Andrew S. posted an article on Living Theology - Oct 12, 2011, 12:30 am
Article – Andrew Meggitt Smith :: Image – via Wikipedia Having summarised the translation of Fr Daniel’s speech, entitled ‘What is a True Missionary’, I have attempted to sort by category of information and give these by category. – What is it to be a missionary? People talk about th...
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Andrew S. posted an article on Living Theology - Oct 6, 2011, 8:35 pm
Article – Andrew Smith :: Image – via Wikipedia The original is translated by ‘Gentleman’ and posted on the OrthodoxChristianity.net forum.  Below is my summary.  Like the translation, I’m going to divide my summaries into four parts before doing a commentary… – Fr Daniel tells of...
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Andrew S. posted an article on Living Theology - Oct 4, 2011, 12:32 am
Article – Andrew Smith :: Image – via Wikipedia The original is translated by ‘Gentleman’ and posted on the OrthodoxChristianity.net forum.  Below is my summary.  Like the translation, I’m going to divide my summaries into four parts before doing a commentary… – In Orthodoxy, peop...
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Andrew S. posted an article on Living Theology - Sep 26, 2011, 1:15 am
Article – Andrew Smith :: Image – via Wikipedia The original is translated by ‘Gentleman’ and posted on the OrthodoxChristianity.net forum.  Below is my summary.  Like the translation, I’m going to divide my summaries into four parts before doing a commentary… – The highest crowns...
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Andrew S. posted an article on Living Theology - Sep 20, 2011, 12:30 am
Article – Andrew Smith :: Image – via Wikipedia The original is translated by ‘Gentleman’ and posted on the OrthodoxChristianity.net forum.  Below is my summary.  Like the translation, I’m going to divide my summaries into four parts before doing a commentary… – Fr Daniel’s pari...
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Andrew S. posted an article on Living Theology - Sep 13, 2011, 8:51 pm
Article – Tom Jagels, used with permission :: Image – David Shankbone — Adapted from conversations stemming from a status update … regarding this issue in April 2011: — Classical and contemporary forms of Western Christianity, particularly and especially Protestantism, assert that God ...
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Andrew S. posted an article on Living Theology - Jul 21, 2011, 9:47 am
‘Tis the season, it seems: Fr Andrew Stephen Damick, noted priest, speaker, podcaster and OrthodoxWiki editor, has recently released the book ‘Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy: Exploring Belief Systems through the lens of the Ancient Christian Faith’. He’s got some details for a contest he has up a...
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Andrew S. posted an article on Living Theology - Jul 19, 2011, 8:49 am
Article by Andrew Smith :: Photo by Nicholas Pratt In the joy of finishing Footsteps of the Apostles, and having an amazing response to the book (thank you!), I wanted to make my fans aware of two social networking tools that I’m going to start using. The first is Google+.  It’s a newer mediu...
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Andrew S. posted an article on Living Theology - Jul 14, 2011, 1:14 am
  Much to my great joy, I’m finally able to announce the release of Footsteps of the Apostles: 110 ways to promote church growth in your Orthodox parish. I’m very grateful that this book is released, and equally grateful for the response thus far – which has been nothing short of phenomenal...
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Andrew S. posted an article on Living Theology - Jul 10, 2011, 7:52 pm
Article by Andrew Smith : Photo from Sdn David Gould Orthodoxy in Australia has been around since the early 1900s, with the first service celebrated by a Russian ship passing through in the 1800s.  To date, however, no one has done a complete historical overview of Orthodoxy in this country – th...
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Andrew S. posted an article on Living Theology - Jul 7, 2011, 6:23 am
Article by Andrew Smith : Image courtesy graur codrin (FreeDigitalPhotos.net) I’m very excited.  After the success of my first book, Introduction to Orthodox Christianity, I’m very close to publishing my second book. In fact, I’m so close that I can put a date on it: my second book will be ...
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Andrew S. posted an article on Living Theology - Jun 21, 2011, 12:00 am
Article by Andrew Smith :: Photo courtesy Sarah Meggitt Photography This post will be continuing the series on Fr Daniel Sysoyev.  If you don’t know who he is, check out my first post. – Fr Daniel not only set the ethos of his program, not only trained other people to work; he also did a lot...
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Andrew S. posted an article on Living Theology - Jun 19, 2011, 12:00 am
I’ve had some good news. Since it’s release, Introduction to Orthodox Christianity has always been available in digital form. Due to popular demand, I’ve recently begun the process to have the book available in conventional paperback form – I can’t wait! Introduction to Orthodox Christi...
