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@redeemed_zoomer@FreeIrishman7 Dehumanizing to you or others?
If others...even God calls people filthy dogs and even swine.
Not every person is a person.
Right. So all the church fathers who were present around 380 AD who were being led by the Holy Spirit to determine which letters are scripture or not to make up the NT, none of them read or interpreted the New Testament like you do. They also spoke fluent Greek and didn’t need translations to understand it. So, should we go with your understanding of what scripture says? Or theirs? Cause they’re drastically different
People hear the gospel of grace and immediately ask, “So you can just sin all you want?”
No.. grace changed what I want. I don’t want sin, I want to live holy
Stop calling it the Protestant “reformation” it reformed nothing. The true reformation happened within the Church and was led by faithful Catholics many of whom are Saints. A more fitting term is the Protestant revolt.
@gavinortlund Dr. Ortlund, I don’t like Orthbros at all. But why won’t you debate their leader? It would be very beneficial to see the ideas about the faith finally squared off in debate
Apologetics should be pastoral and spiritual, not just intellectual.
"The weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power" (II Cor. 10:4).
"Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image..." (Exodus 20:4)
A lot of folks quote the 2nd Commandment to knock Orthodox icons. But let's look at what the Old Testament actually says — and how the Church has always understood it.
The full verse ties the ban to worship: "Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them." God wasn't banning all images — He commanded golden cherubim on the Ark (Exodus 25:18-22), embroidered angels in the Tabernacle, and even the bronze serpent (Numbers 21).
The sin is idolatry — carving something and calling it god. Orthodox Christians don't worship icons. We venerate them (honor the saint or Christ they point to), just like you'd kiss a photo of your mama. The honor passes to the person depicted. God is the God of the living, not dead.
And here's the game-changer: the Incarnation. God took on flesh in Jesus Christ (John 1:14). We can depict the One who became visible. Icons aren't "graven images" — they're windows to heaven that lift our hearts to the real God.
The 7th Ecumenical Council (787 AD) confirmed this ancient practice. Icons have been part of Christian worship from the beginning.
So no, Orthodoxy isn't breaking the Old Testament. We're living it in light of Christ.
What about Cornelius bowing to Peter,
Also- what about in Galatians - Paul says that anyone who adds to this Gospel is accused. Paul didn’t venerate icons. Later the Orthodox Catholic Church give anathemas to anyone who doesn’t venerate icons. Which is adding to the Gospel. Saying if you don’t do a certain thing that wasn’t taught by the apostles to be saved, is literally adding to the Gospel. How do Orthodox respond to this?
There isn't a single Bible passage in scripture that justifies divorce and remarriage.
Don't be gaslit by protestants on this. There is no Biblical divorce in the New Testament.
6 hours of my most favorite OrthoBro @JayDyer.
And honestly, Jay has been right about everything, including Orthodox Christianity.
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No president has ever been targeted for assassination three times. The level of political violence from the left is historic. We've never seen anything like it in the entire history of this nation. It's a five alarm fire. National emergency. Drastic measures must be taken.
Leftists are trying to kill our president. They killed Charlie. They're killing us. People on our own side are running cover for them. Changing the subject. Distracting us. Fuck this. Enough of the retarded bullshit.