Hieromonk Alexis (Trader)
In a 1789 letter to Jean-Baptiste Leroy, Benjamin Franklin wrote, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” Yet, most of us spend our lives doing everything possible to avoid them both.
Fr. Barnabas Powell
Would you buy insurance from the KKK, or cleaning products from ISIS? Probably not — even if they offered the best rates, or gave your floors a miraculous shine.
Fr. Stephen Freeman
When the gospel becomes an expression of personal desire and happiness, it has been hijacked by a foreign narrative. What do the pleasures of this world have to do with the Cross of Christ? Christ did not die for our self-fulfillment.
Fr. Peter Pier
Rating: 7|Votes: 3
"The Jews rose up in rebellion against their Roman overlords and God abandoned them because they had abandoned Him, and the city of Jerusalem fell. Many were killed, others were raped pillared and plundered and the Jews were scattered to the four corners of the earth, and the first covenant nation-state of Israel came to an end. But as the people who responded to the parable said, God has now created a new vineyard and let it out to new tenants. And if you want to know where the new vineyard is, just look around, because you’re in it. This is the new vineyard of the Lord."
Fr. John Whiteford
Rating: 7,1|Votes: 31
As is often the case, the proper Orthodox perspective on this question is one of balance. We should proclaim the whole counsel of God (Acts 20:27), and not just the parts that we find most appealing. Nor should we overreact to the imbalances of heterodox theologians, and thus fall into a new error, by rejecting important aspects of our Tradition.