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hi dear brother deacon mark. what u experienced is not so unusual. 1peter 5:8, the devil wanders around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. james 4:7, submit to God, resist the devil and he will flee from you. maybe the evil one inti…
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ok, father, i am sure you know more about it than i do! i will take your advice :)
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maybe you can think of the words in the song and imagine you are telling God what they are. so your conversation with God goes like this; today i listened to a song that said 'he loves me yeah yeah yeah'. probably it wouldn't be an interesting conve…
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this is the short version: God gives us stuff to do and abilities to do it with. so we should do it! if we don't we are not truly following God. some people are worried that they don't do their best to follow God. but we just have to glorify God wi…
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good point, so how do you say 'happy Pascha?' do you say 'happy resurrection feast' or what? i already know how to say it in arabic, i'm really looking for a better way to say 'happy easter'.
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i would ask 'how do you (or how would you) explain about the death and resurrection of Jesus to someone who is not a Christian?' this way you can check any gaps in their knowledge plus have a discussion about why it's important to share our faith.
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i think there is a sort of common framework. most people (except those who make a big effort to close their minds to religion) have questions about the meaning of life, and through their experiences in life conclude 'there must be something up ther…
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Jesus said (luke 12:48) 'to whom much is given, much will be required', so the way i see it, if you're good at art, draw to God's glory, if you're good at cooking, make something for the poor or to take to church, if you're good with money, donate m…
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i think it's good if those that are able to spend all week in church don't come on line and instead concentrate on that, but for those of us who are stuck at work/home/school etc, here are some nice thoughts from my church's pascha leaflet. these ar…
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change of plan, mozes started a brilliant thread on 'how to benefit spiritually from passion week' under 'coptic orthodox', so i'll write there.
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selah's quote is from ecclesiastes. i know some of u miss eating ch**s* (i can't even bear to write the word or i'll start thinking of it!) i am missing a lot of church coz have big responsibilities in other areas and have to meet up with some work …
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mozzarella cheese is made from cow's milk. ya'ani definitely not siaamy! sorry. u know u can make yr own garlic bread at home by using oil, garlic and bread. if u need take-away food for personal reasons (eg will set house on fire if cook), then mos…
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i will pray for you this week before i study. may God bring you light.
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advice: go to church! wow i would love to go to church in ethiopia. don't worry about communion (that u can't have it), fast anyway, worship with them and God will bless you.
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if u never doubted and were perfect, u wouldn't need to go to church! so go, and pray too for me, a sinner.
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no. i usually apologise for long posts, so, here i can say, sorry, it's a short post!
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thank you for that, a very good meditation for lent :)
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it's quite normal with time for friendships to get closer or to get further apart. i move house a lot, so i lost a lot of friends this way, but God showed me that i should make Him my best friend and all my other friends like very good friends but n…
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the book deacon mark recommended is excellent, i have read it. basically it doesn't directly answer the question 'is it ok to spank a child?' because it's everything else about the child's life and education that's important. the book, or, rather, …
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scientific dating is based on carbon-dating and uranium dating and other similar methods. these methods assume that the proportion of uranium in the world that is radioactive has always stayed constant. i never found any good evidence for this when …
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i didn't see your new thread yet, so i am replying here. you probably heard before that God can bring good out of the most bizzare situations (believe me, i had more than my fair share of those), but it's really true. it's good that you are aware of…
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wow, gracia, u have been studying, i'm impressed! i think (i'm a bit out of my depth here..) the doctrine if the nature of Christ is very similar, but the Catholics have the doctrine of purgatory (we don't) and they believe saint mary was conceived …
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no, it's not changed, bishops sometimes allow inter-communion in special situations like yours. strictly speaking, any priest advising you should clear it with a bishop (as far as i understand) this requires the next question; surely if it's ok some…
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catholics can't currently take communion with us, the bishops continue to meet to discuss different points of doctrine, but so far the orthodox church does not allow inter-communion.
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as for qu 2, the tree of life is still there in revelation 22:2, we get to 'eat' from it in the 'new heaven'. it was not made without purpose, it is just waiting for us to be pure in order to eat from it when we are living forever with God in heaven…
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i agree with john s. i don't know about the rivers either! but keep asking questions marmoura, we are getting educated here :)
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maybe the extra one went in with a 'friend' from another species. like at upper class ballroom dances in europe or similar cultures where dame hartington-smythe (widowed) enters on the arm of lord faulkener (bachelor) not that i have attended one!
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i have (loudly) chanted 'irini pasi' (peace be with you) before, standing in the congregation, and i certainly don't look like a priest!