'Orthodox' means orthodox in life as well as faith

"The Creed does not speak of the struggle of faithful living. It is for this reason that genetic orthodoxy, unlike creedal [(for many a merely aesthetic)] orthodoxy, has something to say about the contours of the Christian life, and what it says is traditional: male, female, nuptial union, sex, children, families, death, and generations—all under God’s dominion. Genetic orthodoxy learns from Genesis that faithful living is not stable and serene. It is filled with pitfalls, yearnings, failures, sterilities, confusions, unexpected joys, regrets, wandering loves, and the rest. There is a line, but it is one that wavers and wobbles, sometimes frays and dissolves, only to be wrenched back into its clarity of direction."

     Ephraim Radner, "Creedal orthodoxy won't save us," First things no. 366 (October 2026):  75 (76-75).  Image:  Wycliffe College.