This is a collection of books, articles, podcasts, and videos that I’ve gathered over the time I’ve spent as an Orthodox Christian. Everything here is stuff that I’ve personally found helpful in one way or another for strengthening my own faith, and I hope it can be of some benefit to others as well!
The Inerrant Word of God
On God’s Existence
- “Why Christianity?” by Seraphim Hamilton
- “The Argument from Intelligibility for Christianity” by Seraphim Hamilton
- “Five Proofs of the Existence of God” by Edward Feser
- “The Last Superstition: A Refutation of the New Atheism” by Edward Feser
- “The Experience of God: Being, Consciousness, Bliss” by David Bentley Hart
- “There is a God: How the World’s Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind” by Anthony Flew
- “An Argument for God’s Existence” by Classical Theist
- “A Defense of Classical Theology (Part 1): The New Atheism and the Cosmological Arguments” by Mathoma
- “There Must Be A First: Why Thomas Aquinas Rejects Infinite, Essentially Ordered, Causal Series” by Caleb Cohoe
Historicity of the Bible
- “The Case for Jesus: The Biblical and Historical Evidence for Christ” by Brant Pitre
- “The Resurrection of Jesus: A New Historiographical Approach” by Michael R. Licona
- “On the Reliability of the Old Testament” by Kenneth Kitchen
- “Israel in Egypt: The Evidence for the Authenticity of the Exodus Tradition” by James K. Hoffmeier
- “Ancient Israel in Sinai: The Evidence for the Authenticity of the Wilderness Tradition” by James K. Hoffmeier
- “Redating the Exodus and Conquest” by John J. Bimson
Scientific Issues
- Is Genesis History?
- Evolution News
- Discovery Institute
- Discovery Science
- “In-Depth Creation Lectures” by IGH?
- “Why I Became a Creationist” by Seraphim Hamilton
- “Creationism” by Seraphim Hamilton
- “Christianity and Cosmos” by Seraphim Hamilton
- “Life, Blood, Bible, and Biology” by Seraphim Hamilton
- “The World is Alive” by Seraphim Hamilton
- “Faith, Reason, & Earth History: A Paradigm of Earth and Biological Origins by Intelligent Design” by Dr. Leonard Brand and Dr. Art Chadwick
- “Faith, Form and Time” by Dr. Kurt Wise
- “What is the Fossil Record?” by Dr. Kurt Wise
- “What was the Post-Flood Period?” by Dr. Kurt Wise
- “How Does a Global Flood Explain the Order of the Fossil Record?” by Dr. Kurt Wise
- “What is the Human & Hominid Fossil Record?” by Dr. Todd Wood
- “Evolution: A Theory in Crisis” by Dr. Michael Denton
- “Darwin Devolves: Why Evolution Has Failed to Explain How Species Progress and How Science Shows It Never Will” by Dr. Michael J. Behe
- “The Edge of Evolution” by Dr. Michael J. Behe
- “The Geocentricity Question” by James B. Jordan
Biblical Studies
- “A Catholic Introduction to the Bible: The Old Testament” by Brant Pitre and John Bergsma
- “Through New Eyes: Developing a Biblical View of the World” by James B. Jordan
- “The Unseen Realm: Recovering the Supernatural Worldview of the Bible” by Michael Heiser
- “A House for My Name: A Survey of the Old Testament” by Peter J. Leithart
Orthodox Theology
- “Why I Believe in God?” by Metropolitan Anthony Bloom
- “Is Jesus the Messiah?” by Seraphim Hamilton
- “The Messianic Task and the Comings of Jesus” by Seraphim Hamilton
- “The Servant’s Reparation Offering” by Seraphim Hamilton
- “Pilgrimage to Zion” by Seraphim Hamilton
- “Once upon a time there was a unitarian God” by Fr. Aidan Kimel
- “Theophany – Showing the World to be the World” by Fr. Stephen Freeman
- “Therapeutic Superstition” by David Bently Hart
- “For the Life of the World: Sacraments and Orthodoxy” by Fr. Alexander Schmemann
- “Original and Ancestral Sin: A Church Dividing Issue?” by Eric Lozano
- “Inherited Guilt in Ss. Augustine and Cyril” by Nathaniel McCallum
- “Reclaiming All Paul’s Rs: Apostolic Atonement by Way of Some Eastern Fathers” by Edith Humphrey
- “The Doctrine of the Theotokos in Gregory Palamas” by Fr. Christiaan Kappes
- “Did Enoch and Elijah (Elias) Ascend into Heaven?” by Dcn. Peter Mikhalev
Orthodoxy Contra Roman Catholicism
- “Theology and the Church” by Fr. Dumitru Staniloae
- “His Broken Body: Understanding and Healing the Schism Between the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches” by Fr. Laurent Cleenwerck
- “The Eucharist and the Catholicity of the Church” by Seraphim Hamilton
- “What is an Ecumenical Council?” by Seraphim Hamilton
- “Scripture and Tradition According to St. Vincent of Lerins” by Seraphim Hamilton
- “Orthodoxy and Catholicism: The Filioque” by Seraphim Hamilton
- “Mark of Ephesus, the Council of Florence, and the Roman Papacy” by Fr. Christiaan Kappes
- “St. Photios the Great, the Photian Council, and Relations With the Roman Church” by Dr. David Ford
- “On Recycling Old & Vapid Arguments: Timothy Flanders & the Orthodox Church” by Alura
- “The Filioque: A Brief Opinion” by Alura
- “Divorce & Remarriage in the Latin West: A Forgotten History” by Alura
