Who Was Ole Saint Nick?

Santa Claus, Saint Nicholas was a real person who lived in a real time. He was a Bishop of the Church. Have a Merry Christmas as you read about him HERE.

Southern Baptists Endorse The Use Of Icons!

The Southern Baptist Convention finally gets it. Orthodox don't worship images! The Southern Baptist's icon of Billy Graham stands outside the Lifeway Headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee. Lifeway is the main educational materials publisher for the SBC and the former Baptist Bookstore. The icon of Billy Graham is appropriate. Should we accuse Southern Baptists of idol worship? Of course not. The image of Billy Graham is to remind us of a life spent in servitude to the things of God and in the SBC's own words is a "tribute" to him. Perhaps now the SBC can make the historic connection and not think it so strange to see our Orthodox icons used in a very similar manner. Orthodox are just a bit more cognizant of the fact that the people whom the images represent are not dead but worship around the throne of God in the Great Liturgy as we do here on earth. Therefore, we can ask the real life subject of the icons to pray for us. Orthodox also have been around about 1800 years longer than the SBC so we have a larger collection.