Episode 22 —

Orthodoxy and Assurance of Salvation

What happens to assurance of salvation when you become Orthodox?

For many Protestants, this is one of the biggest obstacles to considering Orthodoxy. In this episode, I share why it was one of my biggest questions as well—and why I eventually realized that Orthodoxy isn't simply giving a different answer to assurance. It's asking a different question altogether.

We'll explore:

• Why assurance is the logical conclusion of a particular understanding of the Fall.
• How Calvinism and the Wesleyan tradition, despite their disagreements, share many of the same assumptions about original sin, the human will, and salvation.
• Why the Orthodox Church begins with union with Christ rather than guaranteed perseverance.
• The role of Baptism as an objective un ...