evangelism Archives – Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy

Review: “For the Life of the World” (Ecumenical Patriarchate Social Document)

March 27, 2020March 31, 2020 · The Editors

The Ecumenical Patriarchate recently published its document "For the Life of the World," a kind of omnibus of positions on social questions, including morality, politics, and mission. It is unfortunately a deeply flawed document.

OCN: Christians Coming Home To Orthodoxy [Video]

September 12, 2013 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

A new video from the Orthodox Christian Network (OCN) explores some of the basic grounds on which Christians of other traditions choose to become Orthodox Christians. The production value is a little sketchy at points (there seems to be a bit of awkward blue-screening in a couple of the early shots), and some historical details are glossed over (the schism at Chalcedon…

The Sinner’s Prayer: Baptists Debate the Evangelical Initiation Rite

June 21, 2012June 18, 2020 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

We ran a piece yesterday regarding the Calvinism/Arminianism debates at the Southern Baptist Convention Great Commission Baptist Convention, and now there’s another fascinating doctrinal development at the convention: The vote wasn’t taken with every head bowed and every eye closed, but delegates to the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) annual meeting today supported the “Sinner’s Prayer” after considerable debate. Jimmy Scroggins, chairman of…