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! I am constantly adding new resources to this page, and if you have any suggestions, feel free to let me know!
If you feel overwhelmed by the amount of resources on this list and don’t know where to start, I have bolded all of the ones that I highly recommend reading if you are looking to read anything on these subjects at all.
Also! If you’re having a hard time getting access to one of these resources (either you can’t find a copy in your local library or it’s just too expensive) and you really feel that the information would help you in some way, please don’t hesitate to contact me and I can do everything I can to make sure you get access to it.
Note: Just because I may cite a particular author or website’s piece does not mean that I endorse everything that author or website comes out with.
The Inerrant Word of God
- The Holy Bible
- The Holy Bible With Patristic Commentary
- Orthodox Study Bible
- Interlinear Bible
- Interlinear LXX
On God’s Existence
- “Why Christianity?” by Seraphim Hamilton
- “The Argument from Intelligibility for Christianity” by Seraphim Hamilton
- “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
- “Did Biblical Monotheism Develop: Underlying Presumptions” by Seraphim Hamilton
- “An Introduction to Chronological Revisionism” by Seraphim Hamilton
- “God Gave the Greeks Philosophy: The Biblical Foundation for Christian Hellenism” by Seraphim Hamilton
- “Review of Flood Legends by Charles Martin” by Seraphim Hamilton
- “A Depth Review of Donovan Courville’s ‘The Exodus Problem and Its Ramifications’” by Seraphim Hamilton
- “A Depth Review of David Rohl’s ‘Pharaohs and Kings’” by Seraphim Hamilton
- “Did Moses Write the Pentateuch?” by Seraphim Hamilton
- “A Better Model for the Stone Age” by A.J.M. Osgood
- “The Times of Abraham” by A.J.M. Osgood
- “In the Beginning God: A Fresh Look at the Case for Original Monotheism” by Winfried Corduan
- “Christianity and History” by Herbert Butterfield
- “The Genealogies of Christ” by Jimmy Akin
- “Christmas Resources” by Triablogue
Scientific Issues
- Is Genesis History?
- Evolution News
- Discovery Institute
- Discovery Science
- “In-Depth Creation Lectures” by IGH?
- “Is Genesis History? – Full Film” by IGH?
- “Long Story Short – Against Evolution” by Discovery Science
- “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
- “On Geocentrism” by Seraphim Hamilton
- “Response to a Critic on Young-Earth Creationism” by Seraphim Hamilton
- “The Day When Man was Born” by Seraphim Hamilton
- “The Firmament” 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
- “70 Minutes to Understand the Fossil Record” by Dr. Kurt Wise
- “Creation & Cavemen: What do fossils say about Adam and Eve?” by Dr. Todd Wood
- “Exploring Ape-Men and Adam” by Dr. Todd Wood
- “Evidence Against Evolution Series” by Dr. Todd Wood
- “A Summary of Radiometric Dating” Dr. Andrew Snelling
- “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
- “Globe Earth & the Holy Bible | Topical Index” by GE&HB
- “A Universe From Nothing?” by Dr. Nigel Cundy
- “What Can the Bible Tell Us About Cosmology?” Dr. Danny Faulkner
- “Assumptions Concerning Life on Other Planets” by St. Theophan the Recluse
- “The Irreducible Mind” by Michael Jones
- “Abortion When The Mother’s Life Is in Danger” by Matt Fradd
- “Is Wearing a Facemask to Church Sacrilege?” by Craig Truglia
- “Liturgical Immunity & the Age of In-Between” by Jeremiah
- “COVID Pandemic” by Me
- “Dinosaurs in the Bible” by Me
- “Orthodoxy And Flat Earth” by Me
- “Did Dinosaurs Live With Humans?” by Me
Orthodoxy Against Evolution
- “Genesis, Creation, and Early Man” by Fr. Seraphim Rose
- “Genesis and Early Man: The Orthodox Patristic Understanding” by Fr. Seraphim Rose
- “Created in Incorruption: The Patristic Understanding of Man Before the Fall” by Hieromonk Damascene
- “Ancient Chinese History in Light of the Book of Genesis” by Hieromonk Damascene
- “Saints, Holy Elders, and Theologians who have lived since Darwin” by OldBelieving
