# orthodox christian (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover orthodox christian. Page: Feed: --- ## [“Why Do You Pray to the Saints?” The Objection Every Orthodox Christian Hears](https://kennethbwrites.substack.com/p/why-do-you-pray-to-the-saints-the) _2026-08-21 · Kenneth B. · Becoming Orthodox_ When visitors first walk into an Orthodox Church they are immediately drawn to the images of men and women throughout history that adorn the walls of our churches. ## ["You Worship Mary!" The Objection Every Orthodox Christian Hears](https://kennethbwrites.substack.com/p/you-worship-mary-the-objection-every) _2026-08-19 · Kenneth B. · Becoming Orthodox_ There are some things you come to expect in life, things that occur with such regularity you can practically set your alarm by them: ## [The Christianity Nobody Talks About Anymore: The Priest Who Refused to Stay Home After Surgery](https://kennethbwrites.substack.com/p/the-christianity-nobody-talks-about) _2026-08-17 · Kenneth B. · Becoming Orthodox_ Last Wednesday night our priest confessor had a defibrillator installed for his heart. ## [“That’s Not Biblical!” — Except, What About Your Church?](https://kennethbwrites.substack.com/p/thats-not-biblical-except-what-about) _2026-08-14 · Kenneth B. · Becoming Orthodox_ A Protestant-to-Orthodox Reflection on Scripture, Tradition, and the Ancient Faith We Sometimes Forget We Inherited ## [To be a Christian is to know a Person, not a Book](https://kennethbwrites.substack.com/p/to-be-a-christian-is-to-know-a-person) _2026-08-12 · Kenneth B. · Becoming Orthodox_ Sitting at coffee shops as often as I do, there are a lot of different kinds of people that one is exposed to: ## [Young People Have Found Something to Rebel Against; Modernity](https://kennethbwrites.substack.com/p/young-people-have-found-something) _2026-08-10 · Kenneth B. · Becoming Orthodox_ The Kids Are Rebelling Again. This Time, They’re Becoming Orthodox. ## [Are We Witnessing the Collapse of Evangelicalism in Real Time?](https://kennethbwrites.substack.com/p/are-we-witnessing-the-collapse-of) _2026-08-07 · Kenneth B. · Becoming Orthodox_ Why Christians Raised on Modern Church Culture Are Rediscovering Ancient Orthodox Christianity ## [The Apocrypha Problem: What If We Don’t Know Who Wrote the Protestant Old Testament Either?](https://kennethbwrites.substack.com/p/the-apocrypha-problem-what-if-we) _2026-08-05 · Kenneth B. · Becoming Orthodox_ One of the interesting phenomena I’ve been able to witness up close and personal over the last few years is the number of visitors to our parish who, though raised Christian of some sort, were stirred to visit an Orthodox Church because they had begun reading 2nd Temple apocryphal books they had never read up till that point in their life. ## ['The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind' and the Recent Surge in Orthodox Christianity & Roman Catholicism](https://kennethbwrites.substack.com/p/the-scandal-of-the-evangelical-mind) _2026-08-03 · Kenneth B. · Becoming Orthodox_ Why are young and old continuing to inquire into Ancient Christianity? ## [What an Orthodox Priest Taught Me About Being Wrong](https://kennethbwrites.substack.com/p/what-an-orthodox-priest-taught-me) _2026-07-31 · Kenneth B. · Becoming Orthodox_ Why the holiest people I know are often the quickest to admit they are sinners ## [Watch Chovy Code Live (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/iwDZrSTiWy2P) _2026-07-31 · **Sponsored**_ Join live coding streams with real-time collaborative screen sharing, open source and free. ## [We Have Never Had More Community. So Why Are We So Lonely? - Orthodox Christian Reflections](https://kennethbwrites.substack.com/p/we-have-never-had-more-community) _2026-07-29 · Kenneth B. · Becoming Orthodox_ Why Orthodox Churches Don’t Try to Cure Loneliness With Small Talk ## [Icons Arise from the Essence of Christianity](https://ericpaulhyde.substack.com/p/icons-arise-from-the-essence-of-christianity) _2026-05-01 · Eric Hyde · Ancient Counsel_ Why would any Christian want to use icons in worship—isn’t it explicitly forbidden in the Old Testament? ## [Why do boring churches last forever while exciting churches fail?](https://ericpaulhyde.substack.com/p/why-do-boring-churches-last-forever) _2026-03-05 · Eric Hyde · Ancient Counsel_ We've all seen the liturgical church on the corner that has been there for decades, if not centuries, while lively, up-to-date churches run out of steam within a generation. What's going on? ## [The Day I Lost Faith in Good Arguments](https://ericpaulhyde.substack.com/p/the-day-i-lost-faith-in-good-arguments) _2026-02-11 · Eric Hyde · Ancient Counsel_ I went to graduate school believing good arguments could secure the truth of Christianity. Then I found myself surrounded by brilliant scholars who disagreed about nearly everything. This essay explores why facts and logic alone aren’t enough—and why finding the truth may require more than winning debates. ## [Christian Nationalism: an Analysis from History and Scripture](https://ericpaulhyde.substack.com/p/christian-nationalism-is-a-terrible) _2026-01-30 · Eric Hyde · Ancient Counsel_ “Just eight centuries ago, we took from him what Thou didst reject with scorn, that last gift he offered Thee, showing Thee all the kingdoms of the earth. ## [Psychology Cannot Solve the Basic Human Dis-Ease](https://ericpaulhyde.substack.com/p/psychology-cannot-solve-the-basic) _2026-01-19 · Eric Hyde · Ancient Counsel_ A Quick View on Personhood and Communion ## [Communion: The Cure Beyond Psychotherapy](https://ericpaulhyde.substack.com/p/communion-the-cure-beyond-psychotherapy) _2025-12-18 · Eric Hyde · Ancient Counsel_ An Experiment of Faith ## [Is the Machine Our Problem?](https://ericpaulhyde.substack.com/p/is-the-machine-our-problem) _2025-12-03 · Eric Hyde · Ancient Counsel_ “Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.” –Kierkegaard ## [The Reason Everyone is in Therapy](https://ericpaulhyde.substack.com/p/the-french-revolution-freud-carl) _2025-11-17 · Eric Hyde · Ancient Counsel_ From the French Revolution, to Freud, Carl Jung and beyond ## [Home Internet From Space (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/JlxNHud3xRM6) _2025-11-17 · **Sponsored**_ Residential satellite internet that brings connectivity to homes beyond conventional networks ## [Psychotherapy will save the world](https://ericpaulhyde.substack.com/p/psychotherapy-will-save-the-world) _2025-10-28 · Eric Hyde · Ancient Counsel_ Reflections of an Orthodox Christian Therapist