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Americans Suffer, While Government Workers Prosper
As the economy struggles, incomes fall, and business bankruptcies and mortgage default rates remain at all time highs, the federal government spending is booming and its employees are enjoying increased hiring and higher salaries. 2/16/2010 |
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Embryonic Stem Cell Flop in California
Six years later, after destroying innumerable embryos and devaluing human life, they have nothing to show for their investment. Only adult stem cell research has shown any promise. 2/1/2010 |
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CRU Chief Admits Warming May Not Be Unprecedented
Data for vital ‘hockey stick graph’ has gone missing. There has been no global warming since 1995. Warming periods have happened before – but NOT due to man-made changes. 2/14/2010 |
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Pro-Life Teen Barred from Receiving Honor
In what critics are calling an unprecedented act of bias, pro-abortion Ohio House Speaker Armond Budish (D-Beechwood) has denied Shelby County teen Elisabeth Trisler a routine legislative honor, evidently because he objects to Trisler’s pro-life values. 2/9/2010 |
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What’s Wrong with Celebrating Life?
Abortion proponents don’t view life as something to celebrate. Hence, they are protesting the decision by CBS Television to broadcast the $2.5-million ad, which is sponsored by and paid for by Focus on the Family. 1/31/2010 |
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Daily Scripture Readings |
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On the Sunday of Orthodoxy
Rejoicing today in the triumph of Orthodoxy on this first Sunday of Lent, we joyfully commemorate three events: one event belonging to the past; one event to the present; and one event which still belongs to the future. 2/15/2010 |
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A Tale of Two Christian Leaders for a new Missionary Age
Over four decades ago Pope John Paul II said that the restoration of the Russian Orthodox Church was necessary for the cultural restoration of Western Europe. At the time his words seemed audacious. 2/11/2010 |
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Russian Orthodox Church Leaders Defend Marriage
Russian Orthodox Church leaders called on Christians on Thursday to be firm in defending traditional marriage and lamented the family crisis in the country. 2/5/2010 |
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The Wonder of the Incarnation
When those from whom we expect arrogance surprise us with humility, something resonates within the human soul. For Christians, one of the most breathtaking things about our savior Jesus Christ is that he willingly surrendered the privileges of his Lordship and descended from Heaven to walk among us, as one of us. 12/24/09 |
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Current Issues, News, & Editorials |
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Domestic Disturbances
The Rising Polyamorous Culture Is Out to Get Your Children. 1/5/2010 |
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The Left’s End Times
The End-Times Left is more than the sum of global warming enthusiasts, boosters, and acolytes. Broadening the secular left’s universe are those who are anti-life. 12/31/2009 |
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The Light Shineth in the Darkness
For six decades, a wooden cross of one kind or another stood until in the late 1990s in the Mojave Desert, when it was replaced with a more permanent metal one that is now obscured with plywood by court order. 12/23/09 |
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Science and the Demands of Virtue
Contrary to the popular understanding, the natural sciences are not morally neutral. Not only do the findings of science have moral implications, the actual work of scientific research presupposes that the researcher himself is a man of virtue. 12/15/09 |
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Have We Stopped Trying to Make Good People?
The most important question any society must answer is: How will we make good people? 12/15/2009 |
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Junk Science Exposed In Evolutionary Theory
Natural selection is not an active force. It is a passive process in nature. Only those variations that have survival value will be “selected” or be preserved. 12/12/2009 |
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Pulling the Plug on the Conscience Clause
Over the past fifty years, the purposes and practices of medicine have changed radically. Where medical ethics was once life-affirming, today’s treatments and medical procedures increasingly involve the legal taking of human life. 12/2009 |
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A Demand for Freedom
We must demand, as well, genuine freedom for the churches: the freedom to proclaim the gospel, the freedom to persuade conversions, the freedom to make the case for Christianity by participating in public discourse, the freedom to operate charitable and educational organizations, and the freedom to decry sin wherever it is found. 12/2009 |
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Articles from Previous Weeks |
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Conservative Dating, New Website Launched
A new website dedicated exclusively to Conservative Singles and Conservative Dating has been launched. The site was created in order to serve the needs, interests, beliefs, and traditional values of the large and growing conservative community. |
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Kids to Meet Marx in School – Care of Hollywood and The History Channel
Zinn has spent a lifetime teaching college students about the evils of capitalism, the promise of Marxism, and his version of American history – a history that has, in his view, been kept from students. 12/7/09 |
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In Pursuit of Death
The hardcore leftists who fled the collapse of communism have found a home in radical environmental movements. 12/22/09 |
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Democrats Kill Successful DC Voucher Progam
The Democrats in Congress have essentially killed Washington D.C.’s Opportunity Scholarship Program effectively throwing nearly 2,000 disadvantaged students back into one of the worst school systems in the country. 12/21/09 |
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Watermelon Marxists
As a tool for watermelon Marxists — green on the outside and red on the inside — climate change orthodoxy represents an opportunity to achieve age-old dreams of communist wealth redistribution. 12/8/09 |
