# In Defense of Orthodoxy w/ Alex Sorin

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Podcast: [Nephilim Death Squad](https://stenobird.com/podcast/nephilim-death-squad-6720510)
Published: 2026-08-30T13:06:46+00:00
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## Resource

What does the Bible actually say about the Orthodox Church, apostolic authority, praying to saints, icons, baptism, salvation, and the claim that Orthodoxy is the historic Church founded by Christ? In this episode, Alex Sorin joins Nephilim Death Squad for an extended discussion and defense of Orthodox Christianity. Alex is an Orthodox Christian and lawyer who explains how studying Scripture, church history, and the early Church Fathers ultimately led him from a Romanian Pentecostal background, through Baptist theology, and into Eastern Orthodoxy. The conversation examines some of the biggest disagreements between Orthodox Christians and other Christians, including whether salvation is found exclusively within the Orthodox Church, apostolic succession, baptism, confession, church authority, and the relationship between faith and works. They dig into John 20 and Christ giving the apostles authority to forgive and retain sins, Matthew 18 and the language of binding and loosing, Matthew 23 and the Seat of Moses, Revelation 3:9 and the distinction between worship and veneration, John 11:25 and the resurrection, Romans 2 and Revelation 20 on judgment according to deeds, Galatians 5 on factions and division, Ephesians 1 on the Church as the body of Christ, and Hebrews 8 on earthly symbols reflecting heavenly realities. Alex also explains the Orthodox understanding of saints, intercessory prayer, praying for the dead, the Eucharist, Mary, her sinlessness, why Orthodoxy rejects the Roman Catholic doctrine of the Immaculate Conception, Orthodox bishops and priests, Divine Liturgy, Sacred Tradition, ecumenical councils, and why Orthodox iconography looks so different from Western Christian art. The discussion eventually turns toward modern Orthodox internet culture, Jay Dyer, An…

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