OrthoJosh

USA down by 3..Can Trump make another one of those phone calls? 😬

@firewirenz @farmingandJesus Paul was addressing the pagan practice of carving material objects to represent false gods. In the Incarnation, God became a visible, material human. Depicting Christ who became flesh in no way limits him. This is a purposeful misapplication of scripture to create a strawman.

@JoshOrtho @farmingandJesus Acts 17:29 (NASB95) “Being then the children of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and thought of man.” This verse says no. You cannot paint God into picture.

If I walked into a church and they practiced kissing cartoon pictures of presumed saints I would walk out Christ alone!

@farmingandJesus But the ark does contain images of living things (angels) It’s clear Joshua wasn’t worshiping the object itself but it was a physical focal point. Exactly the same as an Orthodox icon? I’d say that would be a stretch but I can see the purpose and intent there.

@JoshOrtho Ark doesn’t compare to pics if people in my opinion at all.

@SaltyCracker9 Yes

Didn't she kill her kid?

@farmingandJesus In the modern is probably a somewhat later development but reverence shown to kings and holy items and places (the ark, temple, bronze serpent are present. The example clearest for me from scripture is Joshua bowing down before the ark.

@JoshOrtho We can chat you’re my friend🙃. Where in scripture were they bowing and kissing it. Really asking.

I had a Protestant friend tell me rejected becoming Orthodox. He didn’t call me an idolator and said that he had experienced Christ in his Baptist church and therefore wasn’t interested in looking elsewhere. It was a simple argument and honestly a good apologetic.

@farmingandJesus I’d disagree that it’s not in scripture I see iconography all through scripture and in the earliest churches. It’s probably not something we will likely ever agree on. I appreciate that you take scripture seriously as so many do not. 🙏

@JoshOrtho It’s not my point of view though ;) It’s scripture , I will never ever be orthodox. I visited the one by our house (for observation purposes ) after talking with the “father” and he could not answer my questions. :) I found the answers in my Bible

@farmingandJesus Yeah I’ve got questions…

I don’t believe they are DNA related for one second 😬

Looks like the one Clamenza taped behind the toilet..

Just a reminder that Samuel Farag is not now nor has he ever belonged to the Eastern Orthodox Church. Therefore any claims to some sort of ‘insider knowledge’ is a bald faced lie.

@LowStudies They interestingly use an argument very similar to Mormons or Muslims that the church was ‘corrupted’ and they are the true early church. There is usually a jab at St. Constantine in there as well.

I have never heard a Protestant able to answer this.

@muslimorthodoxy In Christ there is no Greek. Paul is speaking of vice not a situation of one’s birth.

Racism is explicitly taught in Christianity, in Titus 1:12, Paul quotes a racist saying against Cretans and says that this statement is true. “‘Cretans are always liars, vicious beasts, lazy gluttons.’ That testimony is true.” Are Christians okay with saying for example “African Americans are always liars, viscous beasts, and lazy gluttons” ?

The Orthodox Church will change you And will heal you.

When I said that these people have turned Christianity into their business model.. It makes me angry especially when people like this women are so unlearned as to say candles and incense as used in Orthodox worship is ‘The Occult.’ End the business church model!

@OrthodoxChrist2 @S54851331Smith @Exposit_TheWord To be fair to her she renounced it..But given how easy it is for her to be dishonest when it comes to Orthodoxy I believe that she was lying and taking advantage of grieving people, and now she’s got the evangelical grift rolling.

@JoshOrtho @S54851331Smith @Exposit_TheWord That’s absolutely bizarre… so she says incense and candle are “occult” but communicating with spirits… isn’t?

Thank you, Jim Osman, for your endorsement of my book! I appreciate it, brother!! To God be all the glory!!! "Eastern Orthodoxy has enjoyed a recent surge in popularity. Many have become disillusioned with the shallow preaching and superficial worship offered up in the large, commercial centers that masquerade as 'churches.' Seeking something more profound, many are turning toward religious movements that appear to be deeply rooted in truth and history. Unfortunately, they are opting for a form of godliness that lacks the power of the gospel. The Eastern Orthodox Church denies justification by faith alone, the core of the biblical gospel, and is thus an enemy of the truth and an enemy of Christ. Samuel Farag, in his book Eastern Orthodoxy: Through the Lens of Sola Scriptura, does an excellent job of comparing the teachings of Eastern Orthodoxy with the Scriptures. This resource draws clear lines of demarcation between the truth of God and the deceptions and lies of Eastern Orthodoxy. I especially appreciate the gospel emphasis, which will make this a book perfect to hand to someone considering converting to this false church." — Jim Osman Pastor of Kootenai Community Church, Kootenai, ID; Author of God Doesn’t Whisper Get Eastern Orthodoxy: Through the Lens of Sola Scriptura here: freegracepress.com/products/easte…

@S54851331Smith @OrthodoxChrist2 @Exposit_TheWord I don’t think she tried but this is also a woman who pretended she could communicate with people’s dead relatives for money so I don’t expect much in the way of intellectual honesty or personal integrity from her.

@JoshOrtho @OrthodoxChrist2 @Exposit_TheWord Like how does she explain worship in Revelations? .Angels with bowls of the stuff and Candles on an Altar

@OrthodoxChrist2 @S54851331Smith @Exposit_TheWord Jenn Nizza is the same women who said incense and candles were from the occult so I’d take anything she said with a grain of salt.

@Exposit_TheWord Just so everyone knows, contrary to what he may claim, and what people who endorse his book may claim… Farag is not and has never been Orthodox.

This is probably one of the most haunting images I’ve seen. Some half a century ago these men were trying to kill one another in one of the bloodiest conflicts in American history. I think it provides some hope and perhaps a better way forward for us today.

Had a great 4th!!