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Obama’s Buggery Czar, Kevin Jennings
The media is trying to keep this story in the closet, but it’s important not to wink at all the serious problems surrounding President Obama’s controversial “safe schools czar,” Kevin Jennings. 12/8/09 |
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Left Destroys More than It Creates
Just as there is no left-wing Boy Scouts, there is no Salvation Army built and manned by people with left-wing values. 12/1/09 |
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America Founded on the Principles of Honoring God
Critics often miss the point by trying to validate or invalidate the American Founding Fathers as Christian. According to Orthodox Tradition this doesn’t matter. 11/28/09 |
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Manhattan Declaration – Religion Takes a Stand
Christians, when they have lived up to the highest ideals of their faith, have defended the weak and vulnerable and worked tirelessly to protect and strengthen vital institutions of civil society, beginning with the family. 11/23/2009 |
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Global Warmists Caught Red-Handed
The fraud perpetrated by the leading AGW "scientists" exposed. 11/25/09 |
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The Mayflower’s Pilgrim Capitalists
As Philbrick describes it, after three years in America the Pilgrims “stumbled on the power of capitalism” and in the process ensured the colony’s survival. 11/25/09 |
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The Manhattan Declaration: A Call of Christian Conscience
On November 22, 2009 group of Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant leaders unveiled a document called “The Manhattan Declaration: A Call of Christian Conscience” that affirms the traditional Christian teaching concerning abortion, homosexual marriage, and religious freedom 11/22/2009 |
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Thankful for Obama
All signs are pointing toward a monumental collapse in public support for the president and his party. 11/25/2009 |
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Without Life, No Rights
What abortion advocates ignore is that unless we first preserve the right to life, all other rights are meaningless. Rights mean nothing to a corpse. 11/13/2009 |
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Climategate: Alarmism Is Underpinned by Fraud
Files from the UK Climatic Research Unit were hacked. They show that data was massaged, numbers were fudged, diagrams were biased, there was destruction of data after freedom of information requests, and there was refusal to submit taxpayer-funded data for independent examination. 11/25/09 |
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Why Obamanomics Will Not Improve the Economy
The economic programs and policies currently in place are truly astounding. I don’t think I have ever seen a more harmful economic environment for the country. 11/23/09 |
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In the Shadow of the Grand Inquisitor
Christians will be persecuted in this world. They will take away our crosses, smash our icons and tell us that we are wasting our time. 11/17/2009 |
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The Gulag Lives On – But Not in Our Culture
So why so many excellent films set in or around the Holocaust and so few films using any gulag, be it Soviet, Chinese, North Korean, Cuban, etc.? 11/17/09 |
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The Silver Lining of the Left in Power
There may be a major silver lining for conservatives and for America’s future thanks to the foreign and domestic policies of President Obama and the Democrat-controlled House and Senate: For the first time in their lives, millions of Americans are coming to understand the left. 11/17/09 |
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But What About the Poor?
The left avers that many Americans are poverty-stricken, that we need to do more to alleviate their plight, and that the primary role of government is to help them. Let us examine these claims. 11/2/09 |
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Charity and Sacrifice in a Free Society
The Founding Founders established a Republic under a written Constitution with the clear intent of protecting individual freedom; however, the role of our government has been grossly perverted over the last century to the point where politicians now violate individual rights routinely and without batting an eye. 10/31/09 |
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Knocking Human Beings Off the Pedestal of Exceptionalism
Society’s belief in the unique moral value and importance of human life is under unprecedented assault. 10/30/09 |
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Dennis Prager Mentions OrthodoxNet Blog on Air
On Monday, October 19, 2009, during the second hour of his nationally syndicated radio show, noted conservative Dennis Prager, mentioned the OrthodoxNet Blog post on Anita Dunn’s praise of demonic communist dictator Mao Tse-Tung as one of her "favorite political philosophers." 10/27/09 |
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Shedding Some Light on the Judgement
A wise man keeps his attention on the day his death before the days of his life. Before you make plans for tomorrow, remember the hour of your death! 10/27/2009 |
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Four Characteristics of Good Orthodox Preaching
Orthodox preaching needs to be good preaching. To be good, Orthodox preaching must not only deliver good content, but it must strive to make the hearers good. Therefore, good Orthodox preaching is the Gospel (good news) proclaimed and lived. 10/2009 |
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Idol Worship, Counterfeit Gods
Anything and everything we turn to in order to satisfy our deepest needs and longings can become idols. Even good things such as family, love, and morality become idols when they take the place of God. As Keller writes, "If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning in life, and identity, then it is an idol." 10/27/2009 |
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Getting to Know An Unknown God
Who is this unknown God that has touched all of world history? Who is this being for whom so much ink has been spilled
trying to understand? 10/2009 |
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Quotes |
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"God created things which had free will... If a thing is free to be good, it is also free to be bad.
