Category: Apologetics

  • Isaiah 53

    Rabbinic Sources Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 52:13Aramaic synagogue paraphrase: “Behold, my servant the Messiah shall prosper; he shall be high and increase and be exceedingly strong.” Oldest surviving Jewish identification of the servant as an individual Messiah. Babylonian Talmud, Sanhedrin 98aMessiah sits among the sick at the city gate, changing his bandages one at a…

  • Word of the Lord

    Both Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic theology accept that the Son is the eternal Word (Logos) through whom the Father is revealed, that “no one has ever seen God” in His essence (John 1:18), and that the Old Testament theophanies prepare for and point toward the Incarnation. They differ, however, in how directly and exclusively…

  • Hyper-kenosis

    Hyper-kenosis (an extreme reading of Christ’s self-emptying in Philippians 2:7) and Nestorianism are connected through how each handles the unity of Christ’s person and whether Mary can be called Theotokos (“God-bearer”). They approach the same problem from opposite sides and both risk undermining the claim that the one who was born of Mary is the…

  • Mohammed and Calvin

    Calvinistic theological determinism shares profound similarities with mainstream Islamic theology—specifically traditional Sunni Ash’arite and Maturidite schools—as both frameworks assert that God sovereignly decrees and causes every event in existence. While both systems reject pure cosmic chance, they grapple with the same philosophical tension: balancing total divine sovereignty with human moral responsibility. Key Theological Commonalties

  • Icons

    The Seventh Great Ecumenical Council (787 AD) disagreed. The key decree of Nicaea II states that holy images – painted, mosaic, or in other suitable materials – are to be set up in churches, on vessels and vestments, on walls, in houses, and in public places. These include: The principal argument was Christological. Because the…

  • Attitude in Apologetics

    Fr Paul Truenbach talks about proper attitude in apologetics.

  • Explaining the Gospel

    Father Stephen DeYoung Explains the Gospel to Gavin Ortlund The Nicene Creed Biblical Correlation

  • Those outside the Church

    Fr Stephen DeYoung explains to Gavin Ortlund how the Orthodox Church views those outside the Faith

  • What is the Church?

    Stephen DeYoung explains to Gavin Ortlund what the Church is

  • The Eucharist Explained

    Fr Jonathan Ivanoff explains the Eucharist to Pastor Tommy

  • Liturgical Worship in the Early Church

    Fr Jonathan Ivanoff explains Liturgical Worship to Pastor Tommy