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hey, i always wondered if other FOCs were like mine or was i just exceedingly blessed. now i know i'm just exceedingly blessed, my FOC is unreal, amazing. but it didn't always used to be like this. in fact i went for years without good spiritual adv…
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u get junior member after 100 posts, i've just found out :) :)
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i agree, peter. i set aside one day a weekend (sometimes sunday sometimes saturday) in which i did no study, from when i was 11 through university and after, it was my personal arrangement with God and stopped me being exhausted as i tend to be obse…
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that's a cool site, minagir, i have been on it before. i read the qu-ran nearly 4 yrs ago ( have been a Christian many years) so its a bit hazy but this is what i remember. maybe bigee can correct me if i make a mistake. they think of Jesus as just …
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i wanted to ask the same!! i restrained myself 4 a few months to see if anyone else asked it. i thought initially u get them from the admins for good behaviour, but there r some people who do excellent posts who don't have any. maybe its for frequen…
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some people do it in uk too. i have seen lots of stuff which is not too pleasant, but it should not make you too afraid. romans 8:28 i know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him and are called acording to his purpose romans…
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taking out the plug is not euthanasia. it is generally done very gradually and when everyone is sure there will be no improvement. there is a big difference between withdrawing medical treatment and giving a drug to end life. thank God in the uk eut…
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yeah, God is more powerful and cares for every single person on the planet. we will pray.
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a quote from the inchainsforchrist website: (april 2008) However, in the last two years, the government has also turned its attention on the Eritrean Orthodox Church, the oldest and most established religious institution in Eritrea. Almost 45% of th…
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have just found this, the official position of the us government, with quite a lot of details. http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2008/108367.htm
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i think u mean the antiochian orthodox church of syria, which is eastern orthodox (related to greek, russian etc), whereas we are oriental orthodox (related to armenian, syriac orthodox, indian malankara syriac orthodox and ethopian). our 'daughter'…
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aah, that's nice :)
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i agree with that. btw, there is a lot of medical help that can be given at the end of life, with pain killers etc and in many countries there are people who specialise in these areas. if someone is suffering a lot, it is sometimes appropriate to st…
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in church it's great if someone has a separate chat with the young kids during the sermon and lets them run around a bit away from other people. then they can come back ready to pay attention during communion. also kids learn loads by serving. anyon…
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thank u so much theophilus, i have been looking for this for months, since i met eritrean refugees at our coptic church. the website supports all Christians in eritrea, which i think is v important. if we don't stand up for each other, who can we ex…
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i know a couple who both had chronic illness when they got married, because of this they were never able to have children. they accepted this and got married for love and have been a massive encouragement to their spiritual children with their humil…
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all great posts :) if yr marriage makes u want to be a monk, or yr monastic or single life is so hard u want to be married, read peter's post above. it puts it all nicely into perspective.
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i think it is only allowed in the case of adultery. i don't know about remarriage. for general advice on problems with adultery in marriage see the 'office affair' thread in personal issues. however if there is violence, my general advice (am not a …
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and by lostsinner: Do not give your heart to that which does not satisfy your heart. + Abba Poemen +
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plagiarised from the church fathers quotes page: by joseph gabriel: Solution for Lusts St. Arsenius the Great A brother questioned Abba Arsenius to hear a word of him and the old man said to him, 'Strive with all your might to bring your interior a…
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good thoughts, clay, theophilus 1 and flexmd. may God help us all in all our relationships. btw, theophilus 1, you have a lovely picture, is that abouna antonius the eritrean patriarch? do u know any news about how he is? i like 2 pray 4 the eritrea…
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i became a Christian at the age of 5, and when i was 7 worked out there was no santa claus on the basis of my theology (i started young!) 1. the Bible tells us about God. 2. there is no santa claus in the Bible (yes, i was already reading a children…
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yeah, i am praying. can't believe i cried today at my friends' house, they r muslim, we were watching the arabic channels, but it wasn't the pictures that did it, i started thinking how awful it must be in the hospitals with so few resources and so …
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i agree with peter farrington, if all adultery lead to divorce automatically, we wouldn't have so many married people! i am actually glad some people think it would as it means they are pure and don't expect people to sin like that! in fact even lus…
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i agree with mina. although psalm 22 (23) also reminds us of times of refreshing as well as of trial. may we all seek to be ever closer to God through all our hours and all our times.
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hey, peter farrington, u have a fan club of 2 and counting ;) ans sorry, i should have said 'welcome back', i was not 2 surprised 2 see u were here before me! may God bless yr work, i will go and visit the other site u r on :)
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copts, british orthodox, eritreans, catholics and anglicans cross themselves from left to right. romanians (orthodox) and russians do right to left. i don't know about everyone else, can you fill us in? does anyone know why the difference? i think i…
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Hi Peter and welcome to tasbeha forum! we now have a true expert in our midst :) i would like to ask what exactly happened in 451, did it really get violent? (the brief version pls, u can send me the 10,000w version to my home email add! ;-) mabsoota
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i just posted on spiritual warfare in the discussion on martial arts, here is a quote from it that i hope will help u; I think st antony fought in the manner of ephesians 6, using the 'armour' of God, i.e. those things that our life needs to be ful…
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I think st antony fought in the manner of ephesians 6, using the 'armour' of God, i.e. those things that our life needs to be full of when we are close to God, like truth, righteousness, salvation (being grateful and realising that we are saved by f…