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Why I’m Becoming Orthodox: Part 2 of 3

December 29, 2014 By Fr. John 19 Comments

Part 2 — Why I Deny Penal Substitutionary Atonement by Matt Ferdelman Penal Substitutionary Atonement (PSA) is a theory of how God saves humanity. It seeks to explain (1) what problem God came to solve, (2) how the problem was solved, and (3) to what end goal God saves us. PSA explains that the primary issue facing […]

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Why I’m Becoming Orthodox: Part 1 of 3

December 19, 2014 By Fr. John 2 Comments

Part 1 — Scripture and Tradition by Matt Ferdelman Matt Ferdelman is a catechumen at St. Paul the Apostle Orthodox Church in Dayton, Ohio. Matt was born into the Pentecostal church where he attended for the first 17 years of his life. In 2008 he began the process of becoming a five-point Calvinist at Apex […]

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Why Would a Protestant Convert to Eastern Orthodox Christianity?

July 7, 2014 By Fr. John 68 Comments

And this is where it began to get real.

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Moving Beyond the Waiting Room: Part Two

June 2, 2014 By Fr. John 36 Comments

by Sean Whitted My world was literally being shaken, in a good and bad way. The bad was that I started think about what it meant for me, what my wife would think, my parents, and those close to me. Those who know me well have seen me all over the map on a number of […]

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Moving Beyond the Waiting Room: Part One

May 30, 2014 By Fr. John 8 Comments

I have never experienced such reverence and awe for God as I did today.

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