In Part 1 of a lengthy series wherein Abp. Lazar addresses the Evangelical Protestanism.  His Eminence was prompted to start this series after reading a doctoral project approved by the Southwestern Theologiacal Baptist Seminary entitled, “Witnessing to People of an Orthodox Background: Turning Barriers of Belief Into Bridges to Personal Faith,” by Matt Spann (2001). The premise of this document are that Orthodox practices create barriers to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.  How do the Orthodox understand a “personal relationship?”  Watch this exciting beginning to this new series.

A little about the author of the this post - Matt Cuthbertson is the father of 3 and a husband to 1. He is a convert to the Orthodox Church from a convergence movement background. Read more from this author