- “Divorce & Remarriage in the Latin West: An Addendum” by Alura
- “All Bishops Are Successors of Peter (Florilegium)” by UbiPetrus
- “Divorce and Remarriage in the Church Fathers and Patristic Era Writers (Florilegium)” by UbiPetrus
- “Why Catholicism is Wrong on Church History & Erick Ybarra Refuted” by UbiPetrus
- “Another Reply to Ybarra About the Creed and Conciliarism” by Craig Truglia
- “Augustine the Filioquist? Review of On the Trinity” by Craig Truglia
Orthodoxy Contra Protestantism
- “Iconography” by Seraphim Hamilton
- “The Liturgical Transmission of Tradition in the Church” by Seraphim Hamilton
- “Tradition and the New Covenant” by Seraphim Hamilton
- “Apostolic Succession and Ministerial Priesthood in the New Testament” by Seraphim Hamilton
- “A Biblical Theology of the Invocation of Saints” by Seraphim Hamilton
- “Scripture and the Marian Teachings” by Seraphim Hamilton
- “The Perpetual Virginity of Mary and Scripture” by Seraphim Hamilton
- “Justification by Faith” by Seraphim Hamilton
- “Sts. Paul and Constantine” by Fr. Stephen de Young
Orthodoxy Contra “Oriental Orthodoxy”
- “St. Cyril of Alexandria: The Christological Controversy” by Fr. John McGuckin
- “Two Natures before Chalcedon: Patristic Dyophysite Language” by Hieromonk Enoch
- “Eastern Orthodox vs Oriental Orthodox Debate Review” by David TRMW
Orthodoxy Contra “True Orthodoxy”
- “Against Old Calendarism” by Elder Ephraim of Arizona
- “‘True Orthodoxy’ Debunked” by David TRMW
Orthodoxy Contra Mormonism
- “Examining Mormon Origins” by Seraphim Hamilton
- “Assessing the Book of Mormon: Introduction” by Seraphim Hamilton
Orthodox Philosophy
- “Getting Personal: The Doctrine of the Divine Energies in Palamas’ Doctrine of the Trinity and its Implications for a Biblical Theology of Deification” by Seraphim Hamilton
- “The Doctrine of the Energies” by Seraphim Hamilton
- “Essence and Energies: What Kind of Distinction?” by Dr. David Bradshaw
- “The Concept of the Divine Energies” by Dr. David Bradshaw
- “Time and Eternity in the Greek Fathers” by Dr. David Bradshaw
- “The Divine Glory and the Divine Energies” by Dr. David Bradshaw
- “The Divine Energies in the New Testament” by Dr. David Bradshaw
Orthodox Spirituality (Talk to a Priest)
- “My Life in Christ” by St. John of Kronstadt
- “The Path to Salvation: A Manual of Spiritual Transformation” by St. Theophan the Recluse
- “A Spiritual Psalter, or Reflections on God A Spiritual Psalter, or Reflections on God” Excerpted by St. Theophan the Recluse from St. Ephraim the Syrian
- “The Hymns on Faith” by St. Ephraim the Syrian
- “The Hymns on Paradise” by St. Ephraim the Syrian
- “The Jesus Prayer: Method” by St. Sophrony of Essex
- “Orthodox Spirituality” by Fr. Dimitru Staniloae
On Miracles
- “Miracles: The Reliability of the New Testament Accounts” by Craig Keener
- “The Gurus, the Young Man, and Elder Paisios” by Dionysios Farasiotis
- “Demons, Exorcism, and the Paranormal” by AncientFaithRadio
- “Weeping Icons? Get Serious…” by Fr. Bill Olnhausen
- “Modern Miracles” by St. George Hermitage
- “Miracles or Deceptions?” by Steve the Builder
- “Modern Miracles of St. Seraphim of Sarov” by Vladimir S.
- “Greek Miracles of St. Seraphim of Sarov” by Hieromonk Krill
- “A Wondrous Appearing and Healing of St. Porphyrios” by Agioi Anargyroi
- “Miracles In The Kiev Caves: Lavra From Its Foundation To The Present Day” by Arseny Kindeyev
On Modernity
- “Atheist Delusions: The Christian Revolution and Its Fashionable Enemies” by David Bently Hart
- “Christ and Nothing” by David Bently Hart
- “Christ and the Endless Performance of Modernity” by Alexander Earl
- “Understanding the Times from God’s Eyes” by Seraphim Hamilton
- “Atheism and Doubt are Spiritual Phenomena” by Seraphim Hamilton
- “How We Let America Die” by John Doyle
- “Biological Leninism” by Charlemagne
- “The Cult of ContraPoints” by The Distributist
- “A Gentle Introduction to Mencius Moldbug” by The Distributist
- “Is Wall-E a Reactionary Film?‘ by Endeavour
- “In Search of Authenticity” by Endeavour
- “What I Learned from a Leftist Family Member” by Endeavour
- “What About Scandinavia?” by TheMadMonarchist
- “Psychological Well-being and Societal ‘Progress’” by Sean Last
On Those Outside the Church
- “The Paradox of Christian Division” by Seraphim Hamilton
- “The Unknown God” by Hieromonk Gabriel
- “The Orthodox Approach to Mission: Transforming the Heart of the World” by Hieromonk Irinei
- “Orthodox Evangelism” by Abbot Tryphon
- “The Non-Orthodox” by Abbot Tryphon
- “Will the Heterodox be Saved?” by Bl. Philaret
- “‘Outside the Church There is no Salvation’ Clarified in Light of the Fathers” by John Sanidopoulos
On Mental Illness
- “Mental Disorders and Spiritual Healing: Teachings from the Early Christian East” by Jean Claude Larchet
- “Mental Illness in Light of the Theophany Icon” by Joel Looper
- “Insanity or Demonic Possession?” by AncientFaithRadio
- “Why is There Evil in the World?” by Abbot Tryphon
