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When Spontaneity Goes Stale

April 11, 2017 By Fr. John 3 Comments

by Zachary (Zecchaeus) Jensen As a child I lived in four states and moved from one side of the country to the other. The high school that I graduated from was a small Christian school in Illinois. The church connected to it was becoming more and more “reformed Protestant” as time went on, which affected […]

Filed Under: Calvinist, Evangelicals, Latest Stories, Pentecostals Tagged With: Calvinist, charismatic, Church, convert, orthodox

From Sola Scriptura to Supernatural Experience to Sacred Church

August 24, 2016 By Fr. John Leave a Comment

by Thomas Prologue Since being received into the Church, I have tried to ponder and process the long road we took to become Orthodox. Truthfully, I was not sure I wanted to share our story because, in so many ways, it is similar to hundreds of other stories posted on Journey to Orthodoxy and elsewhere. But […]

Filed Under: Baptists, Calvinist, Latest Stories, Methodist/Wesleyan Tagged With: Calvinist, convert, orthodox

Why I’m Becoming Orthodox: Part 3 of 3

January 4, 2015 By Fr. John 7 Comments

by Matt Ferdelman The further I dive into Orthodox life, doxology, and theology, the more strongly I get the impression I have always done and believed these things and worshipped in this way. Or, at least, I have always attempted to worship in this way. Orthodoxy for me was like a light switch going off, […]

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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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