So how about Muslims? In the same way we're pretty much taught when we're young that they're wrong and we're right, they're taught that they're right and we are wrong, so many of them reject the gospel without really learning about it, simply becaus…
The funny thing is I had him playing in the car on my way home to finding out that he had suffered cardiac arrest (but he hadn't been pronounced dead at the time). A friend of mine was the first one to find out at the place he worked because of his …
I think I know exactly what you are experiencing.
Just a couple Sundays ago our Abouna was talking about repentance. He said the first step is to believe that he loves you more than you're capable of loving at all. You must be firm in that convicti…
As far as I know, we can marry within any of the Oriental Orthodox churches, and if we want to marry someone from outside of the Oriental Church, whether it be Eastern Orthodox or Anglican or Catholic or whatever, they would have to be baptized by t…
[quote author=Joshuaa link=topic=10274.msg125326#msg125326 date=1293227303]
I would like to make a point about maturity. It was mentioned previously about human nature being the reason for contradiction. I myself feel this is a cop-out …
[quote author=TITL link=topic=10270.msg125264#msg125264 date=1293137402]
You know that moment where an overflow of thoughts rush to your head and you can't answer a simple question like "what's your favorite food"? I'm having one of those now.
I'l…
[quote author=Father Peter link=topic=10269.msg125292#msg125292 date=1293195794]
It is irrelevant whether or not a community may be called Apostolic or not. As I have said before, this only describes its origins. The Arian Church was Apostolic, and …
This "contradiction" is just human nature. I hate it, but it's in all of us. You may not know what got into you, but you know how you got into the situation itself, so the first thing I would do is avoid those kinds of parties because nothing good c…
Aw man, bummer :/
I had a feeling though. Something just seems off about it...what I particularly love is how it keeps saying "I get frustrated when I try to describe it because there's really no way to..." when the book is ghost written. So I sho…
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[quote author=Servant of Jesus Christ link=topic=10242.msg125036#msg125036 date=1292910855]
(Correct me if I am wrong) we inherited corruption and death, not the sin of…
[quote author=Ioannes link=topic=10216.msg124946#msg124946 date=1292815865]
I still need to get some of this anger I have towards Egyptians out of my system.
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Heh, even I tend to struggle with that one from time to time. lol
[quote author=geomike link=topic=10217.msg124919#msg124919 date=1292749099]
In my A.P. Euro class, I read that he said that Christianity wasn't supposed to be such a STRUGGLE. He said that Christ died for us for a reason and we no longer need to str…
Before you give up on the Coptic Church just yet, I would (if possible) find a different church to attend. Don't tell them that you're manic depressive, because given how people can be, that may only cause problems. See if your experience is the nor…
Hehe. There are a number of ways that can be interpreted.
And it's funny, cause I was literally about to post a thread asking what the heck happened to you.
I found a link that seems to be informative...however, I suggest we get Father Peter's approval before trusting it.
http://www.christiananswers.net/q-acb/acb-t005.html
Bots can get past the image verifications now. I read a long article on it a while ago.That's why nowadays the captcha images always sort of blend with the background.
One of my favorites is Abouna Michael from Queens. His sermons are amazing.
Also, there was this other Abouna who came to my church during the Feast of St. Mary...he was from Giza, and he gave an extremely nice (and insightful) sermon about why we h…
[quote author=Gay4XC link=topic=10127.msg124589#msg124589 date=1292383443]
I don't care about translations. Translations are human efforts, carrying their own cultural biases. If you want to make a theological or ethical claim about what Scripture s…
[quote author=Gay4XC link=topic=10127.msg124576#msg124576 date=1292382407]
Please educate yourself and read the footnotes:
English Bible Quotations are from the World English Bible (WEB).
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Are you saying that every single Bible translatio…
Before you jump on me for that, I was only half serious. What I'm trying to say, though, is that maybe either meaning can be argued for; but we have to be careful not to manipulate the scripture to fit what we want it to say.
[quote author=Gay4XC link=topic=10127.msg124556#msg124556 date=1292380308]
That's the funniest translation ever.
Notice that it separates "homosexuals" from "sodomites," which is often confused into one and the same thing.
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That's irreleva…
Thanks, Fr. Peter, I could not have asked for a more thorough answer. And thank you for correcting my thinking. The reason I took issue with this is because I've experienced some serious mental and emotional strain associated with this sin and anyth…
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[quote author=George_Mina_Awad link=topic=10149.msg124203#msg124203 date=1291931619]
Fr. Peter, I'm not sure if I interpreted your post correctly, but I believe you're sayin…