And free will is what has made evil possible. Why, then, did God give them free will?" Because free will,
though it makes evil possible, is also the only thing that makes possible any love
or goodness or joy worth having."
"The happiness which God designs for His higher creatures is the happiness of being freely, voluntarily
united to Him and to each other in an ecstasy of love and delight compared with which the most
rapturous love between a man and a woman on this earth is mere milk and water. And for that they must
be free."
-- C.S. Lewis -
Mere Christianity
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Mere Christianity
by C.S. Lewis |
| C.S. Lewis has created a masterpiece in "Mere Christianity." What I have heard about this
book is quite true. Lewis does make a convincing case about the existence of God. A must read! |
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Books on Orthodox Christianity
Extensive selection of books on the Orthodox Faith and beliefs. |
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A Jealous God
Book Review - Award-winning journalist Pamela R. Winnick exposes some of the more
unsavory and dangerous characteristics of the scientific establishment that have contributed to the erosion
of human dignity and led to the abuse of individuals for the sake of science. |
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Mere Christianity (C.S. Lewis)
Book Review - Mere Christianity is full of memorable and powerful revelations that
elucidate the foundations of Christian theology, our relationship to God, and the meaning of life. Only
C.S. Lewis could summarize such broad concepts so eloquently without coming across as overly-religious or preachy. |
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OrthodoxyToday.org
Articles and commentary on Social and Moral issues of the day. |
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Spiritual Nourishment
Articles and essays on a variety of Orthodox Christian topics and issues. |
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Bacterial Flagellum – A Sheer Wonder Of Intelligent Design
The unimaginable complexity of the Baterial Flagellum, the world’s most efficient organic motor. |
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Warning Signs of Power Corruption in Organizations
Here is the risk inherent in leadership: The greater the leader’s power, wealth, authority, and influence, the more likely
the leader could succumb to ethical lapses and moral failings. 9/3/09 (
more by Chris Banescu) |
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Haeckel’s Embryos Drawings - Evolutionary Fraud
It has long been known that one of the most effective popularizers of evolution, Ernst Haeckel, fudged some drawings, but
only now has the breathtaking extent of his deceit been revealed. 8/30/09 |
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Duty to Share the Truth
St. Ambrose's exhortation to all Christians. 7/20/09 |
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Watch Your Thoughts, They Become Words
Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. 6/13/09 |
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Orthodox Christianity and Capitalism Revisited
The previous podcast on this subject with Chris Banescu stimulated comments about whether we covered the bases
on this issue fully or dispassionately enough. In this podcast Fr John Whiteford, an Orthodox priest and frequent conservative
commentator and blogger, and Dr. Amir Azarvan, layman, political science lecturer, and avowed socialist revisit some of
the issues. 6/26/09 |
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Orthodox Christianity And Capitalism: Are They Compatible?
Interview (Podcast) that discusses the economic, moral and spiritual issues surrounding the “capitalist”
economic model and whether it serves the best interests of Christians living the life of the Beatitudes. 4/19/09 |
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A Primer on Capitalism
In today’s turbulent financial times and difficult economic conditions, a lot of unjustified criticism and
unwarranted accusations have been laid at the doorstep of capitalism. 1/22/09 (
more by Chris Banescu) |
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The Task of Orthodox Theology in America Today
Fr. Alexander Schmemann - For the eternal task of theology is to refer the life of the Church to the
absolute Truth of the Church's own tradition, to keep alive and operative a criterion by which the Church judges herself.
Immersed in human history, the Church is always full of temptations and sins and, what is even more serious, of compromises and
accommodations to the spirit of "this world." |
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Calendar of Feasts
Orthodox Calendar of Main Church Feasts from 2004 through 2012. |
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The Divine Liturgy
The word liturgy means common work or common action. The Divine Liturgy is the common work of
the Orthodox Church. It is the official action of the Church formally gathered together as the chosen People
of God. |
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Various Private Prayers
Fr. John Whiteford has graciously compiled on his site a large list of various
prayers. |
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The Seven Sacraments
Fr. John Matusiak and Fr. Thomas Hopko answer questions about the
Seven Sacraments of the Orthodox Faith. |
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In Spirit and In Truth
Our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ, by His Holy Glorious Resurrection, gave man inner
spiritual life, taught us to worship Him, and to serve God ‘in spirit and in truth’. |
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