Articles

Second Temple Judaism
Jesus is the Temple
Precious Stones and Stars in the Sky
Second Temple Judaism – The Sadducees
Second Temple Judaism – The Priests
The Temple Cult in Second Temple Judaism
Broad and Narrow Gates
The Invention of Judaism
Competing Temples
Saint Paul and the Apocalyptic Visions of Second Temple Judaism
The Song of Simeon and the Bible
When You Fast … On Wednesday and Friday
Praying the Hours
The Eighth Day and Millennium of Christ 

Icons, Iconography and Veneration
Sanctioning Idolatry
Tim Tebow and the Saints
A Note to Everyone Who Would Call Me an Idolater
Iconoclasm, Jews and All That Jazz
Icons of the Trinity – They Don’t Exist
Against Silly Arguments from the Second Commandment
St Constantine and the Triumph of Christian Art
Meddling With History and the Origin of Icons
Symbolism
Using Colors According to Tradition
Liturgy and Image
Theology of the Icon
The Second Commandment and Idols
Icons in House Churches
Our Little Icons
Of Revolutions and Icons
Over-Emphasis in Orthodoxy
Marian Devotion
Regarding Veneration of Icons 

Church History
Mary, the Woman
Putting the “Mass” Back into Christmas
Of Calendars and Schismatics
John Wycliffe – An Orthodox Saint?
The Prophecy of Joel, Israel, the Eucharist, Hell … and the Church
Orthodoxy and Pentecostalism
The Importance of Christology
The “Golden Age” of the Church
A Defense of the Ecumenical Councils
“… and the Son”

Ecclesiology, Mysteries and Catholicity
A Brief Treatise on Truth
Lent, Have Mercy
Clerical Dress and American Worship
The Assembly
Israel as the People of God: Part 3
Israel as the People of God: Part 2
Israel as the People of God: Part 1
Yes, That’s Really in the Scriptures
The Eucharist is Dangerous
The Eucharist is Real
The Eucharist is Important
Schism and Communion
Help Thou Mine Unbelief
Become as the Little Children
Are We Waiting for the REAL Church to Stand Up?
Church Hopping Evangelicals and the Destruction of the American Church
Worship in the Land of the Free
The “Amen” of Orthodoxy
What “Catholic” Means, Really
Questions of Authority
Finding God through Christ
Do You Really Believe?
On the Church Being Infallible
Unity in Hope?
Old and New
Beauty, Love, and Truth
The Catholic Faith
Open Communion?

Scripture, the Canon and Tradition
The Septuagint and Textual Criticism
Some Questions (and Answers) on the Text and Canon of Scripture
Saint Justin and the Divine Origin of the Septuagint
Theology as Archaeology
The Book of Tobit – Chapter 6
The Book of Tobit – Chapters 4-5
Origin of the Bible – The New Testament
The Book of Tobit – Chapter 3
Origin of the Bible – The Old Testament
Origin of the Bible – Historical Context
The Book of Tobit – Chapters 1-2
Origin of the Bible – Definitions and Clarifications
The Book of Tobit – Introduction and Overview

The Gospel According to Tobit
Sola … Reason?
Sola Chaos
“Sola Scriptura” and the Traditions of Men
Canon Fodder
Scripture in the Church
Using the Torah to Refute Jesus
The “Sola Scriptura” Myth (part two)
The “Sola Scriptura” Myth (part one)
Tradition

Orthodox Spirituality and Soteriology
Hard to Be (A Christian)
Not All East is East
In a Foreign Land
Time Doesn’t Heal All Wounds
Fasting of Time
A Gospel of Doing
Orthodox Milk
Hypocrisy as the American Dream
A Way that Seems Right – A Meditation on St Mark of Ephesus
Becoming a Christian
Jesus Didn’t Perform Miracles
Catechesis, Mystagogy and the Lure of the West
Truly Simple Christianity
I’m Not a “Believer”
Children and the World
What Did Christ Accomplish?: Rob Bell, Evangelical Bickering and the Gospel of St Ignatius
The Myth of the Middle Ground
Christ the Mercy Seat
“Read Your Bible” is Bad Advice
I’m Not Orthodox
God (Sorta) With Us
God on the East Side
Slaying the Sinful Passions
This is True About Me … But Not Really
Against “Satisfaction” in the Atonement
Fasting Means …
Nous and Theology
I See- Er… Talk to Dead People
Mystery and Children
I Must Know Everything

Liturgy and Worship
Banking with Jesus

Liturgical Adaptation (and the Danger of Legalism)
Bishops and Hats
Is Fasting “Biblical?”
We Keep Singing … But What Does it Mean?

General Apologetics
The Man of Sin; the Beast of the Earth
The Identity of the Antichrist
God Loves Osama Bin Laden
Muhammad’s Testament in Protection of Christians
An Orthodox View of UFOs
Christianity and Pagan Mystery Cults

Book Reviews
What to Read as an “Orthodox Inquirer”
Book Review: “Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy”