To: NYer
It sounds like he needs to read more stories like
THIS. Apparently, Dreher's "faith" is faux. Dietrich Bonhoeffer called it "Cheap Grace." God rest the soul of this priest.
19 posted on
10/13/2006 6:23:09 PM PDT by
redhead
(Valley Trash: The beer of champions!)
To: redhead
"It sounds like he needs to read more stories like THIS. Apparently, Dreher's "faith" is faux." I don't understand your point. How does the martyrdom of a Syrian Orthodox priest make Rod Dreher's decision to become Orthodox wrong, faux, inauthentic?
It seems to me that Dreher is trying to ground himself and his family deeply in Christ. He was a good Catholic; I think he'll be a good Orthodox.
Let's refrain from flip put-downs of a brother who has struggled and suffered much for the truth.
21 posted on
10/13/2006 7:10:31 PM PDT by
Mrs. Don-o
("Such was the beauty of the Divine Mysteries, we knew not if we were in heaven or on earth.")
To: redhead
There is nothing in this account that relates to "Cheap Grace." If you are so inclined, I suppose you can criticize this man for being something of a seeker, but that is not nearly what Bonhoeffer had in mind.
To: redhead
I'm sure you know that Bonhoeffer was a Lutheran.
140 posted on
10/16/2006 2:48:57 PM PDT by
Palladin
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To: redhead
Apparently, Dreher's "faith" is faux. Dietrich Bonhoeffer called it "Cheap Grace." God rest the soul of this priest. Good point.
148 posted on
10/17/2006 6:24:11 AM PDT by
redgolum
("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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