@JayDyer was the biggest reason I inquired into Orthodoxy in the first place. His catalogue of apologetics work will be the standard for decades to come. I think I speak for a lot of people when I say that I’m very happy for him starting an exciting new chapter, but just a little bit sad for myself because there’s a few things more satisfying than watching a Jay Dyer debate. Maybe he will debate other topics, but all of his content is good, so I’m just glad he’s sticking around at least for now. Thanks for everything so far, Jay 🫡
Riding the line between talking theology / doing debates, and all the other issues like geopolitics, lit, satire has been an odd thing. For some it is confusing, for others, not an issue.
However, after 10 years of mixed content, I feel that the time of online theology debate for me has come to a close. No one has of yet told me to say this - it’s a decision I’ve pondered for a while. I would rather focus on other topics I find interesting and religion is authentically at the parish level, not online anyway. It seems as if online theology debate is pretty much done. Onward to producing fun content on the other subjects!
🎼 And I never hoist the mainstay and I never swab the poop deck, and I never veer to starboard 'cause I never sail at all, and I've never walked the gang plank and I've never owned a parrot, and I've never been to Boston in the fall 🎶
Christ is risen.
This is the single most significant event in history. Today is the day Christ was vindicated as the one whom the Law, the Prophets, and the Psalms testified about.
He took a small group of men and women, many of whom had just abandoned him and were terrified for their lives, and transformed them into bold proclaimers of his resurrection—the very message that took over the Roman Empire and spread throughout the entire world. If they could do this as a small, persecuted group, then all 2 billion+ of us can do it today. Go proclaim Christ every day of your life.
The reason Christmas carols are so based is because they focus on something other than solving our existential guilt.
True songs of worship about the coming of Christ and the subjection of the nations to Him.
Jack White is one of the best live performers I’ve ever had the pleasure of seeing. Imagine if he did the Super Bowl halftime?? He doesn’t have to because this was epic and will stand alone. Oh and then he brought Eminem out who also killed
One can read Athanasius anachronistically, seeing terms like penalty and wrath and assume he was using their shared dictionary and assumptions, however Athanasius affirmed a variant of Recapitulation which we refer to as Restored Icon, or the Theosis model.
If one reads Athanasius intending to understand his meaning and view, they are shocked to discover such prooftexts are misleading.
Athanasius uses “wrath” as shorthand for the corruption & death (mortality) that entered the world as a consequence of sin, not divine retributive anger. “Penalty” means the natural consequence of sin such as mortality, decay & separation from divine life... not a synonym for divine wrath. That would be repetitive. Christ, being sinless & not “liable to death” voluntarily enters into our mortality to destroy it from within.
So the question arises, is one more committed to preserving their pet Atonement Theory at all costs, or being a Good Berean of both Scripture and the Early Church? What are we most concerned with? The truth, or our bias?
“Wisdom is in the sight of him who has understanding, But the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.” -Prov 17:24
Are your personal affairs in order before worrying about politics thousands of miles away?
Theologians say, “progressing toward holiness.”
But let’s be real—sanctification is becoming more like Jesus.
It’s imaging Him.Imaging God. Becoming the person God created you to be.
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