Faith Issues - Tasbeha.org Community https://tasbeha.org/community/categories/faith-issues/p85/feed.rss Mon, 22 Jun 2026 10:27:48 +0000 Faith Issues - Tasbeha.org Community en-CA holy book of first kings https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/2011/holy-book-of-first-kings Tue, 05 Jul 2005 18:51:08 +0000 basketball 2011@/community/discussions chapter 1- how did adonijah announce that he would be the next king? next question- what worried nathan if adonijah became king? chapter 2- what did joab do when he heard what solomon did to the others? next-what were solomon's orders to shimie? did he obey? chapter 3- what did god give solomon beside wisdom?next- how did solomon judge between the two women? chapter 4- how was solomon's wisdom in compairson to the other wisdom? next- how many songs and proverbs did solomon say? chapter 5- what was the deal between solomon and hiram? next question (almost there) why did solomon ask hiram to cut the wood for him? chapter 6- what did god promise solomon concerning the temple? next- name the different materails used in building the temple. last chapter!!! okay chapter 7- what did king solomon ask huram to do for him? how do you sense concering the wealth of king solomon in this chapter.... i would like to hear your opionions in this question!!! thanks and good luck to all!!!!!! i know you can do it!!!
basketball ;D]]> why did jesus leave on a cloud? https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/1908/why-did-jesus-leave-on-a-cloud Thu, 16 Jun 2005 22:09:59 +0000 basketball 1908@/community/discussions Gardian Angels https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/1900/gardian-angels Wed, 15 Jun 2005 13:08:47 +0000 1900@/community/discussions one to protect us
second one to tell our sins to God
is this true or false, please explain
[glow=red,2,300]Marina Botros[/glow]
]]> From loving Chirst to loving Others-- ya thats great but HOW!?! https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/1945/from-loving-chirst-to-loving-others-ya-thats-great-but-how Fri, 24 Jun 2005 15:07:54 +0000 1945@/community/discussions TYPES OF PRAYER https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/1982/types-of-prayer Thu, 30 Jun 2005 19:48:25 +0000 G.J.I 1982@/community/discussions
basically wat im looking for is different types of prayer and stories of saints and prayer,
example: a type of prayer is praise and an example of that is the Song of Moses and the crossing of the Red Sea
pretty much covered the biblical stuff just need saint stories, life stories of saints or people who experienced a type of prayer.
example: prayer of repentance, prayer of thanksgiving, prayer of praise.

thankyou.
]]> St. Evagrios on "Thoughts that burden us" https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/2004/st-evagrios-on-thoughts-that-burden-us Tue, 05 Jul 2005 07:36:22 +0000 Grigorii 2004@/community/discussions
In our struggle to live as Christians, we often have certain sin-habits burdeining us. St. Evagrios was well-known in his days for his accuracy in discerning of spirits. he could identify which sins were causing most of the problems of an individual, and he could identify the evil spirit whom we were wrestling with. To St. Evagrius every sin-thought is inspired by a demon, and holy-thoughts are inspired by angels. The battle with sin is not just a battle against our flesh, but we are battling the demons who "specialize" in these sins. Sin is not just that, it is connected to the evil one who seeks to destroy our lives.

St. Evagrios came up with a "remedy" a cure for our sin-sick souls. It is the practical application of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, in such a way that we learn to recognize sin-patterns, and the demons behind it. We than learn how to fight them in the power of Jesus Christ our Lord. The first important stage in this battle is to achieve passionlessness (apatheia), which is the freedom of the soul from every enslavement of sin. It is not the freedom of temptation, but the control (freedom) not to give in to them.

The second stage in this battle is "contemplation of nature", so that we learn to read creation as God's writings and revelation as St. Anthony the Great did. This is also the stage where the deeper (spiritual) meanings of Holy Scripture are disclosed to us.

The third stage is described as "theology" which is the achieving of the fully deified state, where we have united with God. This is where we have become God in so far as God became man. God, in St. Evagrios almost always means the Trinity. Theology is therefore intimate acquaintance with the Trinity.

All these stages are not to be seen as strictly separated, however. It is possible that someone on the beginners-level (working towards stage 1) receives a grace of experience of oneness with the Trinity, just as it is possible (even necessary) that a theologian continues to "fight" temptations as he did working towards stage 1.

The Orthodox Way, in St. Evagrios is the following:
CHRISTIANITY is the teaching of our Savior Christ consisting of asctical practice, the [contemplation of] nature, and theology.
Praktikos 1

The sin-habits are recognized in the following pattern:
THERE are eight generic [tempting-] thoughts (logismoi), that contain within themselves every [tempting-]thought:
first is that of gluttony;

and with it, sexual immorality;

third, love of money;

fourth, sadness;

fifth, anger;

sixth acedia;

seventh, vainglory;

eighth, pride.

