In the modern religious landscape, Eastern Orthodoxy presents itself as the pristine alternative for evangelicals weary of the perceived shallowness of contemporary worship. Its appeal lies in a claim of “unbroken continuity”—the idea that the incense-filled, icon-laden liturgy of today is the exact same worship practiced by the Apostles and the early martyrs. Yet, when […]
This present world is one “in which good and evil are so mixed together as to be a sure sign that this world is not to continue forever.”1 This was how Jonathan Edwards described the nature of life in a fallen world: a mixture of blessing and misery. Divine Gifts in the Midst of Suffering […]
Throughout Advent, we remembered God’s faithful promise of the birth of the Christ child in the fullness of time. Then, the weeks of Passion focused on His death and resurrection to bring in and open the way of salvation for hell-bound sinners. Not only was salvation won and paid for, but the risen Christ revealed […]