Why did a Baptist such as myself become an Orthodox Christian? In this episode, I walk you through my conversion process. In it, I go step-by-step, addressing each doctrine of Protestantism that I came to reject and why, as well as the issues I had that prevented me from becoming Catholic, finally to the point of accepting Orthodoxy as the fullness of the faith.
Thanks for listening and God bless!
4:40 Protestant Upbringing
8:03 Introduction to Orthodoxy
12:56 My First Visit to an Orthodox Church
1:01:48 Liturgy, Priesthood, & Icons
1:11:02 Filioque & The Great Schism
1:16:38 The Papacy. Uniates, & Papal Infallibility
1:22:07 Purgatory & Indulgences
1:24:55 Immaculate Conception
1:30:08 Dogmatic Contradictions, Liturgical Innovations, & Ecumenism
1:36:23 The RCC Cannot Be Taken Seriously
1:39:14 Why I Love Orthodoxy
1:52:25 Where to Learn More
Find An Orthodox Church Near You
https://orthodoxyinamerica.org/
“Orthodoxy & Heterodoxy: Finding the Way to Christ in a Complicated Religious Landscape” by Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick
“Rock and Sand: An Orthodox Appraisal of the Protestant Reformers and Their Teachings” by Fr. Josiah Trenham
“Arise, O God: The Gospel of Christ’s Defeat of Demons, Sin, and Death” by Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick
“The Orthodox Veneration of the Mother of God” by St. John Maximovitch
“Orthodox Worship: A Living Continuity with the Synagogue, the Temple, and the Early Church” by Benjamin Williams & Harold Anstall
“Thinking Orthodox” by Dr. Eugenia Constantinou
“The Didache” by The Twelve Apostles
“The Letters of St. Ignatius” by St. Ignatius
“On The Incarnation” by St. Athanasius
Podcasts/YouTube Channels
“The Whole Counsel of God” by Fr. Stephen De Young
“The Royal Path” by Fr. Turbo
“Patristic Nectar” by Fr. Josiah Trenham
Orthodox Inquirers (Intro): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIp-1OgEHtdctLsSVGaCSG7EAQe-VPzjX
Orthodox Inquirers (Longform): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIp-1OgEHtdfSz5c_CcimuUYiDit4bR7U
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