Sarx

NCREASINGLY I find myself sensitive to cultural ideas about the South, about Rural folks (north or south) and about Urban and Yankee assumptions of superiority – most often made by folks who have only seen The Dukes of Hazzard (and not even the TV show) or some Nascar shows in the comfort of their frozen [...]

OW SHOULD We progressive folks deal with the conservative begging folks this Christmas? You know, the bell-ringing Salvation Army Santas and Brass Bands out there… Throwing a dollar or a fiver in their bucket can or even might get around to helping the poor. But it will also be used to support the Salvation Army’s [...]

HE LAST Paragraph of the following was heard on AFR this afternoon (beginning at “You have been…”). As I thought it – by itself – another case of Patristic Communism, I googled it to find the text so I could post it. Instead, I found the context of the quote and found it even more [...]

OHN Chrysostom on the Sins of the poor. I love it: it’s a backhanded sermon against the rich. Pinko. Those comsymps at Ancient Faith Radio are getting more and more radical all the time! (Glory to God!) If the economy keeps tanking, AFR’ll be a liberation theology radio station soon. The sins of the rich, [...]

HAT KIND of people are we? When God gives, we wish to receive, but when he begs, we refuse to give. Remember, it was Christ who said: I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat. When the poor are starving, Christ too hungers. Do not neglect to improve the unhappy conditions of the [...]