whole event raises serious questions for Christians. The protestors are clearly operating out of deep conviction, but breaking...
The Heresy of Orthodoxy – Fr. John Behr
Fr. John Behr takes on those who dismiss Jesus Christ on "historical grounds," by explaining how historicism itself is problematic and, indeed, heretical. The alternative to historicism as our mode of interpretation, he explains, is Christ on the cross as the...
Orthodox Eschatology and St. Gregory of Nyssa’s De vita Moysis — Andrew P. Klager
Editor's note: This chapter of Compassionate Eschatology, edited by Ted Grimsrud and Michael Hardin, is used by permission of Wipf and Stock Publishers. Orthodox Eschatology and St. Gregory of Nyssa’s De vita Moysis: Transfiguration, Cosmic Unity,...
Erasmus and Merton: Soul Friends – Ron Dart
ERASMUS AND MERTON: SOUL FRIENDS The name of Erasmus will never perish. - John Colet (1) Erasmus has published volumes more full of wisdom than any which Europe has seen for ages. - Thomas More (2) I am halfway through the Ratio Verae Theologiae of...
When Did God Become a Christian? Connecting Covenants – Greg Albrecht
They arrived in Jerusalem with their camel caravan after spending more than a month on the road. These wealthy and wise men called the Magi were clearly men of means—their style of travel was the first-century equivalent to a sleek, sophisticated Motorhome...
Before You Read the Fathers — Brad Jersak and Fr. Michael Gillis
"Having read Holy Scripture very carefully, you should also read the holy Fathers who interpret the Scriptures. You will receive no less delight from reading the Fathers than you do from the Scriptures. The Fathers develop the hidden meanings in Scripture and...
Why Jesus was “Mean” and I Shouldn’t Be: Reflections on Criticizing Others — Andrew Klager
Fr. Thomas Hopko’s famous 55 maxims contain four that I’ve particularly clung to over the years: “We don’t judge anyone for anything”; “Don’t try to convince anyone of anything”; “Give advice to others only when asked or obligated to do so,” and “Be simple, hidden,...
Prayer and the Absence of God – Anthony Bloom
As we start learning to pray, I would like to make it clear that what I mean by ‘learning to pray’ is not an attempt to justify or explain this in a speculative way. Rather, I would like to point out what one should be aware of, and what one can do if one...
Review of Stephen Leacock’s ‘Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich’ – 100th Anniversary – Ron Dart
A great countryman of ours: a man to thank God for. - Robertson Davies Stephen Leacock was known as one of the finest writers in the first half of the 20th century--a spellbinding and unique Canadian version of Dickens, Twain and Swift. Leacock has been...
George Grant and the Anglican Church of Canada: A 20th Century Prophet – Ron Dart
But there are remnants left around me…very strange remnants…in this case the Anglican Church which has in it some of the ancient truth and therefore I will live within it. – George Grant Liberalism was, in origin, criticism of the old established order. Today, it is...