A Tender-Hearted God

If God is a true father, does he prefer legalism or love?

In some of my recent discussions about religion, I’ve encountered some very interesting perspectives from folks who are Eastern Orthodox. Admittedly, I don’t know much about Orthodoxy at all. It’s not something I’ve ever studied, so I have only the vaguest contours in my mind.

But when a commenter here — recently banned for browbeating everyone else in …