Posted on 10/02/2022 5:43:51 PM PDT by marshmallow
Vladimir Legoyda is a well known TV and print journalist, and spokesman for the Head of the Russian Church. He is an example of a new generation of articulate Christians at high levels of Russian government and society who are bringing Christianity into public life. He studied in the US, and speaks fluent English.
For many years he has been hosting a popular and acclaimed weekly interview show on Russia's largest Christian TV channel, Spas, one of the most popular channels in the country, called Parsuna. On the show, he interviews prominent guests from all walks of life about their faith. As an example, at the end of this article we include a video of his interview (in Russian) with the renowned translator of Pushkin's poetry, Julian Lowenfeld, from New York City, who did a beautiful job translating 'Everyday Saints'.
Legoyda is also the founder and editor of one of Russia's largest Christian magazines, 'Thomas' (Фома in Russian).
Recently, 'canceling' all things Russian in the West has become commonplace and is almost unsurprising. 'Cancel culture' keeps gathering momentum.
For example, according to the National Association of Evangelicals, 48% of evangelical leaders have been "blacklisted because of their point of view.", at one time or another.
"Cancel culture is the practice of excluding any person, organization, or job as a way of expressing disapproval," is the NAE's definition of the phenomenon. And it seems that such a "culture" has become a substitute for a "culture of dialogue." Certainly, it is much easier to simply shut your opponent up than to try to understand his point of view and have a discussion and seek a compromise.
The thought process is a lot of work. Modern society loves simplifications. And what can be simpler than to create a black-and-white picture of the world, where.....
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The NFL will fill this void with their new 9:30am Sunday morning games.
The NWO is trying to cancel Christ, but they don’t know Who they are up against. The Third Great Awakening is already beginning in the third world, and it will be here before they know it.
And the orthodox Russian church is twisting the gospel into balloon animals to please Putin.
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Democrat Kiddie Rapers intend to criminalize Christianity.
Not all of it has.
I won’t take my religious advice from a socialist who worked in a country that worked to take Christ out of my country.
He’s right.
Our self-sufficiency will be our rebuke.
Russian Orthodox Church aka the female dog of the Russian state (similar to the Anglican Church, actually).
Hmmmm I guess Outin’s desire for compromise didn’t quite show through
All while Russia has a higher abortion rate than California.
He is correct.
He also has plenty of work to do in Russia .
I still remember them re-branding Christmas as “holiday” in 2005, and the main place they did it was during NFL games.
He’s right. I know the Russian situation is complicated…and only more so since the Russian government has come out against transgender and LGBTQ nonsense and is now officially opposed to abortion and is encouraging families to have more children.
The US intellectual class loved Russia when it was communist, and now that it’s not communist, they have no use for it.
An allegory:
A man looks to the heavens and cries, “Our country is so degenerate and despicable that God owes Sodom and Gomorrah an apology”.
God speaks and says, “I will bring the judgement of Nations upon you. Out of the East I will bring unspeakable violence upon your country. As unspeakable as the violence will be, the bearers will claim to be in my name”.
The man was silent, knowing that this judgement was just.
Pray for the non-believers.
The Russian church is owned by Pooty-poot. They’ve become a political arm for him. Put no stock in anything they say.
This from the country that banned evangelism.
Vladimir Legoyda:..... “The Church Should Compare Her Life with Christ and the Gospel, Not Political Platforms”........Legoyda noted that the Church should certainly raise her voice in defense of justice, but the criterion for it will be not political predilections, but the spirit of the Gospel.....“This will help to avoid the most terrible and wrong thing, for example, to follow the crowd,” he said.
Not any more....
Like the cold war mindset there are those who still believe the old order of Russia still remains in their Churches. ....That has changed.....Russia is now more open to other faiths.
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