FrAntonios Kaldas

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The Anaphora

January 31, 2012 - 11:16 pm

Posted in Church Sacraments & Rites, Spirituality | 1 comment

A little contemplation on the liturgy, with a linguistic turn…
The Anaphora in the Coptic rite is that part of the Eucharistic liturgy that begins with the priest praying the words,
“The Lord be with you all”,
to which the congregation respond,
“And with your spirit”.
The word anaphora is Greek and is derived from two roots: ano or ‘upward’ and [...]

Why I Hate Religion But Love Jesus

January 14, 2012 - 9:36 pm

Posted in Apologetics, Society, Spirituality | 7 comments

There’s been a lot of discussion lately around a video by evangelist Jefferson Bethke that has gone viral called “Why I Hate Religion But Love Jesus”. You can see the video and read an excellent critique of it by an Eastern Orthodox priest here. There is not much left to be said on the topic, but of [...]

Worship in Spirit and Truth

January 6, 2012 - 9:34 am

Posted in Apologetics, Spirituality | 2 comments

There are two ways to follow Christ.
Actually, there are more, but overall, they can be grouped under two general categories: true ways and false ways. Here are just a few false ways:
Magical Thinking
If I fast for three days, I will force God to give me that job … if I run into five red traffic [...]

Christianity Changed the World

December 17, 2011 - 12:41 pm

Posted in Apologetics, History, Society | 3 comments

As Xmas approaches, I present a really interesting guest blog from Samuel Kaldas. So few people today realise the incredible debt we owe to Christianity. Going on the words below, society today would be unimaginable had not that very special Baby been born two thousand years ago. Enjoy…
As often happens when one walks the streets [...]

Population Pressures (Part 2)

December 8, 2011 - 7:07 am

Posted in Contemporary Issues, Society | 1 comment

In the last post I discussed the problems that might arise due to the world’s ever growing population and looked at some of the discussion about what might be done about it. In this post I am going to explore the growth in population of different religious groups.
In recent times, there has been some heated [...]

Population Pressures (Part 1)

November 29, 2011 - 10:21 am

Posted in Contemporary Issues, Society | No comments

Apologies for the lack of posting recently – I was locked out by some technical glitch which now appears to have resolved itself!
Radio National’s Encounter program (30 October 2011) recently covered a very interesting yet little discussed topic. In the Bible, God commands Adam and Eve, and later Noah and his family, to go forth [...]

Integration

November 3, 2011 - 7:10 pm

Posted in Spirituality | 2 comments

 
Sometimes, the day just seems too short. So many of my days end with me listing all the things I had intended to get done that day and just didn’t have time for. Worst of all, there is that nagging discomfort of suspecting that I did not prioritise the tasks well. Perhaps I spent too [...]

Diogenes Was Disturbed.

October 26, 2011 - 10:04 am

Posted in Apologetics, Philosophy, Society, Spirituality | No comments

 
Diogenes was disturbed. It wasn’t really because he had lost his wares. It was frustrating to know that his carefully crafted ornaments were floating down the river for anyone to pick up, but that was not what disturbed him mostly now. It was not even the fact that he was wet and cold from having [...]

October 17, 2011 - 7:44 pm

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A 32 year old Protestant Iranian pastor with a young family is on trial in Iran for apostasy from the Muslim faith. He stands at grave risk of being executed, although he has been told that he would be a free man if only he would ‘repent’, renounce his Christian faith and return to Islam. [...]

Egypt on the Brink

October 11, 2011 - 8:03 am

Posted in Contemporary Issues, History, Shay & Biskot, Society | 2 comments

 
Over the past nine months fanatic elements within the Egyptian Muslim community have stirred up civil unrest all over Egypt. Copts have been attacked, houses and shops looted, and churches burnt down. While it is true that a general degree of anarchy has prevailed in the country since the revolution, one expects that as the [...]

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