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Thinking About Eastern Orthodoxy: A Primer for Evangelicals

By James White
If you’ve never heard of Eastern Orthodoxy, here are some things you should know.
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Flee from Idols: A Biblical Critique of Eastern Orthodoxy’s Theology of Icons

By Chris Prosser
Enter an Eastern Orthodox church, and you are met with walls covered in icons, clouds of incense, burning candles, and worshipers kissing sacred images. For Protestants, the conclusion is unavoidable: this is idolatrous worship.
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Discipleship Does Not Equal Shepherding: A Crucial Distinction in the Female Pastor Debate

By Jonathon Woodyard
Some SBC churches don’t ordain women as pastors, but they ask them to exercise a “gift of shepherding.” But does the New Testament rend the office of elder-pastor from the gift of shepherding?
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They Were Hungry for God: Why I (Almost) Converted to Eastern Orthodoxy

By Aaron Cliff
This is why young Christian men are journeying toward Eastern Orthodoxy, and the story of why one didn’t make it there.
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A Protestant Appraisal of Rock & Sand: Sola Scriptura Properly Understood

By Tyler Cox
Eastern Orthodoxy’s second most popular online personality is Josiah Trentham, author of Rock and Sand: An Orthodox Appraisal of the Protestant Reformers and Their Teachings. This is our appraisal of his appraisal.
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The Idolatry Beneath Ecclesial Anxiety

By Brian Carter
What do you feel when you hear “The Orthodox Catholic Church is the one true church outside of which there can be no salvation”? Concern? Unease?
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