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Andrew S. posted an article on Living Theology - Jun 14, 2011, 12:00 am
Article by Andrew Smith :: Photo courtesy Sarah Meggitt Photography This post will be continuing the series on Fr Daniel Sysoyev.  If you don’t know who he is, check out my first post. – Continuing the series on applying Fr Daniel Sysoyev’s missionary techniques to Orthodox who live in Wes...
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Andrew S. posted an article on Living Theology - Jun 7, 2011, 12:00 am
Article by Andrew Smith :: Photo courtesy Sarah Meggitt Photography. This post will be continuing the series on Fr Daniel Sysoyev.  If you don’t know who he is, check out my first post. – Fr Daniel headed an extremely successful missionary program in Moscow.  His activity was 1993-2009, cut...
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Andrew S. posted an article on Living Theology - May 30, 2011, 11:16 pm
Article by Andrew Smith :: Photo courtesy Sarah Meggitt Photography This post will be continuing the series on Fr Daniel Sysoyev.  If you don’t know who he is, check out my first post. – Fr Daniel had a number of fantastic ideas, most of which he applied, and many of these were quite success...
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Andrew S. posted an article on Living Theology - May 24, 2011, 1:00 am
Article by Andrew Smith :: Photo from Essolo (via WP) This post will be continuing the series on Fr Daniel Sysoyev.  If you don’t know who he is, check out my first post. — In addition to Fr Daniel’s work forming a missionary school and delivering lectures and sermons, Fr Daniel also ran a...
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Andrew S. posted an article on Living Theology - May 21, 2011, 1:00 am
Article by Andrew Smith :: Photo courtesy Irina Sharova This post will be continuing the series on Fr Daniel Sysoyev.  If you don’t know who he is, check out my first post.  The second post was on his co-workers and the missionary school. — Key in Fr Daniel’s strategy are his talks and l...
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Andrew S. posted an article on Living Theology - May 19, 2011, 1:00 am
Article by Andrew Smith :: Photo courtesy Sarah Meggitt Photography This post will be continuing the series on Fr Daniel Sysoyev.  If you don’t know who he is, check out my first post. — The most important part of Fr Daniel’s program was the people alongside him. As much as the priest nee...
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Andrew S. posted an article on Living Theology - May 17, 2011, 1:00 am
Article by Andrew Smith :: Photo courtesy Sarah Meggitt Photography On this post – and a few upcoming posts – I’m going to be talking about Fr Daniel Sysoyev.  Some people will be very familiar with his life, but many won’t have heard of him, so I’ll give a brief introduction here. Fr D...
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Andrew S. posted an article on Living Theology - May 13, 2011, 11:29 pm
Article by Andrew Smith : Photo courtesy Sarah Meggitt Photography Whenever we look at ideas on parishes attracting more people, we can find a common thread working through. People. I know, it’s somewhat obvious – so much so that, on it’s own, it’s rather unhelpful. Whether it’s Bible ...
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Andrew S. posted an article on Living Theology - May 3, 2011, 12:27 am
Written by Andrew Smith : Photograph courtesy Sarah Meggitt Photography. Christ is Risen! There’s all sorts of things that we can do and say in order to convince ourselves that we are getting closer to God.  None of them really mean anything, though, if we can’t say that we’re praying. Jes...
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Andrew S. posted an article on Living Theology - Feb 28, 2011, 11:00 pm
Compiled by Fr Thomas Hopko, this is an exceptional set of conditions that need to be present in a person’s life before they are able to encounter God. The reason for this is simple.  We always think that we are ready.  Sometimes this might be true; but often, a big reason why we aren’t able ...
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Andrew S. posted an article on Living Theology - Feb 25, 2011, 10:50 pm
Long-term readers of this website will be aware that I authored a book, called Introduction to Orthodox Christianity, which is one of the few Orthodox e-books available. Many thanks to all those who purchased the book – I am really excited by the level of response to Introduction to Orthodox Chri...
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Andrew S. posted an article on Living Theology - Feb 23, 2011, 5:22 pm
This is probably the best video I’ve found on explaining an Orthodox doctrine on how humans are saved.  This particular video looks first at the Protestant viewpoint, then at the Orthodox viewpoint.  If you’re confused about how we believe that people are saved by Christ from sin, check out th...