Whether these thoughts are able to disturb the soul or not is not up to us; but whether they linger or not, and whether they arouse passions or not; that is up to us.
Praktikos 6

The passions are inflicted upon us without our will. They come to us, they are even unleashed upon us by evil spirits (demons). This we cannot help, and we are not responsible for having a bad thought. We are only responsible for that which is within our power to change. To let these thoughts linger in our hearts, and to cherish them is a choice we make, and for this we are responsible. For we could also decide not to let them linger, but to fight them off (asceticism). Passions are aroused by letting these thoughts linger, passions are "healed" and "kept off" by not feeding them on these thoughts, by not letting them linger. To realize these things is step 1 in winning the spiritual warfare!

IC XC

Grigorii

]]> symbols of the HS https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/1914/symbols-of-the-hs Sat, 18 Jun 2005 08:55:05 +0000 nardin 1914@/community/discussions
thnx alot
GB ALL
+FROG+
GOD IS GREAT!!]]> Moral Dilemma? https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/1848/moral-dilemma Fri, 10 Jun 2005 10:50:06 +0000 1848@/community/discussions Astrology (Horoscopes) and Our Church? https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/1889/astrology-horoscopes-and-our-church Tue, 14 Jun 2005 15:59:42 +0000 1889@/community/discussions JESUS DESCENDING INTO HADES https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/1978/jesus-descending-into-hades Thu, 30 Jun 2005 10:18:59 +0000 G.J.I 1978@/community/discussions The Soul and Conscience https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/1967/the-soul-and-conscience Tue, 28 Jun 2005 17:09:36 +0000 Luke90 1967@/community/discussions
Something about this just doesn't feel right to me like for example if the soul is God then how can God rot in hell? I really don't know. Any ideas would be much appreciated, thanks very much. +

]]> Logic https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/1953/logic Sun, 26 Jun 2005 01:13:22 +0000 Luke90 1953@/community/discussions
What you should know is that my friend is really big on philosophy. He loves reading stuff like Plato, Aristotle, Locke, Hobbes, Descartes, etc . What he got from all that stuff is a strong belief in logic and how logic is the most important thing in a man. I don't agree, however, I'm a horrible debator, a can never make a good argument. What I tried to say was that you can only know God through your heart, that to be with God is to love God, not to reason to him. I made an analogy that logic vs. emotion is like water vs. oil, they never mix.

What do you guys think of this? "Can you know God through logic alone?" Thanks very much, God be with you. +]]> Da Vinci Code https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/1964/da-vinci-code Mon, 27 Jun 2005 18:46:11 +0000 Christ4Life 1964@/community/discussions Thirteen tribes of Israel? https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/1932/thirteen-tribes-of-israel Tue, 21 Jun 2005 11:05:18 +0000 1932@/community/discussions thirteen tribes..so I looked back on Genesis chapter 35 and found that two tribes mentioned in Numbers were not counted among Jacob's children; Mannaseh and Ephraim but perhaps one of these is Joseph's tribe since his tribe is not mentioned by his name in Numbers yet there is one extra even if that is the case. If anyone understands, help would be appreciated. I can't explain it better :-\]]> How to obtain the Kingdom Of God ( heaven) https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/623/how-to-obtain-the-kingdom-of-god-heaven Fri, 10 Sep 2004 19:50:04 +0000 623@/community/discussions So, I was just wondering if you could help me bring these all together so that we know what we have to do as Christians to obtain the Kingdom of Heaven ;)
Thanks and God Bless You....]]> The Orthodox Study Bible https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/1860/the-orthodox-study-bible Fri, 10 Jun 2005 21:01:54 +0000 iMysticNet 1860@/community/discussions
I am new to this forum, my name is Stefan. I just bought 'The Orthodox Study Bible - New Testament and Psalms', published by Nelson. Under the name of the publisher it has a 'number': 1292. I wonder if anybody knows what that is? The book first came in 1993 by St. Athanasius Orthodox Academy, and then 1997 by Conciliar Press.

Stefan]]> Trinity https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/43/trinity Thu, 02 Oct 2003 12:54:20 +0000 yaneth 43@/community/discussions
Does someone want to share?]]> Why? https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/1736/why Tue, 31 May 2005 16:31:04 +0000 confusedsoul 1736@/community/discussions SATAN? https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/1694/satan Wed, 25 May 2005 13:09:48 +0000 socoolbishoy 1694@/community/discussions 7 Deadly Sins! https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/1891/7-deadly-sins Wed, 15 Jun 2005 05:33:09 +0000 mazza 1891@/community/discussions wel recently people are goin on bout the seven deadly sinds- ive heard bout it before but do use know what they are???
i know only these ones:
1. Envy
2. Lust
wel 5 more to go lol ]]> Debates https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/1826/debates Tue, 07 Jun 2005 22:16:14 +0000 Maryann23 1826@/community/discussions
I know it hasnt!...but how do i prove that to them?

any suggestions....]]> Samson https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/1823/samson Tue, 07 Jun 2005 20:28:22 +0000 estephanos111 1823@/community/discussions
But didn't he commit suicide when he pushed the pillars killing himself and others.

