>> Does God want me to forsake attending church and not be in the company of other believers because of doctrinal differences? I have still been unable to answer that question with any certainty. <<
if you have not found orthodox believers to fellowship with, even if they do not live in your area, that is because you have not sought. you have not asked, so you have not received. you have not knocked loudly enough, so the door has not been opened.
we can't blame others for our lack of desire to know the truth.
now i must warn you, that the apostasy has snow-balled to such an extant that even most churches that call themselves Orthodox are not truly Orthodox any longer. in fact, i am making preparations to move thousands of miles myself, just so i can attend a true orthodox parish. that is how scarce the truth is becoming in these last days.
however, if you really care about truth that should not hold you back. i will provide you with everything you need. i have tens of thousands of pages if not hundreds of thousands of pages of Church fathers for you to read. i know some good Orthodox websites you can learn from. i even know some good parishes you could attend if you were to tell me where you lived.
i have many orthodox prayers that you could say. i could tell you a number of things you could do right in your own home to draw closer to Orthodoxy.
all you have to do is ask, seek, and knock...
Cyprian |
