Bobby interviews Fr. Richard Rene, author of The Edge of Mysterion: Another Tale of Mysterion.

Bobby interviews Fr. Vassilios Papavassiliou, the author of the new Conciliar Press book Meditations for Great Lent: Reflections on the Triodion.

Bobby interviews Fr. David Smith, author of the new Ancient Faith Publishing book Help! I'm Bored in Church: Entering Fully into Worship in the Divine Liturgy.

Bobby interviews Fr. Vassilios Papavassiliou, author of the new AFP book Meditations for Advent: Preparing for Christ’s Birth.

Bobby interviews Elizabeth Crispina Johnson, the author of the new Ancient Faith Publishing children's book The Miracle of the Red Egg.

Bobby Maddex interviews Fr. Barnabas Powell, the author of the new AFP book A Faith Encouraged: A Devotional Guide to Being Orthodox on Purpose.

Bobby Maddex interviews Dr. Phillip Walker, the brother of Fr. Gordon Walker of Blessed Memory. He is the editor and compiler of the new AFP book Led By His Love: An Evangelical Pastor’s Journey to the Orthodox Faith.

On a new “classics” edition of Ex Libris, the podcast of Ancient Faith Publishing, we re-explore one of the more timeless AFP offerings. Featured today is the book We Came, We Saw, We Converted: The Lighter Side of Orthodoxy in America by Fr. Joseph Huneycutt.

On a new “classics” edition of Ex Libris, the podcast of Ancient Faith Publishing, we re-explore one of the more timeless AFP offerings. Featured today is the book Surprised by Christ: My Journey from Judaism to Orthodox Christianity by Fr. James Bernstein.

Palm Sunday and Holy Week present opportunities for us to see Christ exalted, holy, and victorious!

Dr. John Mark answers the question, "How do I teach Socratically and still have an Orthodox faith with lots of really set beliefs that I don't spend a lot of time reexamining?"

Dr. John Mark addresses questions about the perception of God appearing nastier in the Old Testament than the New Testament.

Dr. John Mark Reynolds talks about the importance of education--learning to think well--in our society.

Dr. John Mark Reynolds talks about the separation of education and entertainment.

Dr. John Mark Reynolds explains an Orthodox perspective on closed Communion.

Dr. John Mark Reynolds describes the nature of Christian education, including ideas for Sunday Church Schools.

Dr. John Mark Reynolds talks about how Christian education and the secular world can work together.

Dr. John Mark Reynolds talks about determining what books are most helpful for Christian education.

Two items in the news lately have captured Wesley's attention.

Hippocratic pro-life medical professionals are increasingly being pressured to practice their science and art without regard to their personal faith or conscience beliefs.

Once a culture accepts the fundamental premise of euthanasia consciousness, there is no way to limit doctor-administered death to those who are already at the end of their lives.

If you think it is respectable to consider babies, whether born or unborn, to be an inferior stage of human life, you can easily come to think that they have few rights that fully developed persons are bound to respect.

Supporting another's self-destruction is not a compassionate or morally neutral act.

Does it matter how "death" is defined, and who defines it?

Wesley J. Smith shares the story of his friend, Robert Salamanca, who died peacefully with dignity of ALS.

Is euthanasia really the best way to alleviate the suffering of those dealing with serious mental illness?

Returning to the podcast after a personal break, Wesley ask, "Can doctors and other healthcare providers be forced to provide medical proceeds, like abortions, when it goes against their convictions?"

Should aspects of nature be given the same kind of rights as human beings?

Should we be working to prevent all suicide, or should we support and encourage "some" suicides?

Apple and art house film company A24 are in early development on a film about convicted crypto scammer Sam Bankman-Fried with a script written by Lena Dunham, Variety reported. The project will be based on the Michael Lewis book Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon that many critics found overly deferential to Bankman-Fried. 

The book describes the dizzying rise and equally vertiginous fall of Bankman-Fried and his FTX crypto exchange and Alameda hedge fund. However, it paints the FTX founder as a benevolent prodigy and glosses over the fact that he embezzled billions of dollars from customers and spent it on things like celebrity endorsements, political donations and high-end real-estate purchases.  

FTX was worth billions at its peak, but the exchange eventually collapsed and Bankman-Fried was convicted of fraud and sentenced to 25 years in prison. Most FTX customers will get their original investments back, plus interest, but that's based on a bitcoin price of around $17,000 — and the current price is nearly five times that.

Basing the film on Lewis's fawning hagiography isn't a promising start. Hopefully, Dunham or other writers will also draw on far better books (like Numbers Go Up by Zeke Faux) that show the dark, scammy side of crypto promoters like Bankman-Fried and the entire industry in general.

Apple Original Films and A24 have announced other collaborations recently, including the Spike Lee and Denzel Washington film High and Low. Other scripted FTX projects are also in the works, including a limited Amazon Prime series from the Russo brothers based on the 2022 FTX collapse. 

Dr. Marcus Plested, the Academic Director of the Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies, Cambridge, addresses the theme of Love at the 2009 IOCS Summer School. Please note that this episode is not up to our usual audio standards. For this we apologize.

What are we free and not free to do as believers in Christ? Dr. Rossi gives some practical examples of freedom used where freedom was not appropriate.

Dr. Rossi has just returned from attending a wedding and his cup is overflowing with the intense significance and joy of the ceremony.

Dr. Rossi interviews the parish priest at St. Justin Martyr Orthodox Church in Jacksonville about parish life, outreach, and evangelism.

Today Dr. Rossi reflects on a sermon given by a student priest at St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary. The topic was the action taken to get the paralytic in front of Jesus.

Dr. Rossi reflects on the life and ministry of Fr. Thomas Hopko. This podcast is Part 1 of 2.

Dr. Rossi shares remembrances of Fr. Thomas Hopko from his friends and family along with some of Fr. Tom's maxims. This podcast is part 2 of 2.

Dr. Albert Rossi interviews Dr. Gayle Woloschak on the topic of bioethics. Dr. Woloschak is a professor of Radiation Oncology at Northwestern University in Chicago and an adjunct professor of Religion and Science at Lutheran School of Theology Chicago, and at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, as well as Professor of Bioethics at St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary in Yonkers, NY.