]]> Pets https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/1800/pets Mon, 06 Jun 2005 00:34:51 +0000 WWJD86 1800@/community/discussions Remember to give God praise! https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/1784/remember-to-give-god-praise Fri, 03 Jun 2005 15:05:58 +0000 jfranklin 1784@/community/discussions Strength,Peace,Joy,our King,Comforter,our Truth,our Hope,our Rock,our Strong Tower and Refuge,our Righteousness,our very LIFE itself.

Let us not forget all the benefits bestowed on the sons of men by the God of Abraham,Isaac,and Jacob.

"The LORD inhabits the praise of His people"....."Be ye thankful".


I thank the LORD for all His wonderful blessings!

I do not forget O LORD your kindness! All things are from your Hand! To you be all the glory and praise! Great are you O LORD God and Holy is your Name! Praise be to YHWH forever!]]> fate https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/1676/fate Mon, 23 May 2005 14:55:45 +0000 1676@/community/discussions request from warrior.... big bang theory and theories about life https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/1702/request-from-warrior-big-bang-theory-and-theories-about-life Thu, 26 May 2005 20:13:09 +0000 1702@/community/discussions Sex, Society and The Norm https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/1703/sex-society-and-the-norm Thu, 26 May 2005 20:40:26 +0000 pureplaya434 1703@/community/discussions
ok so in the past few days i have had a couple of interesting experiences and so i wanted to share them with you and start an interesting discussion( keyword there discussion) i would like to have a nice discussion and hear everyones opinions. So first ill share with you what happened to me, well i was walking home yesterday and i was with one of my best friends and somehow we got into talking about christ and church and he mentioned how he felt bad about going to church because he had lost his virginity( i was shocked this was news to me) and so anyway hes been to our church before but then he started saying how could the church expect him to stay a vrigin till marriage he said it was abnormal...! This Shocked me i mean is that what society has become being a virgin till marriage is abnormal!?!?!?! And then today we had a speaker come into class and talk to use about sex and so she asked how many people have had sex before almost all the class raised there hands! then she said how many more than once? 2 people put their hands down im a freshman in high school!? this is shocking.... Ive lived in America my whole life and have never felt society this way so here are my questions... I know we have some older users here..where things like this at your age? when you were in highschool did you feel the same way ? did these things happen around you? also i have some interesting facts i would like to post about in sex in america i found out today in a brochure i received from the County Pregnancy Center and it is taken from reputable
medical studies

Sexually Transmitted Diseases(STDs) in the USA:
-STDs are the most common diseases in America Next to teh common cold and flu
-1 in 5 Americans Are presently infected with an STD
-15 million Americans become infected with STDs Yearly- 41,000 a day
-45 million americans ar infected with an incurable STD
-STDsinfect 3 million teenagers a year
-Every 2 seconds Some one contracts an STD
-Of the 70 million people with STDs 80% have no idea because they have no symptoms

Scary isnt it?! well i really would like to have a mature discussion and see what you guys think about this and maybe get the answer to my question.

aghape,
chris]]> Past Obstacles https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/1725/past-obstacles Sat, 28 May 2005 20:14:56 +0000 _canadiancopt_ 1725@/community/discussions I thought that it would be interesting to post problems you or ppl u know have got through with God's Grace.

Keep:Dling ]]> On the late Pope John Paul II https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/1718/on-the-late-pope-john-paul-ii Fri, 27 May 2005 15:08:55 +0000 Coptic servant 1718@/community/discussions
I am sure you all remember Pope John Paul II, may he rest in peace. Recently, I heard that the current Roman pope, Pope Benedict XVI, has waived the minimum period required to declare someone a saint for Pope John Paul II. I am not 100% sure, but I think the minimum requirement is to wait at least 3 or 5 years...i can't remember.

In our church, the required minimum waiting period is 50 years...am I correct? (that's why we don't officially declare H.H. Pope Kyrillos VI as a saint at the moment).

Anyways, what I was thinking is that does the Pope have the right to waive a specific law of the church just to please the people? Many Polish people wanted Pope John Paul II declared "an immediate saint" (Pope John Paul II was of Polish descent).

Has there been any point in our church history where the Pope has waived an official church rule?

Sinful Servant]]> The Pope's Seat... https://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/1698/the-pope-s-seat Thu, 26 May 2005 14:10:32 +0000 Coptic servant 1698@/community/discussions
I was wondering about something: since our Coptic Orthodox faith was started by St. Mark in Alexandria, shouldn't the Pope's seat be in Alexandria? Why is it at the Abbassiya Cathedral now? Why did H.H. Pope Kyrillos VI open the new Cathedral in Cairo? Plus, what is the Azbakia?

Sorry to throw a lot of questions at you...and btw, when I say "The Pope's Seat", I mean the Patriarchate (also, if u notice, the Pope's title is "Pope of Alexandria and the See of St. Mark").

Peace...
Sinful Servant]]>