5.28 Tony Costa, David Schrock, & Stephen Wellum • Interview • “The Challenge of Eastern Orthodoxy: Comparing Evangelical and Eastern Orthodox Theology”

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Timestamps

• 00:31 – Intro
• 04:30 – Dr. Costa’s Ministry and Familiarity with Eastern Orthodoxy
• 07:51 – What Did Dr. Costa See That Made Him Know that EO Would Be a Problem Today?
• 09:40 – Has Dr. Wellum Had Any Engagement with EO?
• 12:13 – The Vibe Online
• 16:03 – What is the Protestant Way to Think through Tradition?
• 19:25 – How EO Thinks of Scripture and Tradition
• 26:40 – Who in the Church is the Final Authority?
• 35:00 – Sponsor: Grimke Seminary
• 36:10 – Is the Canon Closed for EO?
• 41:40 – Do EO and Antisemetic Sentiment Correlate to One Another?
• 43:27 – The Counsel of Jerusalem
• 46:15 – What Will the Priest tell Catechumens to Read as They Join the Church?
• 48:38 – The Doctrine of the Filioque
• 51:37 – Why Would EO Still Deny the Filioque Today?
• 55:25 – Understanding Justification in EO
• 1:01:12 – Assurance & Atonement
• 1:05:40 – Original Sin & Theosis
• 1:08:03 – Counsel to Those Considering EO
• 1:12:10 – Final Thoughts
• 1:13:26 – Outro

Resources to Click

• “The Challenges of Eastern Orthodoxy: Comparing Evangelical and Eastern Orthodox Theology” – Tony Costa
• “Masculinity, Eastern Orthodoxy, and the Search for Stability” – Alexander Breytenbach
• “A Protestant Appraisal of Rock & Sand: Sola Scriptura Properly Understood” – Tyler Cox
• “Frank Schaeffer, Former Evangelical Leader, is a Self-Declared Atheist Who Believes in God” – Huffington Post
• “’The Bible Answer Man’ Turns East: An Unlikely Conversion” – Erwin Lutzer
• “Young Men Leaving Traditional Churches for ‘Masculine’ Orthodox Christianity in Droves” – Rikki Schlott
• “Evangelical Pastors and the Challenge of Eastern Orthdoxy” – Scott Hurst and Christian Clement-Schlimm
• “Reality: Questions regarding the Authenticity of the Sigillion of 1583” – Joshua Schooping
• “The Sunday of Orthodoxy 2024”
• “Service of the Small Paraklesis”
• “Entrance of the Mother of God into the Temple” – Orthodox Christianity
• “Debatable, Unnecessary, or Essential? The Virgin Birth and Mary as the Mother of God” – Michael Pereira
• “Confession of Dositheus”
• “What is Salvation?” – Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon
• “Divine Energies: Eastern Orthodoxy’s Strangest and Most Important Doctrine” – Knox Brown
• Theme of the Month: Go West, Young Men: Evaluating the Drift toward Eastern Orthodoxy
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Books to Read

• Dancing Alone: The Quest for Orthodox Faith in the Age of False Religion – Frank Schaeffer
• The Orthodox Church: An Introduction to Eastern Christianity – Timothy Ware
• Through Western Eyes: Eastern Orthodoxy, A Reformed Perspective – Robert Letham
• Three Views on Eastern Orthodoxy and Evangelicalism – ed. James J. Stamoolis
• Disillusioned: Why I Left the Eastern Orthodox Priesthood and Church – Joshua Schooping
• Eastern Orthodoxy: Through the Lens of Sola Scriptura – Samuel S. Farag
• The Holy Standards: The Creeds, Confessions, and Catechisms of the Eastern Orthodox Church – Joshua Schooping
• The Filioque: History of a Doctrinal Controversy – A. Edward Siecienski
• Vindicating the Filioque: The Church Fathers at the Council of Florence – Thomas Crean, O.P.
• The Holy Trinity: In Scripture, History, Theology, and Worship – Robert Letham
• Early Christian Creed and Hymns, What the Earliest Christians Believed in Word an Song: An Exegetical-Theological Study – Tony Costa
• The Biblical Canon: Its Origin, Transmission, and Authority – Lee Martin MacDonald
• The Canon Debate – Lee Martin MacDonald and James A. Sanders
• The Biblical Canon Lists from Early Christianity: Texts and Analysis – Edmon Gallagher and John D. Meade
• The Old Testament in Eastern Orthodox Tradition – Eugen J. Pentiuc
• The Acts of the Second Council of Nicaea (787) – Richard Price
• Icons and Power: the Mother of God in Byzantium – Bissera V. Pentcheva
• The Orthodox Study Bible – eds. Joseph Allen and Michel Najim
• Protestant Patriarch: The Life of Cyril Lukaris (1572-1638) Patriarch of Constantinople – G.A. Hadjiantoniou