The Haves and The Have Nots
by Chris Banescu “The Haves and the Have Nots” is a very common phrase used often in the mainstream of American society and in the social and political discourse; many times by Christians trying to...
View ArticleA Hard Lesson on Home Schools
by Chris Banescu This June, my wife and I had the privilege of attending the high school graduation ceremonies of several home-schooled youngsters. These events not only impressed us with references to...
View ArticleSinful Silence – When Christians Neglect Their Civil Duty
Book Review by Chris Banescu In the book “ Sinful Silence: When Christians Neglect Civic Duty” authors Ken Connor and John Revell make a strong case that Christians have a sacred responsibility to...
View ArticleMere Christianity, Essential Precepts of the Christian Faith
Book Review by Chris Banescu C.S. Lewis is one of the most influential Christian writers of the 20th century and probably the most down to earth theologian that Western civilization has produced. His...
View ArticleForgiveness Without Repentance?
by Chris Banescu In the midst of the ongoing OCA moral crisis we hear calls, especially from some clergy and many of our hierarchs, to forgive all those in the OCA leadership and administration who...
View ArticleCivil Unions, Stepping Stones That Undermine Marriage
by Chris Banescu Some Orthodox leaders and scholars have argued that same-sex civil unions, while not recognized and blessed by the Orthodox Church, should nevertheless be accepted and protected by the...
View ArticleSt. John Chrysostom vs. Communism
by Chris Banescu – This amazing quote was written by St. John Chrysostom. Those strong warnings regarding core principles that form the foundation of socialist/communist ideologies should have been...
View ArticleA Voice Crying in the Wilderness
by Chris Banescu Each of us has a calling, a vocation, in life. Some discover their passion in their childhood or teen years and know from early on what they were meant to do. Some find their calling...
View ArticleTo Be, or Not To Be… Created
by Chris Banescu Christians believe that human beings were created by God in the image and likeness of their Creator. They proclaim that the entire universe, all matter, and all life were designed and...
View ArticleMan’s Hunger and Thirst for God
by Chris Banescu - There is a reality of the human condition that holds true throughout the history of mankind. Human beings are born with an inner desire for something timeless that nothing in this...
View ArticleThe True Light of Mankind
by Chris Banescu - As the Christmas season fades into the distance and the New Year is upon us, we tend to feel the passage of time most acutely. With the conclusion of the bright and joyous...
View ArticleThe Gospel, The Cure for Mankind’s Suffering
by Chris Banescu - Perpetual crises and suffering, societal unrest, financial emergencies, institutional dysfunction, governmental tyranny, murder and mayhem, wars, riots, terrorism, and the...
View ArticleChuck Colson: A Life Redeemed by Christ
by Chris Banescu - This past weekend we lost an influential and great champion for Christ and truth. Charles W. “Chuck” Colson’s bright light is no longer in the world, but still shines on in eternity...
View ArticleMetropolitan Jonah: Our Battle is Against Secularism
by Chris Banescu – It is very reassuring to the flock when a faithful shepherd preaches Christ and teaches the Truth at every opportunity. It is also inspiring and uplifting for the laity to see an...
View ArticleFr. Peter Gillquist – Memory Eternal Faithful Servant of Christ
by Chris Banescu - Fr. Peter Gillquist was a loving and faithful shepherd of our Lord. Not only did he bring many in America into the Orthodox Church, but his powerful and public witness to the truth...
View ArticleChristianity is Truth, Not a Religion
by Chris Banescu – Christianity is not just a “religion.” The Christian Faith embodies the most important truths of this life and all human existence which God first revealed to Moses and the other Old...
View ArticleCorrecting Scorners and Rebuking Wicked Men is Harmful
by Chris Banescu – The Bible warns us that confronting and trying to correct and rebuke scornful and wicked individuals can be harmful. The Proverbs caution that “he who corrects a scorner [scoffer]...
View ArticleRespecting God’s Freedom
by Chris Banescu - God respects our freedom and does not force us to love or follow Him. He expects the same consideration from us. He wants us to respect His freedom in deciding if, when, and how He...
View ArticleLiving Among Immortals – C.S. Lewis
by Chris Banescu - In his The Weight of Glory sermon C.S. Lewis reminds us that God created men and women as immortal beings. While our sin and rebellion has temporarily alienated us from God,...
View ArticleWhen Men Forsake God, Tyranny Always Follows
by Chris Banescu - “But if I were asked today to formulate as concisely as possible the main cause of the ruinous Revolution that swallowed up some sixty million of our people, I could not put it more...
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