OrthoAnalytika
Welcome to OrthoAnalytika, Fr. Anthony Perkins' podcast of homilies, classes, and shows on spirituality, science, and culture - all offered from a decidedly Orthodox Christian perspective. Fr. Anthony is a mission priest and seminary professor for the UOC-USA. He has a diverse background, a lot of enthusiasm, and a big smile. See www.orthoanalytika.org for show notes and additional content.
- Update frequency
- every 4 days
- Average duration
- 39 minutes
- Episodes
- 764
- Years Active
- 2008 - 2025
Homily on the Absurdity of the Gospel
In St. Luke 5:1-11 Christ calls fisherman to be his disciples, in this homily Fr. Anthony reflects on how absurd it is that He didn't use angels or Greek philosophers to be his messengers and evangel…
On Transcendent Introspection and Loving our Enemies
This is a recording of Fr. Anthony Perkins' Livestream from 10 October 2020. In it, he continues the themes from his discussion with Fr. Gregory Jensen on transcendent introspection and a good test …
Transcendent Introspection and the Authoritarian Personality
This is the recording of Fr. Anthony's livestream from 09 October 2020. In it, Fr. Anthony talks with Fr. Gregory Jensen, PhD, about the difference between isolation and solitude, how to cultivate t…
Homily - we cannot love commodities
In this homily on St. Luke 6:31-36, Fr. Anthony develops the idea that that our inability to love well is a result of the way we objectify and commodify things, our neighbor, and the Church. Enjoy th…
Livestream on Civil Society, Culture, and Discernment
Audio recording of Fr. Anthony's Livestream from 10/3/2020. In it, he warms up with a talk about civil society, moves on to parish culture, and finishes with a bit on discernment and prelest. Enjoy…
Homily - Politics, Polarization, and the Cross
In this homily, Fr. Anthony explains the meaning of the Cross for us today in the light of 1 Corinthians 6:12 ("All things are lawful for me..."), Philippians 2:6 ("[Christ Jesus] did not consider it…
A Long Road towards Discernment - from Satanism to Seminary
This is the audio recording of Fr. Anthony Perkins' YouTube livestream on 26 September 2020. In it Seminarian James Cummings talks about the journey of discernment that took him through the army, th…
Homily - Love is Impossible Good Work
Sunday after the Exaltation of the Cross Galatians 2:16-20; Mark 8:34-9:1
(The Greatest Commandment) life has no meaning without a goal. Goals allow us to distinguish between what is useful and what …
Loving to be Loved vs Living to Love
This is a recording of Fr. Anthony's livestream on 19 September 2020. It it, he and Dn. Michael Abrahamson talk about gardening and the difference between transactional love (loving to be liked, res…
Homily - A Historical Account of the Economy of Salvation
St. Matthew 22:1-14 (The Wedding Feast)
Today is the threshold of the new liturgical year, a time when we take stock of ourselves and the great story we are a part of. Today I want to retell this st…
Homily - How we turn into the vinedressers of the parable
1 Corinthians 16:13-24; St. Matthew 21:33-42. In this homily, Fr. Anthony describes how our obsession with past wrongs, the future, and tribalism turn us into the vinedressers who persecuted the own…
Homily - Politics Won't Fit Through the Needle
In this homily on the Gospel of the rich man who went away sad (and Christ's warning about the eye of a needle; St. Matthew 19:16-26), Fr. Anthony reminds us that we have to let go of everything, to …
Can Making Money be Virtuous?
1 Corinthians 9:2-12; St. Matthew 18:23-35. Christianity doesn't have a mold for saints or holy cultures; it helps the good in them grow and prunes away the bad. What would that look like for Ameri…
Fr. Gregory Jensen on Healing our Woes
This is the audio from Fr. Anthony's livestream on 8/11/2020. In it, he talks with Fr. Gregory Jensen, PhD about life in Madison WI, sudden onset gender dysphoria, and how we'd all be better off if …
Logosing the Chaos
This the audio from Fr. Anthony Perkins' livestream of 8/10/2020. In it he talks about how to logos the chaos and whatever else comes into his fool head. Enjoy the show!
Moving Furniture and Relation between Freedom, Diversity, and Prosperity
This is a recording of Fr. Anthony Perkins' YouTube Livestream from 8/3/2020. In it, he shares some of the wisdom he gained from his summer job moving furniture and argues that people with authority…
Homily on Finding the Miracles that We Need Now
Homily on 1 Corinthians 1:10-18, St. Matthew 14:14-22 (feeding of the five thousand), and the commemoration of St. Elijah (Elias). In it, Fr. Anthony makes the case that we have exactly the miracles…
Why Intersectionality Fails as a Religion and a Guide for Policy
This is a recording of Fr. Anthony Perkins' YouTube Livestream from 7/27/2020. In it, he makes the point that identity politics is bad theology and politics. Enjoy the show!
Virtue in Theology ... and Politics
This is a recording of Fr. Anthony Perkins' YouTube Livestream from 7/20/2020. In it, he makes the point that virtue is ontological and its unreliability in politics necessitates limited government.…
Homily on Using Our Gifts Well
Homily on Romans 12:6-14. It is not enough to gave gifts, or even to want to use them well. Much harm is done by people who have the zeal and skills, but lack the ability to abhor evil, cling to th…