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Andrew S. posted an article on Living Theology - Feb 10, 2011, 12:06 am
I’ve just put on the first 30 pages of my book Introduction to Orthodox Christianity online. Check out the preview on Issuu. Once you’d like to buy the book, go to the store to pick up a copy now! Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: book, book preview, introduction to orthodox christianity, is...
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Andrew S. posted an article on Living Theology - Feb 9, 2011, 12:00 am
Image from OrthodoxyToday Soon after the martyrdom of Fr Daniel Sysoyev, an article was written by Deacon Stephen Hayes on Fr Daniel’s ecclesiology (understanding of the Church).  Fr Daniel explained the Church as being an army that was fighting evil, as follows: Churches are linking stations. ...
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Andrew S. posted an article on Living Theology - Feb 8, 2011, 12:00 am
Image from Wikipedia, of Orthodox priest in Dusseldorf When stepping into an Orthodox church building, there’s a lot of things that you notice.  There’s the smell of incense, there’s the sight of icons (usually, icons everywhere!), there’s the sound of church music… Of course, once you ...
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Andrew S. posted an article on Living Theology - Feb 7, 2011, 12:00 am
Image: Wikipedia article Just saw a short movie about St Gregory of Nyssa. St Gregory of Nyssa was significant for a number of reasons, but perhaps the most important is that he stood up for the belief that Christ was divine (as well as being human) – which was one of the early controversies tha...
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Andrew S. posted an article on Living Theology - Feb 6, 2011, 12:00 am
Photo from Brotherhood of St Moses the Black Victor Beshir writes an interesting article posted on the Preacher’s Institute website, entitled Orthodox Roots of African Americans.  To summarise: Many aren’t familiar the fact that a lot of Christianity developed in Africa.  The Exodus story is...
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Andrew S. posted an article on Living Theology - Feb 3, 2011, 12:00 am
Steve Robinson, of ‘Our Life in Christ’ fame, provides one of the best explanations of how canons are to be used.  What makes it so good is not his copious use of footnotes and use of the Fathers.  It’s a very practical guide to a very practical subject, drawing analogies from his constructi...
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Andrew S. posted an article on Living Theology - Feb 1, 2011, 5:31 pm
There are two things that give me great joy: when evangelism is being done, and when charity is being done.  The launch of FOCUS North America’s centre in Pittsburgh is something that I have no vested interest in, personally – I live a long way away from Pittsburgh, after all! – but it gave m...
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Andrew S. posted an article on Living Theology - Jan 31, 2011, 12:31 am
With great relief and joy, I can announce that I’ve published my first book, Introduction to Orthodox Christianity. One of the best things for me is that you can get my book right now – it’s one of the few Orthodox books that is available as an ebook. Soon, it will be available on paperback,...
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Andrew S. posted an article on Living Theology - Aug 8, 2009, 2:32 am
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Andrew S. posted an article on Living Theology - Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
During the Orthodox liturgical cycle, we find a strange occurrence – on the Sunday between the Ascension and Pentecost, we commemorate the Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council.  That’s not the strange occurrence – rather, the Gospel reading on that day, John 17:1-13, is, perhaps, not what ...
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Andrew S. posted an article on Living Theology - Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
This weekend, I had the honour of being able to attend an art exhibition put on by Andrew Costi – the third one that I’ve been able to get to – I think I’m beginning to be a bit of a regular! Andrew invited me to make some commentary on some of his paintings, which I intend to do, but first...
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Andrew S. posted an article on Living Theology - Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
One of the most important parts of Orthodox theology is adherence to what is known as ‘Holy Tradition’, expressed through changelessness – even timelessness – and a sense of living continuity with the ancient Church (2 Thess 2:15). Tradition, in the Orthodox Church, refers to the Holy Bible...
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Andrew S. posted an article on Living Theology - Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
The word ‘Creed’ comes from the Latin credo, meaning ‘I believe’. Creeds have been around since the earliest days in the Church, with the simplest one based on the confession that Jesus is the Christ (Messiah), and that the Christ is the Lord, and the confession of this belief was a prerequi...
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Andrew S. posted an article on Living Theology - Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Inspired by Christopher Orr’s post on Orrologion, I thought it might be positive to do my own Top 10 books for people looking into Orthodoxy. It sounds like a relatively simple idea, of course, but it isn’t.  Any person looking into Orthodoxy has their own background from which they come – a...
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