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
The Nativity of Our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ Now that “the tumult and the shouting” have died, and Commercial Christmas is over, we Christians can get down to celebrating the Real Christmas. * Again this year, I’ve searched for some of the best Orthodox Christmas music I could find. Some is a repeat […]
Read More »As surely you have noticed, most of our American Christmas customs have nothing to do with the Birth of Jesus Christ. They’re secular – that is, without any specific religious connotations. That doesn’t mean they’re evil. Many of them are good or lovely or fun. But first, there’s one thing about secular Christmas which I […]
Read More »1 The Incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ Who “came to earth without leaving Heaven”. Let’s begin with the more than puzzling words of Jesus to Nicodemus, that night when he came to Him by stealth: “No one has ever ascended into Heaven except the one who descended from Heaven, the Son of Man, who […]
Read More »Old Testament Prophets Thus far we’ve been talking about true Prophets who proclaimed the word of God. There were also false prophets, who were faking it. “I did not send prophets; yet, they ran: I have not spoken to them; yet, they prophesied.” Jeremiah 23:21 In troubled times, false prophets often told people what they […]
Read More »A prophet? Not. I suspect this is the popular idea of a prophet: a fortune-teller, a sooth-sayer. No. Prophets are spokesmen for God, through whom God has had all manner of things to say, often in judgment, and also often warnings about the future. Why a Post about Prophets today? 1 Because during December our […]
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