Do Jews go to Heaven?

Let me start off by saying that it is entirely up to God if anybody goes to Heaven. This post is about an often heard thing in many Protestant circles, or at least something I heard about a lot growing up in the Southern Baptist Church and attending Christian schools with a Baptist lean. And that is that the Jews are God's chosen people still.

The Gentleman Working Class

It seems to me that gentlemen are hard to find these days. Or at least in anything outside of the wealthy upper-class. But I think we all have an idea of what a gentleman is, we can usually get a kind of mental image to what we think a gentleman looks like.

Orthodox/Soldier

This is something I have been trying to articulate in my mind for quite some time. Perhaps if I type out my thoughts they will force themselves into some coherent, literate form. How does one reconcile being an Orthodox Christian and a Soldier?

Why I Like the Idea of Patreon

For those who do not know, there is a website that allows you, dear readers, to pay me to write. This website is known as Patreon. And no, this is not another plea for you to become my patron, though if you were so inclined I would be much obliged. No, this blog post is about why I like the idea of Patreon.

The OCU is Mad

 I saw this come across my feed earlier, and since I am the paragon of all things spiritual and political, I felt like I needed to weigh in. Also, I am a paragon of nothing.

The Problem with Exercising

 For some inexplicable reason, I have always had a hard time maintaining an exercise regime. I don't know why in my earlier years that I had this problem, and I wish that I had worked through it then so it wouldn't affect me so much today.

Christianity without Repercussions: Salvation pt. 2 - Theosis

 In my last post in this series on the subject of Salvation, I covered quite a lot about the faith/works paradigm. I wrote quite a fair bit about how faith and works go hand in hand with our salvation. Even from an Evangelical point of view, works are needed for salvation - thus destroying one of the Solas.

Assured Salvation?

 I have avoided writing in depth on soteriology since I started this blog. The reason for my hesitancy is that I feel like I do not have an adequate understanding to properly speak about such a topic. However, recent conversations have impressed upon me the desire to write at least whatever this post will become, so please bear with me.

The Timelessness of Worship

This past Monday during our Oblate conference call our presenter talked about anamnesis - or a rememberance. I wish we had a transcript available of these conference calls, because I am terrible at taking notes, and my memory don't member good. It was a very good presentation, and we even got a link that covered some of what was presented. What follows are my thoughts on the subject.

On Donatism - Or Are Other Sacraments Valid?

 I was chatting on Facebook the other day in one of the plethora of Orthodox groups that I am in. A person asked for patristic quotes that the sacraments outside of the Church were not valid. I pulled some quick quotes from my favorite Early Church Father, St. Ignatius, and expected a priest to maybe weigh in if I were reading things wrong.