I have already noted how a physical ailment is keeping me from doing as I think I should this Lent. It has left me too tired to attend church for one thing. However, I am learning from this conflict between body and spirit. It has given me an opportunity to look back at certain points in my life and think I made the right choices, even if the immediate reasons were not commendable. It also reminds me that while things could have been worse, they were bad enough that I need to keep my focus on behaving better to help counter the ugliness we too often let ourselves fall into.
Tonight, I read Are Evangelicals the New Liberals? (Marginalia Review of Books) is a bit misleading and, from my Eastern Orthodox perspective, sets out all that is wrong with Protestantism. Orthodoxy does not see the need to reinvent itself - neither Christ nor human nature have changed - but how to apply our Tradition to modern times.
Why Orthodoxy Doesn’t Use Systematic Theology | Apophaticism, Mystery, and Lived Doctrine
About doctrinal differences:
Some books to explain Orthodoxy:
I would add Timothy Ware's The Orthodox Way.
A brief introduction into Orthodox worship:
A reminder we are not perfect:
Looking in at one of our saints:
Nasty Christians:
Christian duty to their country:
About Hell:
Orthodoxy on Trial: Protestant Critiques and the Eastern Christian Response
A Protestant Asks: What Is Orthodox Christianity (And Why Is It Growing?) w/ Jonathan Pageau
Reject “Moralistic” Christianity!
sch 3/19
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