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hi mariaat, yes i heard this recently about melchisedek (genesis 14:18), this is definately about holy communion. if i can ever work out how to download stuff on the mp3 player i will listen to that sermon :) i still don't fully understand about Jes…
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emotions are powerful things, sometimes they shake us to our foundations. i expect we have all thought at one time 'no-one else could ever possibly feel this as strongly as i do'. but we have a high priest who understands us completely, who turned …
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hi, i wonder if i can re-open this topic coz i want to ask something else about holy communion. i have been asked a question by a protestant friend that is too difficult for me to answer, maybe coz i don't debate these things deeply enough. anyway i…
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Hey, we are going to have a day of prayer for eritrea in the uk :) please spread this all over the world, tell your church and youth group and the network of churches in your town and all your friends and neighbours. i will leave updates here as so…
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wow, just read the first discourse of st john chrysostom. no wonder they called him golden mouth :) to summarise the 12 long paragraphs ('chapters') in 2 lines (maybe i am foolish to attempt this but maybe u don't have time to read it all): he expl…
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that's a great website :) for ages i wanted to read some of these writings and didn't know where to start. i want to point out, in case there are those that don't realise, that it's only the books in the Bible (i.e canonical and deuterocanonical) t…
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i agree with theophilus1. there are people who didn't get clear teaching on kissing before marriage, and so had to have a very short engagement coz it was soooooooo hard waiting! don't do it, it doesn't help you at all in anything except to switch o…
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i think there has been lots of good advice on this topic. as a woman who has been married for >10 years, i would suggest the following: 1. text that you understand he needs time to think about some stuff and assure him u still love him a lot, but…
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wow. beautiful :)
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dear george and dear servant of God 30, i can see i came across too harsh and i am sorry. what i meant to say is you should sort your spiritual life first, then its normal to want to marry someone who also follows Jesus. obviously if you got married…
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i don't know the exact constitution but i went to a talk where the priest said it does not have alcohol and its made from grapes. don't know if they have to get it made specially :)
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hi, superman(bam), what is the 'agreement'? do our church leaders not want us to discuss this? if not, i will say nothing, but i would like to know how i can find out about this official agreement not to discuss it. the last thing i want is for anyo…
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from what i've read/heard for the eucharist to take place there needs to be 1 priest, 1 deacon (doesn't need to be a full deacon) and 1 other person (deacon, priest or layperson) plus bread (has yeast, no salt), non-alcoholic red grape wine and wate…
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dear ophadece, please tell us more about the joy you have praising God in coptic, your experience is very valuable. please tell us how your faith relates to the more boring parts of your life (work, shopping, neighbours etc etc). and anyone else who…
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i think it's really important to show (do u see i said show not teach) people that their relationship with God and their life of faith is the most important thing. when you realise the beauty and majesty of God and His sacrifice and love for mankind…
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i think what matters in this case is what, or who are you putting first in your life when you marry someone who is not a Christian? many people think they know better than the directive in the Bible 'do not be yoked together with unbelievers'. i mea…
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amen brother, and lets remember to keep on praying for all our priests and clergy and those 'over us in the faith' as they do a difficult and beautiful job :)
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thank God! He knows what we need even before we ask him :)
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that's a good point, Godislove260, however the cross can also be a talking point, and maybe we need to have one and take every opportunity to discuss our faith. so actually i can see both points in the debate, i think the choice depends on your circ…
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we are praying that God will give her and her family the strength and support they need in this difficult trial. may they also be a channel for God's love.
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dear brother, i agree with theophilus1 also in your hard time, remember to also encourage others, you may not realise that they are also struggling. if you have nothing to say, just tell them how glad you are to have a friend like them and how they …
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the rules about not marking your body were so the israelites did not cut themselves in mourning like the pagans. they have been used by Christians in developed countries against tatoos for decades. (not always wisely ;) ) however a cross on the wri…
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my sunday school teacher friend also said the main reason a woman shouldn't take communion during her periods was because she shouldn't fast during this time because it could be hard for her to not eat and drink if she is bleeding. that is why the c…
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hi QT, i'm not sure father peter is doing outreach services in the usa yet, but you never know! ;)
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i also want to add my support for george, our church (uk) will soon be doing what Godislove260 suggests and having a mass purely in english and somewhat shorter, especially for the non-orthodox english people who have expressed an interest. we are m…
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thanks father peter :) your post encourages me as i only found out about these communion rules 4 months after joining the coptic church ;) back to baptism; my sunday school teacher friend believes that the flow after the birth of a girl is usually…
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Hi, Godislove260, i appreciate your comments, i am not encouraging interdenominational marriage, but i want to say that if you are married to/ about to be married to someone from a different denomination you must NOT use this an excuse for not sprea…
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my husband is protestant. i was too when we married and gained his approval before joining the coptic church. we are both very passionate about our faith and discuss theology nearly every day. because we love and accept each other and accept that it…
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now someone's noticed, i can also congratulate you officially! we are all exceedingly blessed, father peter :)
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2 corinthians 6:14 Do not be yoked together with unbelievers If your greatest love is Jesus and your spouse's greatest love is him or herself/ the new car/ you/ budda/ money then you are not both going in the same direction and will tear apart. If …