by Fr. Stephen Freeman Now this is indeed a presumptious title for a post – as if there were only one reason that people convert to the Orthodox faith. There are certainly many reasons, nuanced by the various personalities that come. And do they ever come! I was asked in Minneapolis, “What sort of Evangelism […]
A Modern Conversion
by Fr. Stephen Freeman Another gem from Fr. Stephen. I understand what is being said here, but properly said, it is heretics who are ‘people who choose.’ Converts ‘become’ Orthodox (despite what many who were raised in the Orthodox Church may say, yes, we do become Orthodox). What do you think? A few years back […]
The Temptations Of Church
by Fr. Stephen Freeman I have sometimes said (in a light-hearted manner) that God gave us the Church to keep us honest. The truth is, that God gave us the Church that we might be saved. The failure to see why and how the Church is the ark of salvation is a failure to understand […]