Status Updates From Thirsting for God in a Land...

This final chapter made a great point: Christianity is not up for interpretation. The Christianity which was established by Christ, spread through the Apostles, and preserved in Christ's Church for over 2000 years, is no more up for interpretation as it was back then. This is the Faith. Take it or leave it. The book heavily stresses the issue with personal interpretation and the rationalism which alters the faith.

The chapter on the Liturgy is very interesting, as it makes me wonder if God wills to be worshipped in a specific way, not just any way. The idea the Holy Liturgy being unchanged over 1600 years reflects God's own unchanging nature is fascinating as well.
Also, the following chapter on formal prayer was very fascinating in it's meditative nature and in the concept of "nous." Makes me want to try a Prayer Book.

This book has brought up a great point on Church Tradition in that Protestants are often quick to look at the traditions of the ancient Church and say "where is that practice seen in Scripture?" But, while they direct that criticism at the early Church, they don't direct that same criticism at the modern traditions of the Protestant Church, that being communion, worship, deacons, etc.

"When I worshipped in a way that was meaningful or comfortable or relevant for me, for whom was I really concerned - God, or myself."

When considering the Apostolic Church, it is important not to be dissuaded by the forms of worship. That would risk putting our preferences on worship over God's.

I'm pretty far into this book already, and it clearly spells out the issue I have with Protestantism:

If the various denominations all have the same Bible, why do they have differing beliefs and interpretations about God, salvation, works, baptism, communion, and so on?

There are clearly some things that the Bible doesn't definitively answer, and we can't all be right, so how can we know the truth?