Author: readerjohn

I am a retired lawyer and an Orthodox Christian, living in a collapsing civilization, the modern West. There are things I'll miss when it's gone. There are others I won't. I tend to write about both.

Calvinist Concessions galore – why not Orthodoxy?

I seldom comment critically on Reformed Christianity – Calvinism, my last waystation before Orthodoxy – but a very telling set of concessions from a Calvinist scholar leaves me wondering what thoughtful Calvinists think they stand to lose by

  • giving up on restoring missing elements of balance to Calvinism and
  • returning to the Church that never abandoned those elements.

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Tasty Tidbits 10/15/11

  1. Occupying Lafayette.
  2. A Secular Case for Distributism.
  3. “Screw each other and everybody gets rich.”
  4. Bishop and Diocese Indicted for not reporting child abuse suspicions.
  5. T   o   w   e   r      o   f      B   a   b   e   l.
  6. More Anti-Mormon Extralegal Religious Tests.
  7. Ron Paul’s pro-life ad (and cagey substance).
  8. St. Basil on Theft.

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