- “The Gnostic World of John Walton” by Thomas Purifoy
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
- “Homily on the Dormition of the Mother of God and Ever Virgin Mary” by St. Gregory Palamas
- “Holy Icons, Images and Symbols” by St. John of Kronstadt
- “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
- “Gathering of Israel” by Seraphim Hamilton
- “Valley of Acacias” by Seraphim Hamilton
- “The Jerusalem of God” by Seraphim Hamilton
- “Was there Sex Before the Fall? A Biblical Analysis” by Seraphim Hamilton
- “The Second Coming and the Judgment on Jerusalem” by Seraphim Hamilton
- “Adam’s Relics” by Seraphim Hamilton
- “Reconciling the Infancy Stories” by Seraphim Hamilton
- “God’s People Israel” by Fr. Stephen De Young
- “Renewed Israel” by Fr. Stephen De Young
- “Pentecost, Birthday of the Church” by Fr. Stephen De Young
- “The Canons of the Church: Changeable or Unchangeable?” by Nicholas N. Afanasiev
- “A Critical Review of Charles Shingledecker’s The Crazy Side of Orthodoxy” by Patrick Barnes
- “Women in the Orthodox Church: Brief Comments from a Spiritual Perspective” by Archbishop Chrysostomos
- “The Orthodox Christian Marriage” by Hieromonk Ambrose
- “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
- “O Death, Where is Thy Sting?” 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
- “The Origins of Original Sin” by Daniel J. Castellano
- “Reclaiming All Paul’s Rs: Apostolic Atonement by Way of Some Eastern Fathers” by Edith Humphrey
- “Did Enoch and Elijah (Elias) Ascend into Heaven?” by Dcn. Peter Mikhalev
- “Stump the Priest: The Council of Jerusalem on the Blood of Animals” by Fr. John Whiteford
- “Fundamental Errors: A Response to ‘Tradition Without Fundamentalism’ by George Demacopoulos” by Fr. John Whiteford
- “The Bible the Church and Homosexuality: Obscurantegesis vs the Truth” by Fr. John Whiteford
- “Answering John Carpenter’s Aniconist Historical Arguments” by Craig Truglia
- “Alien Abductions and the Orthodox Christian” by Archbishop Chrysostomos of Etna
My Articles on Orthodoxy in Scripture
- “The Son of David and the New Priesthood” by Me
- “The Royal Petrine Priesthood” by Me
- “Excommunication: The Church’s Death Penalty” by Me
- “The Sacrament of Confession” by Me
- “Sunday as the Day of the Lord” by Me
- “A Defense of Holy Images” by Me
- “The Assumption of Mary” by Me
- “The Procession of the Holy Spirit” by Me
- “Praying Souls Out of Hell (Purgatory)” by Me
- “The Entrance of the Theotokos” by Me
- “A Biblical Defense of the Angelic Hierarchy” by Me
My Florilegiums
- “No Salvation Outside the Church? A Florilegium” by Me
- “Do Valid Sacraments Exist Outside the Church? A Florilegium” by Me and UbiPetrus
- “Does Orthodoxy Teach Original Sin? A Florilegium” by Me
- “Orthodoxy on Predestination: A Florilegium” by Me
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
- “Crisis in Byzantium: The Filioque Controversy in the Patriarchate of Gregory II of Cyprus (1283-1289)” by Aristeides Papadakis
- “Mark of Ephesus, the Council of Florence, and the Roman Papacy” by Fr. Christiaan Kappes
- “A Latin Defense of Mark of Ephesus at the Council of Ferrara-Florence (1438-1439)” by Fr. Christiaan Kappes
- “The Conciliarist Tradition: Constitutionalism in the Catholic Church 1300-1870” by Francis Oakley
- “Authoritative & Ignored: The Overlooked Council of Constance” by Francis Oakley
- “The Vatican Dogma” by Fr. Sergius Bulgakov
- “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
- “The Council of Trent did not condemn Eastern marriage practices” Andrea Tornielli
- “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
- “On the Seventh Council” by Fr. Mark Perkins
- “The “Brothers” of Jesus: A Fresh Look at the Evidence” by Dr. Brant Pitre
- “The New Conquest and Infant Baptism” by Me
- “The Son of David and the New Priesthood” by Me
- “A Defense of Holy Images” by Me
- “The Sacrament of Confession” by Me
- “Excommunication: The Church’s Death Penalty” by Me
