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Kindled Podcast | Truth and Grace, Boldly

Eastern Orthodox Church: Tradition vs. Gospel | Paul Dan | Ep. 280

Kindled Podcast | Truth and Grace, Boldly

Haley Williams

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.5627 Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

In this episode I discuss with apologist Paul Dan the influence of neoplatonic thought in the Eastern Orthodox church as well as the elevation of tradition and church fathers to equal authority as the holy scriptures. Mr. Dan grew up in the reformed Eastern Orthodox church that had been impacted by a true gospel reformation years prior and he has an intimate understanding of their teachings.


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Right, home from work, walk the dog, kids are back.

0:04.4

Mom!

0:05.0

Up the stairs for something.

0:07.8

Ugh, back down, no idea what I went up for.

0:12.0

Mom, what's for dinner?

0:13.6

Chop, sizzle, done.

0:17.1

Hello, fresh, can't slow life down, but it makes bringing everyone together around the table a whole lot easier.

0:23.4

So its phones down, forks up.

0:25.5

Hello Fresh. Bring back dinner time. Well, hello and welcome back to Kindled. I'm your host, Haley Williams. Today I have a

0:47.6

conversation to share with you with Apologist Mr. Paul Dan. I had him on, actually his daughter follows me on Instagram, and she reached out and told me that her dad grew up in the Reformed Eastern Orthodox Church in Romania, and he had written a 100-page essay on why Eastern Orthodoxy is unbiblical and its teachings and really breaking that down. This is an

1:13.4

essay that he actually sent to John MacArthur, who loved, loved his work and his writing and his

1:19.5

research on this. So immediately I was like, yes, I would like to talk to him. And that is who I am

1:26.0

speaking with today. That's the conversation you'll get to hear.

1:29.5

I will tell you that his accent is a little thick. He still has a Romanian accent. I could understand

1:36.2

him, but if you struggle to kind of decipher different accents, then there is a transcript available. So you can read through this or if you would

1:48.2

rather watch it on YouTube, if that helps you to see people talking, that's available too. I just want

1:52.9

to let you know about those options. I know some people kind of struggle to, you know, discern and figure

1:57.2

out what someone's saying if they have a thicker accent. So if that's you, there's a couple options for you just to help you. But I think he did a great job. He's very articulate. He really knows his stuff. And I didn't have an issue understanding him. So excited to share this conversation with you. Before we get into it, want to remind you to subscribe to the podcast, leave a rating and review if you haven't done so. I know I say that every single week, but really it helps the show get found. And if you are a regular listener, you are the person I'm talking to. The regular listener who has not left a rating and review, please pause what you're doing. Scroll down and do so if you're in the Apple podcast app i think Spotify allows you to leave a

2:35.2

rating also maybe not a review i'm not sure but wherever you're listening if you can please rate

2:41.7

kindled appreciate that so much helps us out okay here is my conversation with paul dan

2:50.0

all right so today on kindled i'm chatting Dan. Mr. Dan, thank you so much for

2:55.1

joining me today. It's an honor for me and thank you for inviting me. So I would love for you to

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