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These conversions to the Catholic Church or to the Orthodox Church are truly miraculous.

I love much of the Orthodox tradition, and hate a lot of Protestantism, but there are dogmas the Orthodox hold to that I can’t get behind. They would insist that they’re the fullness of the faith, and yet there are beautiful things other expressions of Christianity bring to the faith that they would either dismiss or reject. For this reason, I believe the Church is a lot bigger than even Orthodoxy.

My priest is a former baptist pastor.

There is archaeological evidence from churches in Israel, Byzantium and Italy for icons existing Pre Nicea. According to Gavin O's arguments, the Bible, which is not PreNicean is an accretion. And he sticks to an OT version the earliest copies of which come from the Middle Ages. His logical nonsequiturs are appaling.

Gavin O is intentionally factious and increasingly disrespectful. He is motivated against Protestant Theologians converting to Christianity and he also wanted to bring Austin from Gospel Simplicity in line and the more he gets answered by facts the more he rages. He has no good intentions towards Truth that Unites, his purpose is to stem any movement towards Orthodoxy. I think we should stop paying attention to him and focus on Orthodoxy without reference to him. Modern Scholarship is not a Church Institution. Gavin O is an accretion.

I am not Orthodox. I am Catholic. I think that i should get a copy of the book for one main reason. I helped convert a man from the Assemblies of God denomination, not just to the Orthodox faith, but to actually being a Greek Orthodox priest! So I think that deserves the book lol. I do however have a real question. I loved this conversation, but at around 53:00-55:00 Luther made a comment seeming to reject the " protestant " doctrine of Satisfaction. The belief that Jesus satisfied the perfect Love that God the Father demanded of humanity, and therefore through relationship with Christ, we can have peace with God, is definitely a Catholic belief. We would belief in Vicarious Satisfaction. This of course teaches that Jesus took on the curses do to man by hanging on the cross, but this is not to be confused with the Protestant extreme version of penal substitution. I was just wondering if Luther( your Luther, not Martin Luther) rejected all teaching on Satisfaction? Great episode though.

I agree with much of this but the anathemas are kind of different in Nicea 2. They flat out say it’s total separation from God, not a later definition. It would seem better to me to say that the council was led by those who were not pious but that the overall ruling was guided by the spirit. He’s right that the anathema there is different from previous councils, I do not see previous councils specifically spelling out that an anathema means nothing more than total separation from God. I’ve been an orthodox inquirer for some time but it’s really hard not to see Nicea 2 as being different

Fr. Michael Shanbour brought my family and I into The Church. Really happy to see his wonderful book, "Know the Faith" included here!

Now you have me curious. I'm an athiest i came here because of Jarod I'm a fan of his and i resonate with his story. Thank you for your kindness. ❤😊

The third High Priest of Israel was a Black man from Punt Africa-Fr. Stephen DeYoung

I wonder if he is still waiting on the lord or wrestling per se. Calling Jesus a cult leader is a very firm and clear rejection.

Was a member of the atheist religion for almost 35 years. January 2024 i lost the faith required to believe in the atheist religion. Been addicted to learning anything i can about Jesus. If a protestant kisses a bible, would that not be the same as icons? Isn't a cross technically an icon? Isn't the bible technically an icon? What, if anything is the difference between icon and "gravin image"? December 2023, had no clue that such a thing as "orthodox Christian " existed. This whole year has been driving me right that direction. Please drive me crazy with answers. -lost former atheist with many questions.

Nah we should call it Constantinople, we should respect Constantine for ending the Christian persecutions across 50% of the world

Love the dinosaur comment. Thank you Father John for bringing the comedy back into apologetics, lol.

This is such a scholarly discussion. I love it, as a new catechumin thoug I feel like I have my work cut out for me and need to read about a thousand books to catch up. It is very helpful, honestly. Thank you for this.

Who are the 8 Orthodox biblical scholars? 👀

I cant thank you enough for this discussion. Very, very helpful. Im committed to preparing myself for baptism into the orthodlx church.

I don't know if I'm supposed to be laughing at the absurdity of the protestant and charismatic world and the lack of doctrinal and ecclesiological foundation but I am. I don't know how I could have gone my whole life and not seen this but I'm thankful that it's clear to me now.

Love this. I'm a new catechumin in the Orthodox church, 3 weeks in and I stepped away from the charismatic church. So much truth here that Protestants and especially charismatics are largely ignorant of. Very good.

Thanks for everyone who participated in the book giveaway. The winners are hannahbaker3080 & gracenroses7471. ☦️🎉🎉 Email us your address and we will get that to you. "thetransfiguredlife@gmail.com"

Nice convo guys. A lot of fascinating stuff in his book.

