drinking and/or getting drunk [from alcohol] is something that would effect and hurt your spirituality and your body. on the other hand, getting into a car accident effects and hurts only your body.
The body fades away. at the end, your spiritual…
i remember having a reference to this a while ago, but i can't find it now. to the best of my recollection, the quran says that they are to try to convert anybody and everybody to islam, and if they refuse, then they are to kill them. But not all …
Mark 12:30
The First Commandment
"And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength."
[HR]
If any mere thought stops you from loving God with your COMPLETE heart, soul, m…
I agree 100% with mark, and i'm sorry wfhanna1, but i beg to differ with you.
so according to what you guys said about how drinking is a sin and that alcoholic beverages are a sin than that means half the Communion is a sin now.
no no no no no no…
um..they didn't know blood level's back then...and i don't think they knew levels of drunkeness or alcohol either. i sort of disagree with Suzanna.
I don’t believe it’s a sin to drink a glass of wine, BUT I do think it’s a sin to drink 4 glasses …
Wedding in Cana of Galilee
Jesus changed the wine that the crowd was drinking into good wine.
and i could go on and on about this one, but i'll just give u a few short verses about being sober. Since we know that after drinking your not 100% sobe…
Sorry to get back into this, but one more question. I never really understood the meaning of the Prostrations. I know its a sign of repentance and change, but how is it supposed to affect you spiritually?
Random Thought
Christian=Of Christ or follower of Christ.
Christ came and told the Jews "I am the Messiah".
They said "No You're not".
He said "I am here to save you."
They said "Crucify Him." [because they still thought He wasn't the Messiah].
H…
i agree completely, and by the way, you can dress up and serve in the armenian church, but then again, like one of people from the coptichymns.net forum said, do u know how to? how are u gonna serve with them if u can't even speak their language. …
nah man, you take care of it, i'll just post verses if i have questions about them. thanks anyway, and i'm still learnin a lot from seeing people's perspectives on these verses, so keep it up. take care, and pray for me too.
this may have the book you're looking for. if not, then sorry, its the only place i know.
https://www.orthodoxbookstore.org/products.aspx?genreid=8&subgenre=32
i gotta say something. around a year ago during the summer i began to go to church a lot, and i got really REALLY close to God, to the point that in my prayers, when i asked him for ANYTHING it was given to me. then there was a problem that i had …
I have to admit that the last lesson added for [coptic]`N;wten De[/coptic] is REALLLY good, but i'm also wondering if you guys have a lesson for [coptic]Nirwmi[/coptic] also.
well from what i've heard, you can serve in our sister churches, if you know how to. i mean, just a few months ago, we had the liturgy with all the sister churches combined with anba david there in East Brunswick. Its hard to serve there though cu…
well since were doing this, i have a lot of questions about the verses then, so i'll just go one at a time.
Acts 6:3
"Therefore, brethren, seek out from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we may appoint…
i'm sorry CS, but can you please explain a little further the meaning of submission and how to be able to reach it. sorry for bugging you, it just caught my attention, but i need to hear a little more about it. my apologies
hey Youst718
look, i know exactly what u mean when u say they starts to occupy your mind so much that their the only thing you can think of? i'll talk to u from personal experiences, and i've gone through that a few times. and i'm sorry to tell u …
their there..it just takes them a while to reply to each and every forum, IM, and email, and still run the site at the same time, so they'll get to u, but it just takes a while with all the stuff they have to do
yeah that was me thats said that...hmm, thats wierd. i dunno, thats what i was told..i'll ask one of the administrators about it, or if they are reading this, feel free to correct me.
thats true, but u have to remember that in the eyes of the author's of this article, everything is ok, and with some of them even sex is.
if u want the limits and the borders, here they are once again.
friendship!! its has to stay in the boundary.…