Is there a way of using analogies and metaphors that doesn't necessarily take away from the majesty and glory of God? I sure hope there is, I'm just not entirely sure where the "line" is (e.g., I don't know if the radio one is good or or not, but I …
I think we might be talking past each other on this point, Unworthy1, in which case I will leave your question to be answered by an actual Orthodox person. I only want to clarify that I understood your question but take issue with this idea that you…
I don't understand what you mean by "calling the Holy Spirit a wild goose without the Protestant ideas"? The idea is a Protestant idea, so such a separation is inherently impossible.
Why not stick to what you know is Orthodox instead of wondering a…
I've never heard of the book or that terminology, but from what you've described it rubs me the wrong way. I'm not the right person to say what's right or wrong from an Orthodox viewpoint (I'll leave that to literally everyone else here :)), but to …
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dzheremi: what do you mean by an event? Wouldn't it be fair to say that the sacrament of communion - a mystery - is an event that occurs as a conclusion to the liturgy (u…
Online Etymology Dictionary to the rescue! ;D
Miracle
mid-12c., from O.Fr. miracle, from L. miraculum "object of wonder" (in Church L., "marvelous event caused by God"), from mirari "to wonder at," from mirus "wonderful," from *smeiros, from PIE *…
Hahaha. You guys are silly. Every thread is everyone's thread.
Fr. Peter, how much (if any) stock would you put in the points made in the negative reviews of the book on Amazon? That it has several unorthodox ideas, including a (Roman) Catholic co…
Sorry, Zoxsasi. I didn't mean to weird anybody out. I meant only to show that there are other ways of interpreting the verses that do not involve physically maiming yourself. Of course I did not want to tear off my limbs.
Like I wrote earlier, I i…
Hmmm. Perhaps this will be relevant, or perhaps not:
Since I began last week to pray in earnest with the Agpeya, I have seemingly become hypersensitive in my nerves. So much so that when I begin to pray I will often be overcome with nervous attacks…
TITL,
Just a quick note of encouragement for you, because I am heading out for the next few hours.
Another thing that I heard from Dr. Girguis (I don't think it was in the same sermon I linked before, but a different one on prayer) that really tou…
Oops! Well, if your analogy is not safe, TITL, then I am in trouble, because I just used it a lot!
(I think it is okay, because after all these are analogies -- when I pray, it is with the Agpeya, not with crayons.)
Aww. Yes, I can relate to that, too. You and I are the same in that way, TITL. I broke the vase. I broke the vase big time, and for about 24 years I didn't even feel all that bad about it. And even after I started to realize what I had done and how …
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You spend 10-12 minutes on the introductory prayers!? :o
I feel so ashamed of myself. [/quote]
Please don't be ashamed, TITL! Let me tell you something...
You know how whe…
[quote author=jydeacon link=topic=10907.msg132200#msg132200 date=1299455661]
Actually Christs Servant is the one who deserves the credit for the video :)
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Oops! My apologies. I was reading too fast.
Thank you, Christ's Servant, for the w…
Thank you everyone for your good advice. I was able to pray full hours both last night and this morning, thanks be to God. May they be two of a lifetime of many.
Thank you jydeacon for the video of Fr. Lazarus. I had seen it before, but I was not t…
HH talks a little bit about the thinking behind the prevention of Copts' travel to Jerusalem in this interview (starting at 0:56, after HH talks about why the Vatican is wrong).
With regard to the use of Coptic and objections to it, the reoccurring theme I see in the dissatisfaction with it is that nobody understands it. This is logical complaint to whatever extent it is true, but cannot be taken as the last word, as though…
Hi Meena. I will pray for you. Your situation also reminds me of a class that I had to take as an undergraduate. It was very difficult not because of a bad teacher, but because of a very dense and confusing textbook, which made it nearly impossible …
"Who's going to know, right?" :-\
I could've sworn I said the exact same thing to myself last time I did something questionable. It didn't make me feel any better, and I still did the thing. :-[
Perhaps God has put these questions in your mind fo…
I don't understand why this statement was made, either. On a different (Catholic) message board I sometimes post on (it's a leftover habit from when I was Catholic, I guess) I posted a video of an interview by HH Pope Shenouda III where HH rightly s…
Well, yes, but a computer can never uphold your morals for you. Some discipline is necessary, as in all things.
This thread inspired me to look at my own Google search filter level (I hardly ever use Google to search for images, so I hadn't though…
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i even included the quote i referred to, so you cannot say i am misinterpreting/twisting words.
meanwhile you have not connected with my point, in fact you naturally avoi…
Is it that St. Paul changed, or that he was able to relate to each person at the level they were at, so as to bring them to where they should be? (i.e., to bring them to Christ)
I do not think Paul changed the faith one iota to win anyone. He would…
I feel like I am responsible for this idea that we are focusing on musical accompaniment only because I brought up the songs and I wrote negatively about the use of the guitar and the piano. Sorry folks, I didn't mean to give the wrong impression. T…
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Hi dzerhemi
I was disagreeing with this...
Why do we care if Orthodox visit Protestant places, if it does not affect their salvation?
I do not believe that Protestan…