Attention Evangelicals: Orthodox are Already Christians!
Re: Olympic evangelists target Greek Orthodox: Charismatics target Orthodox for conversion during Olympics
In general, I have a lot of respect for Evangelical Christians and other Protestants (having been raised a Lutheran myself). However, when Evangelicals attempt to "convert" Catholics and Orthodox, who persist in the Apostolic Faith as it has been handed down for the twenty centuries, it smacks of the absurd.
Who are these Evangelicals to think they have anything to offer the Orthodox?
Would they have the Orthodox give up the Divine Liturgy for insipid CCM (Contemporary Christian Music) that apes the latest American pop garbage and use electric guitars and drum-kits in worship?
Would they have the Orthodox give up The Jesus Prayer for Q.T. (quiet time)?
Would they have the Orthodox give up their Byzantine cathedrals for "home churches" or, worse yet, suburban American mega-churches complete with fitness centers and corporate fast-food franchises?
Would they have the Orthodox give up The Philokalia for translations of the "Prayer of Jabez" or the latest in the "Left Behind" series?
Would they have the Orthodox give up their centuries-old tradition of Theology for the "Gospel of Proseprity"?
Would they have the Orthodox give up their valid Sacraments and the Real Presence for an extra-biblical "personal relationship with Jesus"?
Re: Olympic evangelists target Greek Orthodox: Charismatics target Orthodox for conversion during Olympics
In general, I have a lot of respect for Evangelical Christians and other Protestants (having been raised a Lutheran myself). However, when Evangelicals attempt to "convert" Catholics and Orthodox, who persist in the Apostolic Faith as it has been handed down for the twenty centuries, it smacks of the absurd.
Who are these Evangelicals to think they have anything to offer the Orthodox?
Would they have the Orthodox give up the Divine Liturgy for insipid CCM (Contemporary Christian Music) that apes the latest American pop garbage and use electric guitars and drum-kits in worship?
Would they have the Orthodox give up The Jesus Prayer for Q.T. (quiet time)?
Would they have the Orthodox give up their Byzantine cathedrals for "home churches" or, worse yet, suburban American mega-churches complete with fitness centers and corporate fast-food franchises?
Would they have the Orthodox give up The Philokalia for translations of the "Prayer of Jabez" or the latest in the "Left Behind" series?
Would they have the Orthodox give up their centuries-old tradition of Theology for the "Gospel of Proseprity"?
Would they have the Orthodox give up their valid Sacraments and the Real Presence for an extra-biblical "personal relationship with Jesus"?
- "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you go round about the sea and the land to make one proselyte. And when he is made, you make him the child of hell twofold more than yourselves." Matthew 23:15 (Douay-Rheims)
Redeemed by Our Savior, I work out my salvation with fear and trembling in Pohang, South Korea, where I live with my wife, daughter, and son and teach English at a science and technology university. Baptized a Methodist and raised a Missouri Synod Lutheran in Buffalo, NY, I spent six years as a guest of the Anglican Communion before being received by the Grace of God into the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on the Feast of Saint Andrew, my patron, anno domini 2002.
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