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
- “Oriental Orthodoxy Refuted” by David TRMW
- “A Comprehensive Treatment of the Letter of Ibas to Maris” by Craig Truglia
- “St. Ambrose of Milan on the Importance of Dyothelitism” by Me
Orthodoxy Contra “True Orthodoxy”
- “Against Old Calendarism” by Elder Ephraim of Arizona
- “A Critique of Old Calendarist Ecclesiology” by Panagiotis
- “Anti-Patristic: The Stance of the Zealot Old Calendarists” by Monk Basil
- “Saint John (Maximovich) was not a schismatic” by Fr George Maximov
- “‘True Orthodoxy’ Debunked” by David TRMW
Orthodoxy Contra Mormonism
- “Examining Mormon Origins” by Seraphim Hamilton
- “Assessing the Book of Mormon” 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
Eschatology
- “Gog and Magog” by Seraphim Hamilton
- “Some Thoughts on Revelation 1-19, Preterism, Dominion, and Biblical Theology” by Seraphim Hamilton
- “The Second Coming and the Judgment on Jerusalem” by Seraphim Hamilton
- “Jesus, the Tribulation, and the End of the Exile, Restoration Eschatology, and the Origin of the Atonement” by Brant Pitre
- “Why I’m Not A Universalist” by Me
- “A Classical Theist Case Against Universalism” by Suan Sonna
On the Tollhouses
- “The Heavenly Spheres of God’s World” by Seraphim Hamilton
- “David Bentley Hart and the Toll Houses” by Fr. John Whiteford
- “More on the Question of the Toll Houses” by Fr. John Whiteford
- “Evidence for the Tradition of the Toll Houses found in the Universally Received Tradition of the Church” by St. Jonah Orthodox Church
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
- “‘Do You Want to See an Angel?’ St. Nektarios and His Instructions” by Olga Rozhneva
- “Abortionist Quits After St. Thomas Aquinas Visits Him in a Dream” by Angelo Stagnaro
- “Miracles In The Kiev Caves: Lavra From Its Foundation To The Present Day” by Arseny Kindeyev
- “Life and Death: A talk with Fr. Alexei Timakov, a priest and emergency room doctor” by Nikita Filatov and Fr. Alexei Timakov
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
- “Descent into Sheol and the Church’s Mission” by Seraphim Hamilton
- “Why I am not a Sacramental Rigorist” 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. Metropolitan Philaret
- “‘Outside the Church There is no Salvation’ Clarified in Light of the Fathers” by John Sanidopoulos
- “On the Question of the Order of Reception of Persons into the Orthodox Church, Coming to Her from Other Christian Churches” by Archimandrite Ambrosius
- “Teaching About the Validity of Sacraments in Non-Church Communities According to the Epistle of the Eastern Patriarchs” by Sergei Fedorov
- “Stump the Priest: How do you Pray for the Non-Orthodox?” by Fr. John Whiteford
- “The Limits of the Church” by Fr. Georges Florovsky
- “No Salvation Outside the Church? A Florilegium” by Me
- “Lessons in Ecumenism From the Saints” by Me
- “Fr. Dumitru Staniloae on the Heterodox” by Me
- “Rebaptism, Chrismation and Reception of Converts” by Me and UbiPetrus
- “Grace Outside the Church” by Jay Dyer
On Psychology and Illness
- “Mental Disorders and Spiritual Healing: Teachings from the Early Christian East” by Jean Claude Larchet
- “Should Christians Ever Use Anti-Depressant Medicines?” by Elder Epiphanios (Theodoropoulos)
- “Gratitude in Life’s Trenches: an Interview with Robin Phillips” by Melinda Johnson
- “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
- “The Ministry of Suffering” by Fr. Richard Rene
- “Notes on the Relationship Between the Soul and the Brain” by Me
On St. Dionysius the Areopagite
- “The Areopagite in 20th Century Orthodoxy” by Fr. Felix Culpa
- “The Authenticity of Dionysius the Areopagite’s Writings” by Rev. John Parker
- “Are the Writings of Dionysius the Areopagite Genuine?” by Rev. John Parker
- “The Dionysian Authorship of the ‘Corpus Areopagiticum’” by Fr. Dimitru Stalinoae
- “Was St. Dionysius the Areopagite a Neoplatonist?” by Fr. John Romanides
- “St. Dionysius the Areopagite” by Seraphim Hamilton
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