we can ask God for anything. it is for Him to decide what is the right thing to give us, He doesn't mind if we ask for the wrong thing sometimes (we don't always know what is the right thing to ask for).i am also sending a personal message as i don'…
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whoa!you must pray for them with tears, they are so close to all kinds of sin if they live a luxurious life.this is a big disaster:(and if they are popular too, they may already be guilty of the sin of pride.cry for them and pray for them, but never…
thanks for the information. if i come across any good sources, i will let you know.yes, i should ask ophadece, we are in the same country :)`;balhyt really means 'baseeta' (simple) more than 'mabsoota' (happy), but it describes me quite well as i ha…
a few points (i am not a deacon though)-deacon (i assume you mean reader / subdeacon) should focus on serving God and learning humility.it is better to learn to obey the senior deacons than to try to educate them.people do things a bit differently i…
good question.i left one website as i was learning more about different types of sin (posters allegedly asking for prayer but including unnecessary details) than about God!so we should ask posters not to go into intimate details and also not to use …
hi james, thanks for sharing with us.before i reply i'll tell you the briefest version of my story (usually takes 2 or 3 pages!)i was agnostic till age 5, then followed parents into protestant church (they converted from atheist backgrounds), then p…
i remember the day well, although it does seem a long time ago to me (maybe i live life more slowly).we thank God the we benefitted from such a lovely father:-)i highly recommend 'release of the Spirit', very useful book.
also does anyone know where…
interesting posts, thank you all.we don't ask our spiritual fathers what colour clothes to wear, but when it comes to Holy Communion, this is definitely one of those things we should ask them.
it also depends on the situation.for example, one spirit…
well, i can now go to church 3 times a week when i am on annual leave, still don't think i am overdoing it...;)
good to look at this page, though and remember never to ever take it for granted:)
hi thevisitor00, i was referring to these works:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infancy_gospels
some of the stories appear to have arisen from gnostic groups that were around in the first centuries after the appearence of Jesus Christ.some of the stor…
you are right.the original poster has no logged in for a couple of years, though (you can look at lat log in time when you click on people's names). so he / she won't see your comment.there is quite a lot of influence from gnostic writings in islam,…
hi dioscorus - i like yr name by the way :)
our fathers were not stupid.it was our stupid enemy who made them disagree. the fact that lovely orthodox Christians ended up splitting was stupid.eg. if i have a stupid argument with my friend, i don't me…
hi, daniel s, welcome (sorry, was busy 'IRL (in real life)' last 2 days and didn't log in!)
i partially agree (sorry, brothers!), but want to add that we are all on a spiritual journey, and God will guide you in your journey too (if you ask Him to).…
i hope the poster logs in again, it has been a while since he / she logged in.if you do come back, please note that the coptic word 'hoos' means a little song, and we love to sing these songs in the night time praises to God that usually happen late…
i am being brave / foolish in jumping in here - i pass one small coptic test with only 15 questions and suddenly i think i am in the same class as the great tasbeha.org teachers...
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but i heard that the reason we have so much that is still in gre…
hi, dear brother jojo hanna.i think ophadece is saying that tradional coptic uses bad greek, and so he doesn't want to change that to use good greek.bad greek is good coptic!
don't ask me why, that is above my pay scale!next coptic class hasn't star…
i don't mean 'high inflation'.i mean 'inflation greater than 0%'.is it true that it is better for countries to have no ecconomic growth?maybe i misunderstood
oh, i thought most countries rely on inflation for a normal ecconomy?very many years ago (at school), we learn that negative inflation (prices going down) was always bad.of course i want everyone to have food, but i was taught that having a small am…
yes, it needs to be translated in context as the coptic language is very rich and context is important.(i have only passed 1 class, no not advanced enough to help you yet!)