All Saints of North America Orthodox Church · Phoenix, Arizona

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Using the Fear of Epidemics to Shut Down Churches

June 19, 2021 By Fr. John Peck [edit]

by Fr. John Whiteford Having watched how parish churches have been shut down around the world on the basis of the Coronavirus, I had thought prior to reading the following that there must be a bunch of old Soviets kicking themselves that they hadn't thought of it first. But the fact of the matter is, they not only thought of it... they did it. I recently read the book "Red Priests," which is a book about the schismatic "Living Church," and the use that the Soviets made of them to try to undermine the real Russian Church, and I found this quote, which was speaking about various strategies the Soviets were using during the 1930's to try to eradicate the Church: "Parish churches were often … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General Tagged With: COVID-19, Fr. John Whiteford, Living Church [post-edit]

How to Study Scripture from an Orthodox Perspective

June 10, 2019 By Fr. John Peck [edit]

by Fr. John Whiteford This video provides an excellent presentation by Archpriest John Whiteford, chief pastor of St. Jonah Orthodox Church (ROCOR) in Spring, Texas, on how Orthodox Christians should view Bible study. Fr. John is a Bible scholar, and author of the book, Sola Scriptura: An Orthodox Analysis of the Cornerstone of Reformation Theology. What follows is not a comprehensive guide to how to the study the Bible, but it is a collection of previous articles into one post, so that they can be easily accessed. First, a talk that covers why we should study the Scriptures, as well as some of the basics about how we should do so. The Importance of Reading the Bible in Christian … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Bible, Fr. John Whiteford [post-edit]

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