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HEGE Series
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear; — 1 Peter 3:15
Christian apologetics | Wikipedia
Apologetics | Theopedia]
Orthodox Apologetics | YouTube St Herman of Alaska Orthodox Church, Stafford VA
Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World
Heretical Orthodoxy: Lev Tolstoi and the Russian Orthodox Church
Post-Modernism & The “Two-Story” Truth
Hank Hanegraaff
Christian Research Institute
Hank Hanegraff
Bible Answer Man | YouTube
Amazon Author Page
The photo that lost radio’s ‘Bible Answer Man’ thousands of listeners
Royal Priesthood
You are a Royal Priesthood | YouTube Channel Y2AM - Be the Bee
The Royal Priesthood of All Believers
Universal Priesthood
Orthodox Christians as Priests of Creation
Christian Heresy
Heresy in Christianity | Wikipedia
See — Western Esotericism, Catholicism, Protestantism, Cults
LumenLearning — 14: Religion
Marcionism | Wikipedia
Adoptionism | Wikipedia
Docetism | Wikipedia
Gnosticism
Gnosticism | Wikipedia
See — Gnosticism
Montanism
Montanism | Wikipedia
Montanus | Wikipedia
Why were the Montanists condemned? Evangelical Pro-Montanist
Was the Church Right to Condemn Montanism? Anti-Montanist
The Acephalites
Protestantism is Ancient Heresy
— Condemned by the Church in Fourth Century
Christians do not believe in kismet, fate or destiny. Even if God determines the chief lines of our life, He, according to our prayers and merits, can change them. Thus, He prolonged King Hezekiah's life for fifteen years: “Go and say to Hezekiah, thus said the Lord, the God of David Your father, I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears: behold I will add unto your days fifteen years” (Isaiah 38:5), and to the Venerable Dius (July 19) he likewise prolonged his life for fifteen years. God extended the life of St. Basil the Great, according to the prayer of the saint for one day until he baptized the Jew, Joseph, his physician. But, as God can, by prayer, prolong life, so He can shorten it because of sin. Emperor Anastasius adhered to the Severian heresy, so called the Acephalites (the headless ones), who spread the foolishness that the Church does not need bishops and priests but rather that everyone unto himself is a bishop and a priest and that everyone has the right, in his own way, to interpret Holy Scripture and to teach others as he understands and believes. In vain did St. John the Patriarch counsel the emperor to return to the truth of Orthodoxy, and not only did the emperor not accept the counsel but rather ill-treated the patriarch in various ways and contemplated to have him banished. One night, the emperor saw in a dream an awesome man on an exalted throne, who held a book in his hand. This man opened the book, found the name of Emperor Anastasius and said: "I have wanted to permit you to live for a while longer but, because of your heresy, behold, I am erasing fourteen years from your life." And he erased something from the book. Terrified, the emperor jumped up from his dream and related his dream to his followers. After a few days, thunder struck the emperor's place and killed Emperor Anastasius. — Bishop Nikolai Velimirovic, The Prologue from Ochrid August 31 Reflection
Covenant Theology
Covenant Theology (Reformed Protestantism) | Wikipedia
Covenantal theology (Roman Catholic) | OrthodoxWiki
— “Eastern Orthodox theology has tended though to not emphasize a covenant-centric understanding of salvation history, but rather a Christological one. That is, Orthodoxy has stressed an over-arching focus on the Incarnation of Christ, His death and resurrection, and man's subsequent adoption as sons through Theosis as the primary vehicle to understanding scripture. However, that does not mean Covenantal thinking, such as Christ as Messiah, the fullfillment of the Law and the Prophets and covenant mediator has been lost on Orthodoxy by any means. Major precepts of Covenantal theology are to be found through out the writings of the Fathers, as the rise of Catholic Covenantal Theology proves, and indeed these precepts are present in contemporary Orthodox scholarship.”
My possible rejection of Covenant Theology
The Early Church Fathers: Babies or Giants?
—“I very much appreciate the Reformed tradition’s insight into the importance of the covenant, because it has helped me to identify the Orthodox Church as the true covenant community founded by the Suzerain Jesus Christ who came to restore us to the kingdom of God.”
Neither the Old Covenant nor the New Testament were “legal agreements,” rather they were spousal relationships. This was the great error into which the Old Israel fell [and Reformed Protestantism], and which the prophets warned them about. Israel did not recognize and receive the Christ because He came to her as a heavenly bridegroom seeking his bride. Israel, conceiving the covenant as a “legal contract,” anticipated a stern earthly ruler, come to enforce a violated treaty and establish his will by military and political means. It is for this same reason that Western Christianity fell into an idolatrous concept of atonement.... — Archbishop Lazar Puhalo (See — Sexuality)
Deism
Deism | Wikipedia
Syncretism
Syncretism | Wikipedia
Religious syncretism | Wikipedia
— “The Roman emperors used syncretism to help unite the expanding empire [just as The Antichrist may initiate an antichristian "christian" syncretistic global religion].”
