Fr. Bill's Orthodox Blog – Orthodoxy from the Third Coast
Saints, Seasons, Society, Sins, plus Travels mostly to Greece and who knows what next? by Father Bill Olnhausen
Christ is born! Glorify him! The point of last week’s Post, and of the Old Testament (as Christians call it) is that Christ did not arrive “out of the clear blue”, without warning. There had been long centuries of preparation – indeed from before the beginning of time. Saint Paul wrote that Christ came in […]
Read More »If there is one thing I would change in our unchangeable Orthodox Church, it would be to add an Old Testament reading to Divine Liturgy. Its absence means that most Orthodox never hear Genesis, the story of the Beginning of Everything – and much other important material. If we don’t get the foundation right, the […]
Read More »Now we come to the big question. Lest you hold your breath in dread anticipation, I’ll not keep you waiting. The conclusion (surprise!) will be No. Christmas is not a fairy tale. I know that, for the most part, I’m preaching to the choir here. And I know we in the choir usually believe not for […]
Read More »Four years ago, along I-94 west of downtown Milwaukee, these words were on a billboard sponsored by a local atheist group. I read that these appeared in other places too. Well, it’s a free country… …and if this challenges Christians to think it will be a good thing. I suspect more than a few of […]
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