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
Busy last week. Busy last weekend. Late Blog Post. Short Blog Post. Sorry. God at work in history Some Christians are forever trying to figure out what the future holds: When will the Second Coming be? When will the Lord return in Glory? Even we Orthodox often wonder – or at least I do, who […]
Read More »So Jesus’ birth was the result of Mary’s being raped by a Roman soldier?! That is the suggestion of Elaine Pagels, Professor of Religion at Princeton, University. * The evidence for this is… You’re right. There isn’t any. As for the Christmas stories? They, she says, are only “metaphors”. Metaphors for what? That’s not clear. […]
Read More »Dear ones: This a re-run, greatly revised, of Post 95 from December 7, 2018. I figure most of you haven’t read the first version. In fact, when I re-read it, much of it was news to me, and I said to myself, ”Well, he certainly could have said that a whole lot better.” Thus the […]
Read More »Understanding The Revelation (The Apocalypse) I came home from Patmos with a great tan which must have been a miracle, because my last Post implied that I spent my time there in church – yes? No. In the old days, I loved to go to a quiet beach and read. I found this little beach […]
Read More »During August, we’re doing reruns of a few of the more popular Posts from years past – very slightly revised. Last week we saw how often the Virgin Mary is mentioned in the New Testament. Nobody except her Son comes close. Then… well, go back and read it for yourself. We stopped in the middle […]
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