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I was reading the parable of the unjust steward in Luke 16:1-9 and I am really confused. I don't understand the message that Jesus is trying to get across. In verse 8, Jesus says that the unjust steward was commended because he had dealt shrewdly. Does this mean that Jesus wants us to act shrewdly? I'm pretty sure that is not the message because Jesus obviously wants us to be truthful with each other and not trick each other.

Can someone please explain this parable to me?

Thank You and God bless.]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/3449/confession Fri, 17 Mar 2006 15:36:58 +0000 hassan1 3449@/community/discussions And if we don't confest can we still take comunion?]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/3483/check-it-out Mon, 20 Mar 2006 20:13:32 +0000 3483@/community/discussions
http://www.coptic.net/boston/Home.html

love lots,
CopticChica21


[move][glow=red,2,300]--E--N--J--O--Y--[/glow][/move]]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/3475/more-on-adam-and-other-stuff Sun, 19 Mar 2006 21:38:58 +0000 PopeKyrillos 3475@/community/discussions
Another question, was satan cast out of heaven before or after adam was created? I hope someone can help.

PopeKyrillos
]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/3456/question-about-love Sat, 18 Mar 2006 10:32:03 +0000 WMA 3456@/community/discussions I've been having a problem for a while. My problem might seem pretty stupid to some people, but to myself it feels like a big deal.

Basically, sometimes I feel love a lot, such as love of God, love of other people, love of family etc, but other times, particularly as well lately, I feel not deprived of love, but lacking love, which leads me to other things such as severe boughts of depression. What can I do to "feel" more love towards God and other people? Sorry if I wasn't very clear, but I didn't really know how to put it


Peace and Blessings,
WMA]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/3473/what-is-exaxtly-meant-by-an-unworthy-manner Sun, 19 Mar 2006 18:01:08 +0000 3473@/community/discussions For he who eats and drinks in an unworthy manner eats and drinks judgment to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body.

I thought the Pope said we do not partake because we are worthy, but rather needy//

So what are the things exactly that could be considered an unworthy manner?


Thanks...........................Pray for me...]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/3461/what-is-the-greatest-virtue Sat, 18 Mar 2006 15:46:40 +0000 3461@/community/discussions Humility or Love?]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/3452/are-the-ages-accurate Fri, 17 Mar 2006 23:18:44 +0000 3452@/community/discussions https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/3439/luke-1-48-49 Thu, 16 Mar 2006 04:55:38 +0000 JesusisKingofKings 3439@/community/discussions
48For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

49For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name.

From
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke 1:48-49;&version=9;

What great things? Is sending an angel to her (St Mary) one great thing meant here or something?
do you think Mary was pregnant with Jesus Christ when she said or sang this?

After I am satisfied with a persons reply or a number of peoples reply a moderator can delete this post if the moderator things I post too much.. God willing
]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/3421/important-help-if-you-can Mon, 13 Mar 2006 13:21:44 +0000 elshatarung7arb 3421@/community/discussions My teacher is the type of teacher that loves talking in class like discussion and all that,however.. we are talking about gay marriage..and i know that there is a kid who is gay inside the class......i do not want to say anything harsh but in the whole class i am the only one that goes against gay marriage and everyone else agrees with it( Do not worry it happened before where i was the only one that stood against it).....anyway Pope Shounda said when you see something is wrong...just say it is wrong and do not add to the person's pain...so i think that everytime i talk against it... he is like quiet ....so sometimes i stay quiet but sometimes i have to talk because it is my beliefs

Thank you in advance and pray for us]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/3394/gospel-inconsistencies Thu, 09 Mar 2006 21:46:01 +0000 3394@/community/discussions I came across a website that has arguments against the Christian faith and against the Holy Bible http://www.geocities.com/b_r_a_d_99/index.html
I decided to read some of their arguments so that I can research them and hopefully learn something by defending our faith. But, one thing that they mentioned was an inconsistency between the Gospels, and I couldn't find any argument against it.
What they said was that the Gospels did not agree with each other on where Jesus first appeared to the eleven disciples as a group after resurrecting from the dead. The Gospel of Matthew clearly shows in chapter 28 verse 10 that Jesus appeared to the women who brought spices to His tomb and told them to tell the disciples that He will meet them in Galilee, and in verse 16 it says that they went to Galilee and met Jesus for the first time as a group there. However, in the Gospel of Luke, chapter 24 verses 33-36 says that Jesus appeared to the disciples for the first time in Jerusalem. Jerusalem and Galilee are about 60 miles apart.

I was once told that the four gospels are not to be compared to each other because each one was written towards a different audience. But if this is true, how can the gospels not agree on such an important event?
Someone please try to answer this question.

Thanks and God bless.]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/3438/is-self-pity-a-sin Thu, 16 Mar 2006 02:22:44 +0000 mikeforjesus 3438@/community/discussions https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/3437/loving-god-and-loving-our-enemy Thu, 16 Mar 2006 00:31:25 +0000 mikeforjesus 3437@/community/discussions
(I think maybe we must.. we should love God emotionally as our Father.. right?)

John 14:21 (King James Version)

21He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

From
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John 14:21;&version=9;


Matthew 7:21 (King James Version)

21Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

From
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew 7:21;&version=9;

And do we have to have an emotional feeling of love toward our enemies? or can we just do good to them even if there is no emotional feeling of love?

