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A Man Nominated for Woman of the Year… AGAIN!
Men are at it again! Too frequently have men been praised in our patriarchal society. In an effort to change the narrative, American media started propping up strong women by giving out a Woman of the Year award to show how important that female goddess energy really is for society. So what did men do?…
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Trainwreck Worldview: Woodstock 1969, 1999, & Beyond
The worldview-child of Woodstock 1969, the father of modern-day music festivals, was on display in Rome, New York at Woodstock 1999. Nevertheless, boomers around world would have you believe that Woodstock ’99 was a perversion of the heavenly reality that descended onto the people of Woodstock 1969. Any story of harmony at the 1969 Woodstock…
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The Failure of Sola Scriptura: How Did I Get Here? Pt. 3
Part one of this “How Did I Get Here” series begins with a brief overview of my theological beliefs over the last decade. You can read that post here. The second part of this series was less about my personal life and more about dominant philosophies (worldviews) of our day. By analyzing a debate between…
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Chomsky vs. Foucault: How Did I Get Here? Pt. 2
I want to say at the outset that this post is not indicative of just how long and how agonizing it was for me to begin to understand Orthodox Christianity’s response to Nihilism. For one thing, I was unaware as to how pervasive outright Nihilism was in the West until reading Fr. Seraphim Rose’s book,…
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How Did I Get Here? Pt. 1
I graduated Magna Cum Laude as the Outstanding Graduate in Biblical Studies recipient from a small, but highly touted Southern Baptist liberal arts college in Texas. My time there was immeasurably beneficial in helping me become a man. I had a lot of growing up to do when I moved across the country to pursue…
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The Pattern of Being for Children, Part 2 of 2 (an anecdote)
I have been taking a look through my past at events that I can consider major milestones,as a means of reinterpreting what at one time might have been considered “mundane.” This blog post will be more personal, but I think it will be worth the read by the time its finished. I believe that by…
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The Pattern of Being for Children, Part 1 of 2
The wisdom of Sirach is not part of the Protestant canon. It’s a real shame too, because there are many prophetic texts clearly foreshadowing the incarnation. Written with the form and style of Proverbs, Wisdom of Sirach is both simple and profound. It has practical lessons for living an honorable life through “the fear…
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COSMIC MYSTAGOGY
“The church is a representation of the intelligible and sensible realms, because she possesses the sanctuary as a symbol of the intelligible realm and the nave as a symbol of the sensible realm.” — St. Maximus the Confessor, On the Ecclesiastical Mystagogy, p. 89 Mystagogy is a word I first encountered in St. Maximus’s book…
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