a feeling of hatred is now not just a feeling, but a thought, I hate him/her/it, now you are acting upon it, and jealousy is a sin depending on what kind of jealousy, the kind that encourages you to be better because you are jealous of someones rela…
if u read it carefully you will see that in the first passage they ridiculed Christ and in the second they believed that He can heal them. One was to show the people who had no faith, the other the blind had faith.
24 He said to them, “Make room, f…
I think saying bless the lord, its another way of saying praise
here is a meaning actually from the dictionary
4. to extol as holy; glorify: Bless the name of the Lord.
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Yes I realize this, BUT what is more important to you, God? Or the Emergency that may occur? The choice is yours
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Hold on, do you think that God would be happy that y…
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A good point Severus. But surely, asking God to bless us and other people is well within our "lim…
yea, and on top of that because I said God bless you, I am not going to hell, I think you are right, when we are speaking to someone with a higher ecclesiastical authority than it is inappropriate to say it, unless they sneeze. And what is the probl…
At the same time, if all this doesn't work remember
"And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for My name’s sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal life." Matthew 19:2…
Earlier in the posts they were talking about drafts, i would like to say that as christians we shouldn't join the army- but if we are called on through a draft we must go, because we shouldn't want to fight these wars, but serving your country God w…
honestly ill be flat out honest, McCain supports more christian values. if you research the issues you'll find that according to our christian morals we McCain would be a nice president, of course, we all have different opinions.
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It's not suicide. It's martyrdom. I think lots of us have oversimplified our view on the morality of suicide.
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there is a saint in the synixar who threw herself into the…
Listen I read all the posts, and I am questioning what religion you are. thats my first question. the second is this, if you are coptic orthodox why do you act as you yourself are out to get the church, from your first few posts i was like woah! Now…
He can heal anyone as JY said but id like to change that a little, i think He will only heal you if it is HIS will and YOU WANT to be healed, both at the same time. Many people want to be healed, and they believe they can be healed, but aren't heale…
If you really believe with your heart, I think that converting won't be a problem, but it isn't as easy as it seems, (well, at least it shouldn't) you have to learn a lot about the church and in some churches it is a very rigorous course to orthodox…
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timeout. we sing it like all the other recordings of this hymn. he did it as something i guess to r…
timeout. we sing it like all the other recordings of this hymn. he did it as something i guess to relax and enjoy. we DO NOT sing it this way, ok. lets clear that up. we sing it the traditional way
There use to be a lot of liturgies like 14 i think but then they decided it was too many. we still use some parts from St. John's liturgy that begins with Exalted Above All.
i do agree with you, if a person sings a one hour hymn that no one understand then they aren't thinking of the congregation and are very selfish, but being sworn at for singing in english under your breath? You are not at fault, those people are sel…