tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22331853Sat, 20 Sep 2008 03:35:16 +0000http://www.street-theologian.com/blog.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (street theologian)Blogger282125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22331853.post-1564773988276852752Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:30:00 +00002008-09-18T08:30:32.990-07:00In fresh incidents of attacks on Catholic places of worship in the state, some unidentified persons burnt religious books belonging to a church and also damaged furniture at a church and statue of Mother Mary.www.daijiworld.com - This website has some pretty good coverage of the violence along with photos.read more | digg storyhttp://www.street-theologian.com/2008/09/attacks-on-catholics-in-india.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (street theologian)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22331853.post-3087996690554661597Tue, 16 Sep 2008 02:50:00 +00002008-09-15T19:54:11.744-07:00Current EventsLife"There are struggles that we cannot sustain alone, without the help of divine grace," he said. "For each person, suffering is always something alien, It can never be tamed." -Pope Benedict XVIhttp://www.street-theologian.com/2008/09/accept-death-at-hour-chosen-by-god-pope.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (street theologian)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22331853.post-3625765015306187183Sat, 13 Sep 2008 14:09:00 +00002008-09-13T07:10:41.953-07:00NetworksMediaJoin my blog network on facebook (click) Or just add the blog networks application, and search "street theologian" See, that wasn't hardhttp://www.street-theologian.com/2008/09/more-shameless-self-promotion.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (street theologian)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22331853.post-4649189384815613147Sat, 13 Sep 2008 05:39:00 +00002008-09-12T23:08:46.942-07:00TheologyFaithChristian MediaEver since I got this amazing little service known as Sirius Satellite Radio for my two hour daily commute, I picked up listening to Way of the Master Radio on Sirius Familynet (aka Southern Baptist Radio). For those who don't know, that's Kirk Cameron's (aka Mike Seaver of "Growing Pains" fame) radio program. As long as I've listened to it, I have never actually heard Kirk (wasn't his best http://www.street-theologian.com/2008/09/way-of-master-on-gods-will.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (street theologian)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22331853.post-3478713048667459624Wed, 10 Sep 2008 02:32:00 +00002008-09-09T19:36:39.217-07:00WorshipEucharistliturgyThe topic: Why Orthodox Worship as opposed to the alternatives? --- Dear XYZ, I admire your passion for the Orthodox Faith. We’ll need people like you in the Church. I grew up in Florida, so I have had my taste of the Bible belt and the strong evangelical tradition. For a long time, I truly hated praise and worship. I didn’t want to hear it, and I didn’t want any of it going on in my http://www.street-theologian.com/2008/09/why-orthodox-worship-letter-to-friend.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (street theologian)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22331853.post-3129113352898280886Tue, 09 Sep 2008 03:01:00 +00002008-09-08T20:13:24.895-07:00CoffeeRandomorthodoxAs I've said before, to be orthodox (lowercase o) means to be in fidelity with the foundational principles of whatever I happen to be talking about. Well today I'm talking about coffee. Every day for the past few months I stop at Dunkin Donuts and get my extra large coffee with skim milk and 2 splendas. By the end of each cup I have a terrible aftertaste in my mouth. For lack of a better option http://www.street-theologian.com/2008/09/piously-orthodox-coffee-drinking.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (street theologian)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22331853.post-5673432121943047587Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:30:00 +00002008-09-03T20:52:02.614-07:00TheologyhumanitymoralityToday's passing thought... If there is a distinction between good and evil, how do we know it? How are we able to tell the difference? Well, morality has been inherited over time. But to strictly say that all of what we know is simply a product of some sort of moral evolution process seems to me at least to relativize and trivialize that there are indeed clear distinctions between good and evilhttp://www.street-theologian.com/2008/09/right-and-wrong.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (street theologian)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22331853.post-2284374185608709515Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:47:00 +00002008-08-25T16:48:34.778-07:00FunMGOCSMNo seriously...these are tough guysSt. Thomas MGOCSM Summer Camp 2008http://www.street-theologian.com/2008/08/mgocsm-pillow-mageddon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (street theologian)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22331853.post-5899027227985288742Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:44:00 +00002008-08-25T16:46:24.834-07:00FunMGOCSM Yes...that's me...doing what street theologians dohttp://www.street-theologian.com/2008/08/deep-fried-oreosorthodox-style.