Rev. Joshua Schooping shares his top three theological concerns with Eastern Orthodox Theology, as outlined in his recent book—and why he is now Protestant.

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Gavin Ortlund (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) serves as senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Ojai.

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00:00 - Introduction
00:48 - Response to Criticisms
03:52 -The Three Biggest Concerns
4:48 - #1) Exclusivistic Ecclesiology
05:55 - Historic Consistency
08:44 - Modern Inconsistency
11:23 - What Kind of Exclusivism?
14:36 - The Anxiety of Exclusivism
18:50 - The Assurance of Faith
19:57 - Protestantism and Catholicity
22:16 - #2) Venerating Icons
22:32 - The "Unchanging Church"
28:33 - Historical Concerns
35:26 - Biblical Concerns
38:41 - Idolatry Creeping into the Church
40:58 - #3) Mariology
43:50 - Mary Displacing Jesus
47:40 - Reformation in the East?
49:48 - Cyprian's Exclusivity
53:10 - Unfair Critique of Protestantism
1:01:36 - Final Comments