A Calvinist Argument for Church Rituals

Posted on February 18, 2013 by robertar
  James K.A. Smith, professor of philosophy at Calvin College, wrote “Redeeming Ritual” which was published in The Banner (February 2012).  In the article Prof. Smith points to the beneficial results of having ritual in our lives.  He Continue Reading
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Is the Protestant Church Fragmented? A Response to Pastor Doug Wilson (2 of 2)

Posted on February 9, 2013 by robertar
  In a 26 January 2013 canonwired podcast, Pastor Doug Wilson was asked about the fragmented state of Protestantism.  One frequent objection to Protestantism is the fact that it has over 20,000 denominations.  Pastor Wilson responded that Continue Reading
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Is the Protestant Church Fragmented? A Response to Pastor Doug Wilson (1 of 2)

Posted on February 6, 2013 by robertar
  In a 26 January 2013 canonwired podcast, Pastor Doug Wilson was asked about the fragmented state of Protestantism.  One frequent objection to Protestantism is that it has over 20,000 denominations.  Pastor Wilson responded noting that Continue Reading
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Should Protestants Make the Sign of the Cross? A Response to Pastor Doug Wilson

Posted on February 3, 2013 by robertar
    In a 30 December 2012 canonwired podcast, Pastor Doug Wilson was asked what he thought about Protestants crossing themselves.  Apparently, this question was asked because growing numbers of Protestants have started crossing themselves.  Continue Reading
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Defending Incense

Posted on January 25, 2013 by robertar
A Response to David W.T. Brattston's "Incense in Ante-Nicene Christianity"   Dear Folks, Burckhardtfan brought to my attention David W.T. Brattston’s “Incense in Ante-Nicene Christianity” which appeared in Churchman (vol. 117 Continue Reading
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Crossing The Bosphorus

Posted on January 15, 2013 by robertar
  With its many denominations Protestantism is no stranger to people changing churches, but there is something deeply unsettling about a Protestant family deciding to move over to a nearby Orthodox parish.  The phrase “swimming the Tiber” Continue Reading
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Happy New Year!

Posted on December 31, 2012 by robertar
  I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.   (Matthew 18:3 NIV)   Folks, Thank you for making the OrthodoxBridge an interesting and lively place for theological Continue Reading
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Is Infant Baptism Biblical?

Posted on December 30, 2012 by robertar
              Martin wrote: I have a question. Baptists and Pentecostals say infant baptism is not biblical.  Do we find infant baptisms in the Bible? I heard someone say that this practice started Continue Reading
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Christ Is Born, Glorify Him!

Posted on December 25, 2012 by robertar
    Christ is born, glorify him. Christ is from heaven, go to meet him. Christ is on earth, be ye lifted up. Sing to the Lord, all the earth. Sing out with gladness, all ye people. For he is glorified.  (First Ode of the Christmas Continue Reading
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Saint Paul and the “Works of the Law”

Posted on December 17, 2012 by robertar
Folks,    I often get questions about how Orthodoxy views sola fide.  Orthodoxy believes that we are justified through faith in Christ, but it denies the Protestant insistence that justification is by faith alone.  My assessment is that Martini's Continue Reading
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