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (street theologian)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22331853.post-8981611897391597929Sat, 23 Aug 2008 13:43:00 +00002008-08-23T06:43:54.712-07:00FunResourcesTwitter The multi-media street theologian assault continues...http://www.street-theologian.com/2008/08/street-theology-twitter.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (street theologian)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22331853.post-4025904789983645120Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:24:00 +00002008-08-17T20:25:33.049-07:00OVBShappeningsGreat times doing OVBS in Boston.... Highlight: "Hey...aren't you the Street Theologian???"- Someone from St. Mary's Boston Yes...YES I AMhttp://www.street-theologian.com/2008/08/highlight-of-my-weekend-in-boston.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (street theologian)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22331853.post-1657325776072859931Tue, 12 Aug 2008 03:22:00 +00002008-08-13T19:32:28.380-07:00SermonTransfigurationResourcesUpdatesListen to my sermon on the Transfiguration I slipped up...96 A.D. is NOT 30 years after Christ...and I stumbled a bit towards the end...but the new strategy is a little more comfortable for me. I NOTE my sermons instead of writing them WORD FOR WORD now. The website is now updated with all the past month's goodies. I have some more cooking up so look forward to those. -Steve K. UPDATE: Don't http://www.street-theologian.com/2008/08/new-podcast-website-updated-thunderous.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (street theologian)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22331853.post-4683655556619755777Fri, 08 Aug 2008 03:26:00 +00002008-08-07T20:31:23.029-07:00SacramentsOVBSResourcesInterestingly enough, I didn't follow the text that I wrote...and I'm cool with that... I taught 2 days at the Philadelphia OVBS this year, and here are the slides: Day 1 Day 2 and here's something I just found on my ftp that I don't even know when I put together... Church History Forgive the sideways-ness. Forgive any inaccuracies (for my non-Orthodox folks). Who doesn't like building up the http://www.street-theologian.com/2008/08/ovbs-2008-slides-and-more.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (street theologian)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22331853.post-2316396192735759205Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:51:00 +00002008-08-04T03:54:04.019-07:00TraditionFOCUSResourcesMGOCSMOur three day summer camp in Philadelphia was absolutely terrific. I will reflect on my summer on a later post. Here is my presentation on "Becoming the Chosen Generation." Enjoy! CHOSEN -Steve K.http://www.street-theologian.com/2008/08/philadelphia-camp-2008-chosen.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (street theologian)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22331853.post-6068662436923880347Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:07:00 +00002008-07-22T20:18:47.317-07:00EuropeCultureBook Recommendations Just finished this book on my LONG delayed flight from Tampa to Philly... Ever wanted to know the real effects of radical multiculturalism, welfare statism, and libertinism on modern Europe? Dalrymple empirically looks at Europe and appraises (often graphically) its standards of beauty and decency compared to its own historical triumphs of art and literature. I highly recommend this book for http://www.street-theologian.com/2008/07/our-culture-whats-left-of-it-theodore.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (street theologian)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22331853.post-4533302527770670572Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:14:00 +00002008-07-21T15:16:00.885-07:00happeningsWell it's been a while since I've posted. I'm in Tampa International Airport right now. I've had bachelor/birthday parties to attend. There's an OVBS and a Summer Camp coming up I'm preparing lessons for (the Summer Camp Tshirt is going to look amazing). It's the endless July for Stevehttp://www.street-theologian.com/2008/07/where-hast-steve-gone.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (street theologian)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22331853.post-8169331260935397292Mon, 30 Jun 2008 02:58:00 +00002008-06-30T15:08:45.125-07:00IndiaCultureChurchHT: ICON Here is the article The article is about the Indian Catholic Church, so take their administrative problems and multiply by 10 to get a feel for the Indian Orthodox Church. I don't need to belabor the point about being more "mission oriented" and bearing witness. I did like this exchange though: Q: Is a lack of inculturation also affecting evangelization in India? A: Where is http://www.street-theologian.com/2008/06/italian-missionary-critiques-indian.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (street theologian)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22331853.post-805263485032087911Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:20:00 +00002008-06-23T19:22:23.394-07:00RandomorthodoxI buy my coffee whole bean, grind it myself, then brew myself several hot steaming cups of coffee every morning to take to work. Here's the take home Orthodox message: It may not taste sweet, but it tastes authentic; the way it was meant to taste... Think about it...http://www.street-theologian.com/2008/06/regarding-my-love-for-fine-coffees.