Why I Became An Orthodox Christian

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!

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TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Video Intro

0:19 Introduction

4:40 Protestant Upbringing

8:03 Introduction to Orthodoxy

12:56 My First Visit to an Orthodox Church

15:14 Sola-Fide

30:40 Sola-Scriptura

38:33 Ecclesiology

49:13 Sacraments

55:33 Mary & The Saints

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

1:47:46 Conclusion

1:52:25 Where to Learn More

1:56:35 Video Outro

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REFERENCES:

Find An Orthodox Church Near You

https://orthodoxyinamerica.org/

Books

“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

Fr. Spyridon Bailey

Patristix

Playlists

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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