..what's the sin?
its the one that God can forgive....
ask God to give you fear of Him and of eternal condemnation, this always helps overcome any sin of any kind since we sin not knowing the consequences if we don't repent.
also ask for tears, …
hey davidschanter... I'm a little bit confused about ur question...
i think ur question is that if we didn't see God, then how do we know what he looks like? we saw Jesus is in the new testament, but Moses wrote this piece of the old testament witho…
hey baladoos,
it sounds as though you know who gossips about u... did u try to talk to him/her indirectly?
if its some one from outside ur group, then try to bring him/her into the group to show him/her that its only friendship.
here is what i wo…
What do I tell him? Were did energy come from? Spontaneously sprouted from matter probably.
hehehe...if your physics teacher says "Spontaneously sprouted from matter"... then ask where did matter come from? u get my point :D if he says A came from…
But was man valuable before he recieved the breath of God?
if man wasn't valuable, what made God think of giving him such a life and such a privilege?
or whether this dust evolved over time and eventually became the physical vessel in which God brea…
But then I think the devil did not give a hard temptation when he said "if you are God's Son..." because Jesus could never doubt He was God's Son.
mike, the temptation wasn't about testing the abilities of Jesus as a God or not.
Here is what Matthew…
you're fully in the world part that only gave an invatation to the whole world to be granted salvation by believing in him. and us Copts, we have the right faith and i guess that's one reason that our church is still standing till this very day and …
Do you think these Protestants have valid sacraments?
its not I to judge if they have valid sacraments or not.... my whole pt is: not only coptic will go to heaven... show me one place in the bible that says only US???
"For God so loved the WORLD"
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wowowowowowowooo. that was the United Nation meeting where All Eastern Orthodox Churchs meet togather yearly and take turns in doing Vespers Prayers. This year was like the 6th year (am not sure) but it was our First year to do vespers. i myself was…
i hear its a great book... did u get a chance to read it? does it only relate to monks and the life of solitude?
most likely i'll stop by bn on the way home and buy it tonight...
i would really, reaaally want to know where in our tradition says that the samiritan woman got 2 kids and was killed. please just give me a source because i really don't know anything about this. all we know is that after the whole talk with Christ …
ok this is wrong becase the coptic church, HG Bishop David, prays a monthly litrugy with the Oriental churches which are, if am not mistaken (correct me if iam wrong), us (copts), indian, irtrian, syrian, arminian, athiobian. the 6 conanical orienta…
I would doubt their communion is anything other than just normal bread and wine.
i don't agree with this... if a single person in a catholic church believes that he is partaking of the body and the blood... then I'm pretty sure that he is taking the…
lol
about the samaritan woman... el taqleed tells us that she ended up being a martyr with her two sons. she died when they threw her down a well...
she meet Jesus by a well and she died in a well :)
they also have a movie now made about her, it…
most likely..there isnt anymore..but im not sure..sry ???
can u ask around and see if any one has some left?? if so, i'll come visit ur church on a sunday (i live like an hour or so away)
thanks amiga!!
hello guys...
not only COPTIC ORTHODOX will go to heaven... catholic believers will go to heaven too... they take communion and they are baptized!!!
you also have greek orthodox which is very similiar to us... i have a greek friend, and she tells m…
yea... abouna also told me once that if an abouna is visiting from egypt, he can't pray in any church without a written permission of the ubrashya bishop or something like that...
we had an abouna visit us from el fayoum and he couldn't serve until…
well... remember the samaritan woman?? she was "married" to a lot but was never stonned...
i think ur question is related to another topic "God's will"... but its not us to judge whether its fair or not...
look at it this way: if God knows that t…
even Jesus felt lonely on the cross... the Father forsook Him on the cross, his desciples left him... only the right theif defended him...
i would lie if i tell u i didn't feel lonely before... but i just run to church and pray then i come back ha…
good question...i don't know why God chose stoning and not something else...
the reason why we don't stone someone anymore because all of our sins are forgiven if we repent, confess, and take communion... in the old testament... death by stoning wa…