Table of Contents

CONTENTS Foreword: J. I. Packer 9 Introduction: James J. Stamoolis 13 1. ARE EASTERN ORTHODOXY AND 25 EVANGELICALISM COMPATIBLE? YES: BRADLEY NASSIF The Evangelical Theology of the Eastern Orthodox Church Responses Michael Horton 89 Vladimir Berzonsky 97 George Hancock-Stefan 100 Edward Rommen 105 Conclusion 107 2. ARE EASTERN ORTHODOXY AND 115 EVANGELICALISM COMPATIBLE? NO: MICHAEL HORTON An Evangelical Perspective Responses Bradley Nassif 145 Vladimir Berzonsky 149 George Hancock-Stefan 152 Edward Rommen 155 Conclusion 158 3. ARE EASTERN ORTHODOXY AND 167 EVANGELICALISM COMPATIBLE? NO: VLADIMIR BERZONSKY An Orthodox Perspective Responses Bradley Nassif 183 Michael Horton 185 George Hancock-Stefan 194 Edward Rommen 196 Conclusion 198 4. ARE EASTERN ORTHODOXY AND 203 EVANGELICALISM COMPATIBLE? MAYBE: GEORGE HANCOCK-STEFAN An Evangelical Perspective Responses Bradley Nassif 219 Michael Horton 221 Vladimir Berzonsky 224 Edward Rommen 228 Conclusion 231 5. ARE EASTERN ORTHODOXY AND 233 EVANGELICALISM COMPATIBLE? MAYBE: EDWARD ROMMEN An Orthodox Perspective Responses Bradley Nassif 251 Michael Horton 254 Vladimir Berzonsky 266 George Hancock-Stefan 271 Conclusion 274 Epilogue: James J. Stamoolis 279 About the Contributors 285 Scripture Index 287 Subject Index 289

About the Author

Vladimir Berzonsky (D.Min., Ashland Theological Seminary) is pastor of Holy Trinity Orthodox Church in Parma, Ohio, and the author of The Gift of Love and In the Image and Likeness of God. Stanley N. Gundry is senior vice president and editor-in-chief of the book group at Zondervan. With more than thirty-five years of teaching, pastoring, and publishing experience, he is the author or coauthor of numerous books and a contributor to numerous periodicals. George Hancock-Stefan (Ph.D., Trinity International University) is the pastor of Central Baptist Church, Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, and a seasoned teacher of church history and missions at several seminaries. Michael Horton (PhD, Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, and the University of Coventry) teaches theology and apologetics at Westminster Seminary in Escondido, California, where he lives with his wife, Lisa, and four children. A prolific author, he is also the host of The White Horse Inn, a nationally syndicated radio program, and editor of Modern Reformation magazine. Bradley Nassif (Ph.D., Fordham University) is professor of historical and systematic theology in the Antiochian House of Studies. He is the general editor of New Perspectives on Historical Theology: Essays in Memory of John Meyendorff. Edward Rommen (D.Theol., University of Munich; D.Miss., Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is an Orthodox priest and pastor of Holy Transfiguration Orthodox Mission in Raleigh, North Carolina. He is the coauthor of Contextualization: Meanings, Methods, and Models. James J. Stamoolis (D. Theol., University of Stellenbosch) consults with educational and missionary agencies. He has been a missionary, an educator, and a missionary executive. He is the author of Eastern Orthodox Mission Theology Today and many articles in journals and encyclopedias.