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (street theologian)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22331853.post-1139879575010841037Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:40:00 +00002008-06-17T19:43:26.037-07:00TraditionChristTypeThis covenant relationship the Jews had with the God of Abraham was crystallized in the Law of Moses given on Mount Sinai. However, the Jews’ reception of that Law did not imply that God was therefore legalistic. Faith in the loving God who actively intervened in history presupposed the reception of the Law (Rom. 4:12). Christ says on the Mount, “Do not think I came to destroy the Law or the http://www.street-theologian.com/2008/06/what-was-so-new-continued.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (street theologian)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22331853.post-619993307282079247Fri, 13 Jun 2008 02:13:00 +00002008-06-12T19:21:55.514-07:00Old TestamentTraditionChristWhat was so new about the message of Jesus Christ? Was the “good news” preached by the Apostles throughout the world something utterly revolutionary? Two thousand years after the fact, we know the historical Jesus to be a particularly radical figure who preached compassion for the poor and love for one’s enemy; the figure who as a matter of Faith suffered and died on the Cross in order to rise onhttp://www.street-theologian.com/2008/06/what-was-so-new.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (street theologian)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22331853.post-6638719957207262293Wed, 11 Jun 2008 02:51:00 +00002008-06-11T06:17:53.347-07:00ArchaeologyliturgyHistory"We have uncovered what we believe to be the first church in the world, dating from 33 AD to 70 AD," said Abdul Qader al-Hussan, the head of Jordan's Rihab Center for Archaeological Studies, to The Jordan Times. He added that the discovery was “amazing.” The nearly 2,000-year-old church was discovered underneath Saint Georgeous Church in Rihab, Mafraq, in northern Jordan near the Syrian border. http://www.street-theologian.com/2008/06/oldest-church-on-earth-has-altar-get.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (street theologian)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22331853.post-374474173408131469Wed, 04 Jun 2008 02:20:00 +00002008-06-03T19:32:13.711-07:00AfricaEvangelismCatholicity The Church founded by Christ, the Faith given to the Apostles, has been made truly accessible to all people to understand in their own terms. I rejoice that there can be a diversity of expressions proclaiming the Ancient Faith guided by the Holy Spirit as it was and always shall be.-Steve(I had heard about the Orthodox Christians of Tanzania today on Ancient Faith Radio: The Illumined Heart andhttp://www.street-theologian.com/2008/06/orthodox-christianity-in-east-africa.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (street theologian)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22331853.post-6667313734059357919Fri, 30 May 2008 02:00:00 +00002008-05-29T19:02:50.563-07:00TheologyCurrent EventsCulture"The problem is that Liberation Theology, Black Theology, Feminist Theology or any other similar theology have tended to supplant the theology of God revealed in the Law and Prophets of Israel, in the person of Jesus Christ, and continuously revealed by the Holy Spirit to the Saints in the Church. These theologies become heresies when they take part of the truth and try to make it the whole truthhttp://www.street-theologian.com/2008/05/appraising-liberation-theologies-rev-rd.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (street theologian)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22331853.post-6525445910920026441Sun, 25 May 2008 04:42:00 +00002008-05-24T21:52:06.103-07:00Cyril of AlexandriaBooksAncestral SinsinJust finished it...it took a few tries but I finally finished it It was an excellent book, a bit advanced (which is why I took three tries to read it), and it thoroughly covers all the background before reaching the conclusion. But more on that later... Here's one of the finale quotes from St. Cyril of Alexandria: "Our nature, then, became diseased by sin through the disobedience of one, that http://www.street-theologian.com/2008/05/ancestral-sin-john-s-romanides.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (street theologian)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22331853.post-2875083020186911387Mon, 19 May 2008 02:33:00 +00002008-05-18T19:34:29.300-07:00TrendsEvangelismCulture"These are people who have seen Christianity somewhere along the way and have decided they are not interested. For example, a young man who grew up in a Christian home and was disillusioned by his parents' messy divorce. Or someone who had attended church but witnessed something as painful as a nasty split or as subtle (yet subversive) as hypocritical Christians who said one thing and did anotherhttp://www.street-theologian.com/2008/05/post-christians-christianity-today.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (street theologian)