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"I am begging you to pray that if there is catastrophic spiritual ruin ahead of us, that God would open our eyes to it before it is too late. If you have not been praying with heartfelt sincerity and desperate dependence on God – start tonight." ~ Rev. Peter Sanlon, Church of England Rod Dreher has posted an interview with Rev. Peter Sanlon , a young CofE pastor, over at his blog at The American Conservative, which is startling for its unflinching honesty and penetrating insights concerning the frightening rate of the post-and ever more stridently anti-Christian sentiment sweeping the West, and the immanent collapse of establishment Christianity as a result. Rev. Sanlon identifies three movements, which he states are "certain to sink the ship": "Radical sexual gender ideologies, Islam, and governments’ totalitarian instincts." How he describes the dynamics of these three forces shows he has thought deeply on contemporary trends, and is not spinning hastily...

"More troubling are the growing efforts to Islamize Christmas. The re-theologizing of Christmas is based on the false premise that the Jesus of the Bible is the Jesus (Isa) of the Koran. This religious fusion, sometimes referred to as 'Chrislam', is gaining ground in a West that has become biblically illiterate..." Apostate Western Christian "churches" in Europe and the British Isles are falling all over themselves to not just avoid offending Muslims, but to affirm Islam, inviting Muslims to read from the Koran — in the churches. Western Christians would rather deny Christ than deny Muhammad. Such apostates show that they have been signed with the Mark of the Beast on their foreheads, as they assent to a blasphemy which completely removes the grace of Christ from their hearts.  The below extensively documented and cross-linked article tracks the collapse of Western Christian Europe. What will 2018 bring? This is not a Happy New Year. This is a new year which...

At some point this blog will no doubt be shut down by Google. Before that happens I hope to have an independent hosting service lined up to host Facing Islam. But no matter what we do,  the 'powers and principalities' will do all they can to stamp out any public presentation of True, Apostolic, Orthodox Christianity, and any true, Apostolic, Patristic, Christian criticism of Islam.  I have not experienced any problems yet of this nature. That is no doubt due in large measure to the fact that I have never tried to monetize this blog. I have been criticized by some family members for not doing so, but to me, it is far more important to do all I can to expose the lie of Islam and advance the Truth of Jesus Christ as lived and experienced in the Orthodox Church, than to try to make a few dollars from your clicks on distracting ads. I do hope at some point to offer some ebooks of my writings for sale here. We'll see what happens when the time comes. True Christianity itself is b...

"The work of the Church is not exclusively to battle with heretics [and heresies - like Islam, and those who say Muslims worship the same True God as we do], but also to train the faithful so that at the appropriate moment they might become confessors of Christ and martyrs out of their love for Him..." See also: Perfected by the Sword - The Way of Martyrdom in Our Times, by Metropolitan Hierotheos Vlachos Posted to YouTube by Nicodemos Hagiorite

Charlottesville reveals the demonic forces behind our horrific times, where the center does not hold, and the spirit of the Destroyer has been unleashed.  The Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America has issued a clear and strong statement regarding the recent events in Charlottesville VA, denouncing all forms of hatred, bigotry and racism, while at the same time offering forgiveness and reconciliation for haters who repent. It is such a well worded message that any attempt to lift a 'sound byte' from it would not do it justice. I would simply urge you to read it all. However, it is especially worth noting one of the scripture passages they chose to include: Jesus rebuked his disciples when they suggested that he violently retaliate against his enemies. " You do not know what manner of spirit you are of. For the Son of Man did not come to destroy men’s lives but to save them."   (Luke 9:55-56) This is precisely one of the key scripture passages I refer...

Islamic prayers were recently held at the Hagia Sophia in former Constantinople in a televised event attended by Turkish officials and strongly condemned by the Greek Foreign Ministry.  This is yet another highly symbolic event inked to this great and ancient church building, which we Orthodox Christians must respond to... There has been a growing movement within Turkey for several years demanding the re-conversion into a mosque of Hagia Sophia — for centuries the greatest church in all of Christendom. The great church was turned into a mosque in 1453 after the Muslim Turks conquered Constantinople and subjugated the surviving Christian inhabitants. Following the defeat of the Ottoman empire in World War I, the new leader of the secular state of Turkey, Kemal Ataturk, in 1935 put a stop to Islamic prayers in Hagia Sophia, and had it converted into a museum. Ever since Recep Tayyip Erdogan came to power in Turkey in 2003, calls for turning Hagia Sophia back into a functioning mosque...

While it is still possible to post theological refutations of Islam on the internet, let us not hesitate to do so, for the day is fast approaching when Truth will be banned from the public square, as seen in the recent sharia law enacted in Minneapolis , and in the new resolution criminalizing free speech put forth in the US Senate . Was Islam ever a religion of peace? Excerpted from the writings of St Sophronius of Jerusalem and St Gregory Palamas From the YouTube Channel of Gregory Decapolite , February 22, 2015. Follow these links for more on the writings of St Sophronius and St Gregory Palamas on Islam... Let us repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand...

"Helping to open the mosque will be local Christian clergy, hoping to strike a welcoming and respectful tone for two faiths of similar origins in a shared community..." Similar origins??? "Pastor Jim Melnyk, who leads St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Smithfield, will be one of the Christian church leaders taking part in Saturday’s ceremony. He said Christianity and Islam share common origins and scriptures..." Common origins and scriptures???  Dhimmitude and Ignorance have kissed each other. This pathetic, deceived 'pastor' should be severely reprimanded by his bishop, if not defrocked and excommunicated for deceiving his flock and denying Christ in such a blatant manner. Read my book Facing Islam for a clear explanation of why the 'Same God Heresy' (which this pastor Jim Melnyk undoubtedly follows) presents a "different gospel", a "different Jesus" and a "different Spirit" (cf. Gal 1:6-8 and 2 Cor 11:3-4 ). Whether don...

In our age of worldliness and ever-spreading Christian apostasy, the US Conference of Catholic Bishops and Rome itself is siding with Islam against Catholic priests (and even against Catholic saints!) who speak forthrightly about Islam, Muhammad, and jihad. Robert Spencer writes : "The highly dubious proposition that Islam is a religion of peace has become a kind of superdogma that the U.S. bishops enforce with a stringency (and even ruthlessness) that they never display regarding actual Church teaching." Will this Catholic Apologia for Islam — and its attendant persecution of faithful priests who serve as conscience to Rome's pan-ecumenist dreams — manifest itself in a dogmatic declaration of solidarity with Islam, a doctrinal embrace of the 'Same God Heresy' , and a final shameful denial of Jesus Christ by formally affirming Muhammad as a prophet? Time will tell, but this deeply disturbing trend in Roman Catholicism points only to one end: the Great Apostasy and...

How long before the black flag of Islam flies over Buckingham Palace? The advance of Islam and the collapse of England and the West is accelerating, and will soon pass a tipping point, shocking the world. The below report on the Islamization of London is hardly surprising to regular readers of this blog, as these related posts document: Islam rapidly forcing out Christianity in the UK  (May 2015) Photos dramatize the Collapse of Christianity and the Rise of Islam in England  (May 2013) The Islamization of Britain in 2013  (Jan. 2014) Islam's 'Rule of Numbers' and the London Beheading  (May 2013) The Westminster Jihad Attack: 'Europe will be Islamic by the end of the century'  (March 2017) London: Muslim Mayor’s Ties To Muslim Terrorists  (March 2017) Gatestone Institute: 423 New Mosques, 500 Closed Churches in London by Breitbart London, April 2, 2017: Muslim Friday Prayers in London, circa 2013. The Gatestone Institute reports Sunday on the striking rate ...