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Gavin Ortlund – Truth Unites
Recently, there have been intense debates between Protestants and Orthodox over icons. Gavin Ortlund, senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Ojai, California, has been a very vocal advocate for the Protestant position on icons. In early December 2022, he uploaded a lengthy podcast “ Icon Veneration is CLEARLY an Accretion! ” [1:14:54]. Then on 20 January 2023, Pastor Ortlund uploaded “ Icon Veneration in the Early Church? Response to Craig Truglia ” [42:06]. (The bulk of this article will be in response t