Cartwright and McNutt have done it again with this fourth book in their noteworthy "The Bible Rebukes Series." This humorous book responds to the classical Protestant objections to the Orthodox Christian doctrine of the veneration of holy icons through irony, hyperbole, parody, and outright lunacy. A cursory look at the book will bias the unwitting reader to conclude that it's a sincere, Protestant apology against the ancient Orthodox Christian practice of venerating images of Christ and His saints worthy of emulation. But as one delves further into the text, the reader begins to realize the...

This humorous book responds to the classical Protestant objections to the doctrine of the intercession of the saints through irony, hyperbole, parody, and outright lunacy. A cursory look at the book will bias the unwitting reader to conclude that it's a sincere, Protestant apology against the ancient Orthodox Christian practice of requesting the intercession of the saints. But as one delves further into the text, the reader begins to realize the Bible-based expositions cited against Orthodox Christian teaching are paradoxically serving to undermine the classical Protestant arguments against...