East Coker is the second poem in T.S. Eliot’s masterpiece, Four Quartets. East Coker is the actual village in Somersetshire, England from which Eliot’s ancestor, Andrew Eliot, set out for America in the 17th century. The poem East Coker, though, is a contemplation of the passage of time, felt primarily by an individual who is…
I’m going to start this year’s edition of Resurrecting Orthodoxy a little differently. Instead of a book analysis, or something about YECism, or a Biblical Studies post, I’m going to share my love of the poetry of T.S. Eliot. I was first introduced to Eliot’s poetry, as most people are, with his poem The Love…
Ham vs. Vischer: Carnivore or Vegetarian? Today I saw that Ken Ham of Answers in Genesis took to social media to decry (yet again) Phil “Veggietales” Vischer for going on his Holy Post Podcast and daring to say Ken Ham is wrong about how to read Genesis—specifically Genesis 1. Ham took umbrage over one of…
We now come to the last post in this series where I am going thorough Kallistos Ware’s book, The Orthodox Way. The short epilogue in his book is entitled, “God as Eternity.” In it, he touches upon the Christian teachings regarding the second coming and the resurrection of the body. So, let’s take a look….
We now come to the second to last post in this series on Kallistos Ware’s The Orthodox Way. In this post, I will be discussing the second half of his chapter, “God as Prayer,” in which he discusses what he considers to be the four qualities of the active life of a “traveler on the…
In these next two posts, I will discuss the next chapter of Kallistos Ware’s book, The Orthodox Way. Chapter 6 is entitled, “God as Prayer.” Now, most Evangelicals think of prayer as that thing you do before meals in during your quiet/devotional time where you bow your head, close your eyes, and talk to God…
Please allow me this brief rant. You may call yourself a Christian. Your social media profile has Bible verses on it, you attend church, give money to charity, and sponsor children in Africa. …but if you smoke or drink alcohol, you are showing everyone just how dark and sinful your heart is. Cancer kills over…
Last Friday, on December 11th, Phil Vischer, the creator of Veggie Tales, put out a very good and informative video entitled, What is an “Evangelical”? in which he gave a brief history lesson on where modern Evangelicalism came from and the challenges it now faces. Yesterday, on December 15th, Ken Ham of the YEC organization…
In this post, I will discuss the next chapter of Kallistos Ware’s book, The Orthodox Way. Chapter 5 is entitled, “God as Spirit,” and (as the title suggests) discusses the Holy Spirit, as well as some of the components of the spiritual life. As Ware says at the beginning of the chapter, “The whole aim…
In this post, I will further discuss the second part of chapter 5 of Ware’s book, The Orthodox Way, “God as Man,” which focuses on the mystery of the incarnation and all that it entails. After emphasizing that the Incarnation was ultimately about God effecting the next stage of man’s journey from being a creature…