[Destro]

SOLA SCRIPTURA In the Vanity of Their Minds by John Whiteford

Editor’s Note: John Whiteford is a former Nazarene Associate Pastor who converted to the Orthodox Faith soon after completing his B.A. in Religion at Southern Nazarene University in Bethany, Oklahoma. He first encountered Orthodoxy as a result of his involvement in the local Pro-Life (Rescue) movement together with Diaspora Ministry International, which also included Father Anthony Nelson and several of his parishioners. After over a year of searching the Scriptures and the writings of the early Church; and through the love, prayers and patience of Father Anthony and the Parishioners of St. Benedict’s, John Whiteford was received into the Holy Orthodox Church.When he wrote this article he was serving as a Reader at St. Vladimir’s in Houston, Texas and is continuing his studies. He has since been ordained a Deacon.

[MarMema]

Deacon Whiteford has some good points in this writing about what the Orthodox believe, but I have always found the one line of his in this piece - "There is hope for protestants" or nearly that, to be offensive and arrogant. I hope that I am reading it incorrectly.....

[TexConfederate1861]

Actually, it is Fr. John Whiteford now, and he pastors a small RCOR church in North Houston.

I have met him, and spoken to him on the phone often, and he is a great guy, and a powerful theologian.