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psychology (at least of the freudian/jungian type) is not always the most helpful belief system in times of crisis. Christianity is :) glad u smiled at my slightly poor humour, bigeee, but seriously physical therapy is a good career and really hel…
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abouna pishoy salama has an awesome church, i saw it via the net once and lots of his church servants (from all different ethnic groups) got interviewed. do yr friends want to send me pm? get them to register here if they want to 'chat' with a copt …
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sounds like good idea. and would mean u r still alive, so that would be great news :)
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we are all praying for you. also try doing physical things to keep active, like working in the garden of some old lady in the neighbourhood or taking someone's dog for a walk or cleaning trash from the streets. it may be hard to start doing this, bu…
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the closer you get to God, the more you realise you want God Himself, not His gifts. maybe God is bringing you closer to Him.
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hi, smirser, i mean everyone talks loudly after the church service, when we are drinking tea. not during the church service :)
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thanks, ophadece! what do people think about eating stuff that looks like cream, milk chocolate etc. during the fast? should we just avoid it (it may be fitari and if it's fasting food it looks and tastes so much like non-fasting food that we shoul…
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it is typical upper class 19th century english to use an understatement to talk about a shocking or distasteful subject. this is called a euphemism. for example, if a lady said 'i am going to powder my nose', it means she needs to go and pee. a man …
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we have black and white people and other types in coptic churches in uk. just be prepared for people to stare at you, don't take it too seriously. i like being part of the ethnic minority at church. if you can talk loudly and eat falafel, you'll fit…
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so if it's someone's 101st birthday, we can't sing 'she enrompi nem Isos'? ;)
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i agree it's wrong to sell fitari food, and anyone bringing fitari food to a shared meal should be discretely told that we are in a fast. i, personally find it hard to see fitari food in the church, because i got used to not having to ask what was i…
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it is generally a good idea to understand what you are vowing when you vow! asking afterwards is a bit late. i don't know what was in your mum's heart when she made this vow but God does. so she should pray and ask His guidance and give without prid…
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hi, are you there yet? i just got back from 2 weeks traveling, it was great. if you don't hear from me again it is because i have become an african nomad ;) may God bless you in your travels and may you stay close to Him. i strongly recommend prayi…
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kids are interested if they see someone doing something they love. so start by how exciting it is to read the Bible and how amazing it is that God has given us guidance for every situation in life. read psalm 8 and show how they can use it to praise…
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thanks, bro, no wonder the guy was confused! gonna go back to sunday school and pay more attention next time! ;) God bless yr study :)
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ya'ani joseph from the Bible!
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may God guide you. maybe write him a nice letter, about all the nice 'dad' things he has done (miss out the bad stuff for now) and put it somewhere where he will see it before he sees you. prepare his favourite food, iron his shirt and buy him somet…
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i think there were animals that existed at the time of adam that since became extinct. if u look in job 40 and 41, he describes 2 large dinosaur type creatures, and i wonder if the environment after the great flood was unfavourable for them, so many…
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mmm, the agpeya?! ;) seriously, pray from the agpeya first, then you can add your own prayers like, 'thank you, oh God that you have given us such a beautiful message to take to the world, please take care of x and x who are serving you in x town …
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wow, yr sharing a room together :-\ may God guide you and give u peace. dzheremi, u know the answers, u posted most of them above, and u posted so many others in yr other posts, so i don't want to hit u over the head with theology that u already k…
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ask a native english speaker (or dutch or whatever) to help you! it can be someone born in the foreign country but with egyptian parents IF their english is really good. or... do lots of evangelism to get plenty of english speakers to choose from …
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hi, nofri :) don't take ilovesaintmark's comments 100% seriously! we actually enjoy praising God with understanding. at the time of the arab invasion of egypt, some of the people who were heard speaking coptic had their tongues cut out. they were …
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the jews (those jews who believed Jesus was the Messiah) added the new testament books (gradually) to the torah and the prophets (1st 5 books of old testament plus other old testament books). it was not the other way around!
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yeah try a computer shop, they will take yr euros. may God give u peace and may you learn something positive from this hard lesson. i lost my grandmother's antique engagement ring many years ago... it was the only valuable thing our family owned! i…
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thanks for posting, bigeee and lifeindeath, i am learning a lot here :)
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it's to learn humility and also to help the other people to stay interested. the other kids need the experience of answering the questions coz that will help them think about it more. u know, if you are discussing something with someone, u r both th…
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i got stuck today in another conversation about this topic with someone who is protestant. i understand and believe father peter's explanations above, but then could not explain what was meant by 'many were made sinners' in romans 5:19. can anyone …
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if u r too young, u can get prepared for being a teacher later by praying for all the kids during the week and by taking care of them outside of classes. show them the icons, tell them the stories behind them, give them good spiritual advice and jus…
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we are supposed to abstain till 12 on mon, tue, thurs and 3pm on wed, fri. no abstaining from eating/drinking on weekends (unless u take Holy Communion of course). wed and fri are vegan, all other days are vegan plus fish. fasting should be discuss…
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good post, 2corinthians5:7. sometimes giving up things that 'look good' before others is the real sacrifice in order to do good deeds for our small child or old neighbour that no-one else sees.