The Protestant Canon Defended
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“Gavin Ortlund discusses the Protestant canon with @javierperd2604 and @CleavetoAntiquity, considering Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox objections, the testimony of church history, and more.” - Truth Unites
As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
“Gavin Ortlund discusses the Protestant canon with @javierperd2604 and @CleavetoAntiquity, considering Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox objections, the testimony of church history, and more.” - Truth Unites
“On the one hand, some are flocking to more traditional and liturgical forms of Christianity like Eastern Orthodoxy…. On the other hand, contemporary Christian music (CCM) is thriving… and market research indicates younger audiences are driving much of this growth.” - CToday
“Those raised in the church are often indifferent to her teachings and practices while it is those from outside the church who are most interested. I’ve received young people from Catholic, mainline Protestant and evangelical backgrounds.” - The Dispatch
Reason 1: “The search for stability. People are hungry for tradition and rootedness and groundedness. People want something that isn’t changing.” - Gavin Ortlund
“the concern is, in this theology is the Eastern Orthodox Church the Savior rather than Jesus, and therefore is there a danger of an idolatry of the church?” - YouTube
“If Orthodoxy differs so significantly from Catholicism, how closely does it resemble Protestantism? A brief overview of Orthodoxy reveals several points of alignment, some significant misunderstandings, and a few major disagreements” - Desiring God
“’We’ve been writing about the threat of Putin to Orthodoxy for years,’ added Demacopoulos. ‘In some sense, I’m surprised it didn’t happen sooner.’” - RNS
“After 93 days of war, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) has definitively broken with Russia—maybe.” - C.Today
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