Thoughts I've been experimenting with-- The importance of "orthodoxy" is not centered on the importance of getting it "right." One might say the importance of orthodoxy isn't so much that others get it, but that it's true about reality -- and that reality has an impact and 'works' for the good of God, and therefore humanity and the world, whether or not people have the right beliefs about it (i.e., no one has to believe in the notion of 'justification by faith' to be justified by their faith). That may very well sound like something fantastic (or something awful... depending on where you are coming from). I would like to take it a step further: The importance of "orthodoxy" isn't so much that I get it right, but that the reality (i.e., the "orthodoxy-of-God-in-the-world") works and is effective in the world apart from me. In this God is not static, but moves in beautiful and creative ways. What that does is free m...