I would love a copy of this book, currently a catechumen, recovering protestant 😅. Great episode!

As a Catholic lecturer in Biblical Studies, I am infatuated by the beauty of the idea of theosis. It is not, as you say, explicit in Catholic teaching, but it is latent. It is something I sense in the western conception of sanctification - that through our life in the Church we are made holy (and yet only God is holy). Great video.

Good content, but Fr. Stephen's slow internet connection was really distracting for me.

I’m an adult convert to Christianity, not Orthodox, but have enjoyed visiting the different Mere Christianity rooms. I like NT Wright and Fr DeYoung’s work, so it would be a blessing to receive a copy of this book. ✝️ Enjoyed this chat. Thank you and God Bless!

Another great episode. Love all of Fr Stephen’s work to include TLOS. Hope I can get a free book. I’m Orthodox. ☦️☦️☦️

Orthodox Christian here in Austin, Texas! I enjoy this channel very much and especially Fr. Stephen's visits to it. This is just the next great conversation with Fr. Stephen. Thanks so much!

Typical Gavin presenting his constant fantasy that there is some unified protestant view . This is plainly not true doc

Glory to God! Welcome home🙏☦️

I would love a copy of this book. Coming out of Orthodox Judaism, I have such an appreciation for Father Stephen's work! I am a catechumen in the Orthodox Church but Lord willing, I will be crismated this coming Pascha!

I'd love to read the book. I'm not currently Orthodox. Otherwise, this was amazing! Thanks for the beautiful content:)

Love this channel thank you guys 💪☦️☦️

Cannot get enough of Fr De Young and will buy this book so long as it’s in audible… hoping he’ll read it. I have apocrypha and man of war…his reading voice is great. Thanks so much!!! ❤

I'm Orthodox and would like to be put in the running for the book please. Thanks, great video!

I'm a protestant who actually comes from the Plymouth Brethren tradition. I'm a big fan of Fr Stephen Deyoung and his podcast the whole counsel of God

Not to trash the argument but this really came across as a jehovahs witness esk sales pitch. But i get it, you picking out a portion of a larger discussion. But what would convince me is an argument from evidence not that your quality of life may be better or from your personal experience you liked it more

I’m out of the running for a copy being in the UK 😭 😆 gonna go get it right away, sounds good! As always loved this episode and this was a bit of an eye opener on Apostle St Paul and who he really is etc. My favourite quote, though lots to pick from Fr Stephen De Young: “Salvation comes from the Gospel, not from being Jewish.”

These men speak of church fathers, church history, traditions, doctrines, and beliefs, but Jesus is not spoken of. They have nullified the command of God. Ladies and gentlemen, behold, the modern day pharisees.

I am an Orthodox Christian and would love the chance to understand Saint Paul’s faith better

I'm Orthodox and I would like a copy of Fr Stephen's book, thank you for the interview

Would absolutely love the book! Currently a non Orthodox Christian. I am in the Lutheran church so apparently I really need it ;).

Great discussion, the section on the "New Perspective" was especially valuable. When I started learning about the historical context behind St. Paul's letters, it became glaringly obvious that the typical Evangelical/Reformed reading of "works" in Paul as connoting "any good actions, behaviors, or attitudes at all" was utterly anachronistic and that St. Paul has a very specific semantic range in mind when he talks about "works," namely the specific Mosaic rites such as circumcision. This is also pretty obvious if you just carefully read his epistles in context, but specific verses are so often decontextualized to use as building blocks of protestant theology that reading these as a protestant can render much of the epistles as background noise in between the famous proof-text verses. Since awareness of all this has become much more widespread, it's really cut out the ground beneath the whole protestant works-vs-grace false dichotomy and undermines their whole system, hence why guys like Dr. Gavin Ortlund try to change the topic to something else like icons at the earliest possible convenience (see: his discussion with Fr. Stephen on a previous episode of Transfigured Life where he hijacked the whole discussion and dumped the original topic to go on and on about iconodulia.)

Amazing discussion. I'm an Orthodox Christian (OCA) and love Father Steven's work. I've also read many of N.T. Wright's book and appreciate the New Perspective on Paul. I feel Father Steven takes it to a new level because of the Orthdodoxy/Patristic context. Looking forward to reading this book when I clear out my large queue.

I’m an Orthodox catechumen (not sure which camp that puts me in 😂) and I would love a copy of the book! I’ve been thinking through books to suggest to my wife to peak her interest in Orthodoxy, and this seems like a great one!

Someone’s gotta put together a conversation on St Paul between Fr Stephen & NT Wright

I might buy this one, intriguing topic, not in the US unfortunately