Media Discovers Episcopus Vagans at Vatican, Film at 11
“God is much bigger than… your style [of worship] or mine.”
“Giving Up Something” for Lent
The original version of this post from February of 2012 first appeared on the Roads From Emmaus weblog. It is also available as an audio recording at Ancient Faith Radio. In February of 2012, Mark Galli posted an article entitled Giving Up Self-Discipline for Lent which is actually a fairly fascinating look into what Lenten ascetical effort looks like from within a…
Converting from Westboro Baptist
“The hidden hand behind bad music” – could it happen here?: American Catholic worship and Orthodoxy in America
Some years ago, Catholic church musician Jeffrey Tucker published a piece for Crisis Magazine titled “The Hidden Hand behind Bad Catholic Music”. It was first run in 2002 but recently was recirculated through social media circles, and it caught my eye. I’d read the piece before, and am a regular reader of Mr. Tucker’s work in excellent group efforts such as The New Liturgical Movement.…
What Should Christians Think About “Lost Gospels”?
The following guest piece by Joel J. Miller originally ran under the title “Why apostolic tradition matters, part 2.” It is republished here with permission. It seems that every time a supposedly “lost gospel” is unearthed the media hypes it as if it were the Second Coming. Invariably, these texts contradict the received understanding of the church. The most recent example is…
The Narrow Gate: Eastern Christian Spirituality and Eastern Religion
The following is the manuscript of a talk recently given by Ancient Faith Today host Kevin Allen at an Advent Forum in Merced, California. He has kindly given us permission to publish it in full. It’s a bit longer than most of our pieces, but it didn’t make sense to us to break it up. Tonight I will be speaking about some “points of…
Drawing False Moral Equivalence in “Rights” Politics
The irony of our culture is that when it comes to abortion and guns, the exact same political tribes simply change places and shout “Dead children!” “My liberties!” at each other. That’s insane. Both tribes, when riding their particular hobby horses, prioritize “My liberties” over dead children. Me: I think dead children (and all other dead innocents) always take priority over my…
O&H Author Featured in New Journal: Kairos Quarterly
Cyril Jenkins on Forensic Justification in Scripture
Here’s an interesting post from earlier this week by O&H author Dr. Cyril Jenkins on why all the “righteousness” language in Scripture cannot actually be interpreted in a single way, namely, the Reformed sense of forensic justification. This is from his weblog Lux Christi.