Some people maybe think if we have an emotional feeling of love to our enemy then the person would not be our enemy..]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/3432/how-many-kids-did-adam-have Wed, 15 Mar 2006 20:34:00 +0000 mickey the smart 3432@/community/discussions https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/3357/homosexuality-biological Wed, 01 Mar 2006 01:52:41 +0000 Youstina S 3357@/community/discussions
neways i just read in my psychology book that researchers have found a correlation with biological factors and being homosexual

for instance, they found that when ppl are gay, they tended to be left-handed, had special fingerprints, and had a particualar gene that heterosexual ppl didnt have. Also, they found statistics with twins that led them to believe that when one identical twin is gay, there is a 50% chance the other too will be gay.

So yea this research baffled me because i have always been taught that being gay is a socially constructed condition, and that biology has no role.

Can someone plz give me more evidence and reason as to why our church doesnt think its a biologically- based condition?]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/3429/temptation Tue, 14 Mar 2006 20:07:06 +0000 3429@/community/discussions
love lots,
CopticChica21]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/3075/end-of-the-world Thu, 19 Jan 2006 16:20:58 +0000 minabdalla 3075@/community/discussions
alot of ppl are saying that the end of the world is sooner than you think.. but i dnk

what are some signs of the end of the world and the 2nd coming of Christ... could i plz have a list of them


thanks]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/3418/2-corinthians-2-10 Mon, 13 Mar 2006 06:31:22 +0000 JesusisKingofKings 3418@/community/discussions
10To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ;

From
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2 corinthians 2:10;&version=9;

Can someone explain this verse? do we as members of the church have authority to forgive people (other church members) their sins they commit against God if the priest trusts us or something?


]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/3278/the-devil Sun, 19 Feb 2006 22:30:10 +0000 3278@/community/discussions
i hope you understand, if its not. oh well]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/3420/sins-different-topic-than-before Mon, 13 Mar 2006 11:19:54 +0000 3420@/community/discussions
I hope you guys can answer me a little on that. I was just thinking about it.

love lots,
CopticChica21]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/3405/oxford-annotated-bibe-new-revised-version Sat, 11 Mar 2006 16:20:20 +0000 WWJD86 3405@/community/discussions I wanted to ask all of you if the oxford annotated study bible that is the revised standard version is good. Is it the right translation becuase i brought it to church and the word are a little different, and it had the apocrypha to. thank you for clearing this up

God Bless]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/64/postures-in-prayer Wed, 17 Dec 2003 21:59:25 +0000 nicki 64@/community/discussions
Thank You, and God Bless you guys!
Nicki :)]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/3391/psalm-39-1-4-can-someone-explain-these-verses-from-psalm-39-for-me Thu, 09 Mar 2006 06:57:11 +0000 mikeforjesus 3391@/community/discussions https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/3363/bible-question Thu, 02 Mar 2006 13:26:09 +0000 Marmoura99 3363@/community/discussions Yesterday, I was reading the Gospel of St. Mark, when I came across a passage that I did not understand... Mark 7:27-29.

27 But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs. 28 And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs. 29 And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter. 30 And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.

What does it mean what Jesus said to the woman? If anyone knows, please let me know.]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/3374/how-far-can-i-change Sat, 04 Mar 2006 17:00:59 +0000 peterasaad 3374@/community/discussions
ive got to give a friday meeting talk with the title HOW FAR CAN I CHANGE?........Id love ideas from all of you.....lets get a debate going!......do u think we can fully change or only partially change?:)

thnx
Peter
]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/3379/what-is-the-diff-between-catholics-and-orthodox Mon, 06 Mar 2006 22:21:38 +0000 egyptionorthobeaut 3379@/community/discussions https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/537/dreams Mon, 16 Aug 2004 10:18:14 +0000 537@/community/discussions Now the questions I'd like and answers(with more q's or comments)
1- Do they mean anything
2- Is God sending you a sign and
a- how do you know if he is
3- If you sin in a dream, is that an actual sin, cuz you're not actually controlling what you're doing, well sorta, but u kniw what i mean,,,,
4- :-\ What is the point of Dreaming
TRANSLATION OF #4: Why does God continually amke ud Dream, like Why do we dream....]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/3360/lent-fractions Wed, 01 Mar 2006 16:59:05 +0000 minasoliman 3360@/community/discussions
Does anyone have any articles or commentaries or meditations/contemplations on the Lent fractions BOTH the Sunday and the weekday Fractions?

Some main questions that come up in mind are:

Why is the Daily fraction addressed to the Son and the Sunday addressed to the Father?
What are the important points and lessons that we concentrate on each of the fractions?
Is there a specific pattern of the fractions, and the word "pattern" can mean anything (i.e. I'm keeping this word broad for ANY pattern whatsoever)?

God bless.

Mina]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/3341/a-church-canon-i-think Mon, 27 Feb 2006 08:49:25 +0000 JesusisKingofKings 3341@/community/discussions
He that divorces his wife, and marries another, is an adulterer; and according to the canons of the Fathers, he shall be a mourner one year, a hearer two years, a prostrator three years, a co-stander one year, if they repent with tears.

From
http://www.ccel.org/fathers2/NPNF2-14/Npnf2-14-187.htm#P11453_2169759

I dont know if this canon is valid or something today...

Some people can not or find it hard or something to repent with tears.. but does not the priest still give absolution?

I sometimes think my repentance over my many sins is not good enough or something because I did not weep much..]]> https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/3271/persistence-vs-disobediance Sat, 18 Feb 2006 22:53:46 +0000 3271@/community/discussions
Thanks..]]>