hey.... if it's ok, i haven't posted on here in a while, nor am i Orthodox.
as a Protestant (kind of), what makes me sad about the Orthodox churches is how many of them seem to be increasingly ok with heretical practices and ideas, just because th…
John, are these theological conflicts you atre having with people, or personal, or both? you don't have to explain too many details, but it may help to get a sense of the problem. praying for you.
it is possible.... there is mental disturbance due to a traumatic incident, chemical imbalances, personality disorders, and then there are those cases which seem to go beyond anything clinical. it could also be said that the Devil uses people's emot…
the entire context of the verse was the vision which Peter had of the sheet descending from heaven. the Lord God commanded Peter to "kill and eat" the "unclean" (for Jews) animals within that sheet and Peter protested. God answered by saying "do not…
remember friend that the Lord Jesus Christ is stronger than our sadness, and our advocate always. prayers for you.
Psalm 30
I will extol You, O LORD, for You have lifted me up,
And have not let my foes rejoice over me.
O LORD my God, I c…
if he is converting not only to marry you, but because he is convinced of the Coptic Orthodox Chruch spiritually, historically, and personally, then that is great!
another poster wisely asked if your fiance would still be converting were he not pla…
ok thank you, that does help! essentially it's heaven or hell, nothing in between. i can see why Catholics would want to believe in Purgatory, but then if it's not true, then it isn't a real place.
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true, gracia, your going to have to stop calling yourself 'non-orthodox' ;)
it's also good to pray with those who are still alive on earth, we encourage each other when we…
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this is my brief answer (maybe oversimplified..)
we don't believe in salvation except through Jesus Christ our Saviour and His church, but we believe that God can reveal thi…
Meena ~
as a non-Orthodox, i asked this same question of an Eastern Orthodox man in another forum. basically, "are we following Christ if and when we pray to saints, or ask for their prayers, seeming as Christ commands us to only honor the Father, …
thank you all for your answers, and Mabsoota, i agree that it would be great to see more coming together of different communities into Orthodoxy, and in her name.
my husband and i had a conversation the other night, basically expressing our concern…
DanieM, do not apologize! that is a beautiful post, and your struggles to find and know God sound a lot like mine. God bless you, and be praised for bringing you home.
is the BOC a mix of Coptic Christians and non-Coptic Christians?
i am amazed …
i suppose you could say that both were events of great cruelty, evil, and tragic loss of human life. that the killing of innocent men and women anywhere is certainly wicked and unGodly.
http://www.armenian-genocide.org/
http://genocide-museum.am/…
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meaning, they do not know Christ for who He is- Lord, Saviour, King, Redeemer, God, and Ransom - in their own lives. they may b…
hey, this thread reminds me, what is the Coptic Orthodox doctrine of salvation?
meaning, does the Coptic Church have a doctrine similar to "non-Christians may also be saved by God's mercy" or "all will be eventually saved through Christ"?
i know s…
trusting the Bible is of paramount importance.... it's true that evolution teaches that we humans evolved from apes, and many try to reconcile evolution with the Biblical narrative.
Christ came to fix something, and repair a broken relationship. th…
here is an article from a Catholic source, about the sign of the cross, and the early origins of crosses in Christian worship and decoration.
Sign of the Cross
the symbol was indeed used very early in Christian history, before Constantine.
do you mean like Catholics or Baptists who are killed for their faith in Christ?
in this case, though the descision is ultimately up to God, i would venture "it is possible, if not likely".
but a person who dies for their non-Christian faith, such…
the balance between solemnity and humility can be a delicate one, but it's possible, and a good thing to pursuit.
if all a pastor has available to wear is a dusty shirt and dusty pants, that is ok. but we should still look our best for the Lord, wi…
it is easy to seem nice and calm to the outside world- with family, it is less easy sometimes.
your sister will probably grow out of it. many teenage girls go through a period of being unhappy at home, confused about who they are, insecure, and al…
Mabsoota ~
i think you're right about kids having more respect for adults who set guidelines and carry out consequences.
kids won't have much respect for an adult they can boss around and basically ignore.
i was hit and whacked a fair amount as a kid... not just slaps on the wrist, but pretty scary, memorable outburts.
the whacking did a couple of things.... first of all, i respected the heck out of my father. i rarely goofed off with him, disrespect…
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i subcontiously remember all of abounas lines of the mass, so 3 easters ago i was falling asleep but i was listining in the back of my head and after all the other deaco…
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catholics can't currently take communion with us, the bishops continue to meet to discuss different points of doctrine, but so far the orthodox church does not allow inter-c…
well, why does a mother have children? knowing the children may mess up, sin, dissapoint her, disobey her, and die someday? she knows how many things may go wrong, but she has children because she can, and wants to bring life into the world, and wan…