Manichaeism | Wikipedia
— “Manichaeism teaches an elaborate dualistic cosmology describing the struggle between a good, spiritual world of light, and an evil, material world of darkness. Through an ongoing process that takes place in human history, light is gradually removed from the world of matter and returned to the world of light, whence it came. Mani's teaching was intended to "combine", succeed, and surpass the teachings of Christianity, Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, Marcionism, Hellenistic and Rabbinic Judaism, Gnostic movements, Ancient Greek religion, Babylonian and other Mesopotamian religions, and mystery cults. It reveres Mani as the final prophet after Zoroaster, the Gautama Buddha and Jesus Christ [just as Islam reveres Mohammed as the final prophet above all].”
Baháʼí_Faith | Wikipedia
Unitarian Universalism | Wikipedia
Unitarianism | Wikipedia
— a modern day form of Adoptionism
Christian universalism | Wikipedia
— “denies the doctrine of everlasting damnation, and proclaims belief in an entirely loving God who will ultimately redeem all human beings”
Jehovah's Witnesses
Jehovah‘s Witnesses | Wikipedia
Christian Science
Christian Science | Wikipedia
Islam
Corporate American insipid Western secular consumerism (Mammon worship) trivializes Christianity (especially because it's rarely ever vocally or highly visibly opposed by Heterodoxy or Orthodoxy), reinforces Islam in Arabs, and feeds the drive of Westerners toward Islam —
List of Islamic apologetic works | Wikipedia
List of converts to Islam from Christianity | Wikipedia
Talk Islam — YouTube, Facebook
ASHAMED TO BE MUSLIM || Spoken Word Response
WHO IS GOD - ALLAH, JESUS OR EMINEM?
Islam | Wikipedia
World Civilization | LumenLearning
Ch. 7 The Rise and Spread of Islam
Did you know?: The Spread of Islam in Southeast Asia through the Trade Routes
Pew Research: Will Islam Be the Largest Religion in 2070?
Bible Answer Man explains why Islam will soon be the No.1 religion
Bible Answer Man Explains Christian Downfall to Islam
Islam Exposed: The Depravities Towards Black Africans
— “This book exposes Islam's role in the institution of slavery, racism, discrimination and other depravities towards Black Africans, right from the religion's formative stages to the present day. The book also exposes the religion's adverse legacy that has left Africa enduring a never-ending cycle of violence, religious polarization, coercion, slavery, human rights abuses, anti-Semitism, religious intolerance, and numerous other abominations. Africa has also become the epicenter of Jihad activities, plunging the already poverty-stricken continent into a further abyss of human affliction.”
Salman Rushdie
How Salman Rushdie has been a scapegoat for complex historical differences
Hunted by An Angry Faith: Salman Rushdie's novel cracks open a fault line between East and West
Charlie Hebdo
Charlie Hebdo shooting
Charlie Hebdo | PBS
Charlie Hebdo attackers killed to avenge Prophet Mohammad, French court hears | Reuters
14 Accomplices Found Guilty Of Aiding 2015 'Charlie Hebdo' Attacks | NPR
Islamaphobia
Islamophobia | Wikipedia
Islam: What the West Needs to Know | YouTube
History of Islam Parts 1-5 | YouTube
The Third Jihad | Vimeo
Malcolm X: Prince of Islam | Archive.org
The Truth About Islam
Confronting Islam: Examining the Qur’an
Islam Exposed©
Todd H. Green
Todd H. Green
The Fear of Islam, Second Edition: An Introduction to Islamophobia in the West 2019 | Amazon
Islamophobia: What Are We Really Afraid Of? | YouTube
Robert B. Spencer
Robert B. Spencer | Wikipedia
“According to author Todd H. Green, Spencer's commentary on Islam has been regarded as "hav[ing] made a huge impact on the misinformation about Islam that circulates so freely on the Internet, in the media, and in political circles”
Islam Unveiled: Disturbing Questions about the World s Fastest-Growing Faith | Amazon
The Critical Qur'an: Explained from Key Islamic Commentaries and Contemporary Historical Research | Amazon
Why Jihad Watch?
Robert Spencer: About the author | Amazon
Robert Spencer Amazon Author Page
The Truth About Muhammad | YouTube
The Lies about Muhammad | Amazon
An Answer to the Robert Spencer Book "The Truth about Muhammad"
Judaism
Judaism | Wikipedia
Antisemitism
Antisemitism | Wikipedia
History of antisemitism | Wikipedia
Antisemitism in the United States | Wikipedia
Pantheism
Pantheism | Wikipedia
See — Gnosticism
Full Circle: The Resurgence of Animism in Modern Scientific Pantheism
Panentheism
Panentheism | Wikipedia
See — Gnosticism
Paganism
Paganism | Wikipedia
Polytheism
Polytheism | Wikipedia