Wesley's code-word

Wesley's code-word, Christian perfection = theosis!

Publican and Pharisee; here's the rub

We have made a religion out of avoiding the religion of the pharisee.

The Achilles heel of Orthodoxy is that it can't really acknowledge the legitimacy of a work of God outside of its own borders, however obvious it may be.

The Orthodox Church is austere. No question about it. But it is an austerity we have taken upon ourselves, and not something God asks of us. And, it can backfire, as we find ourselves in the position of the "older brother," resenting those who have not made the same decision as ourselves--sometimes even daring to call them non-Christians, not children of God.