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Back to SearchThe Assurance of Salvation
What does it mean to be saved? What is salvation and how to we attain it? Fr Tom gives clear, traditional Orthodox teachings from the scriptures as t…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Do We Need the Saints?
What does the Church teach about the intercession of the Saints? Can they really hear our pleas to them? Are the Saints dead or alive? Fr Tom gives t…
5 months ago
Evangelizing the Orthodox?
An Australian based Protestant ministry called "Evangelising Eastern Orthodoxy" led by a former Greek Orthodox adherent claims that Orthodox Christia…
5 months, 1 week ago
What Being Disillusioned Really Means
Former Orthodox priest Joshua Schooping makes more baseless claims against the Orthodox Christian faith in his latest interview. Fr Tom responds to e…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Does the Church Exist in Two Modes?
The Orthodox Observer (GOA) published a provocative article noting the polarity between "cradle and convert," "evangelism and ethnicity," positing th…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Canterbury's Collapse
The Church of England's election of the first female Archbishop of Canterbury has further fractured the Anglican communion. Fr. Thomas gives commenta…
6 months ago
Do the Holy Week Hymns Teach PSA?
In a follow-up to previous episodes on an Orthodox Christian response to Penal Substitutionary Atonement (PSA), Fr Thomas leads us through a deep-div…
6 months, 1 week ago
Defining Mary is Defending Christ
Father Thomas responds to Samuel Farag's continuing series, "Eastern Orthodoxy: Through the Lens of Scripture," in which he calls the Orthodox Christ…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Panic at the Protest
Social media posts noting the unprecedented number of conversions to Orthodox Christianity are increasing. Far from obscure, marginal voices on YouTu…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Covering Holy Things
God commanded that holy objects be covered, acknowledging their holiness and maintaining the mystery revealed. But if the curtain of the temple was t…
7 months ago