Kim, On the average I would say it's 1 hr 15 to 1hr30 min. Depends on variables like length of sermon and who is singing the responses etc.. Major feast days...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Jul 4, 2009 1:21 pm
Three Strange Days<http://energeticprocession.com/2009/07/03/three-strange-days/> *by Perry Robinson* ...
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Rev. Brad
brad.varvil
Jul 4, 2009 3:01 pm
I used to be an ardent listener and supporter or Issues Etc., but the methodology you mention below became standard fare... and when I wrote to them about it...
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donpedrogordo
Jul 4, 2009 3:47 pm
Hei!  Tschüß! ¡Hola! Oi! Ciao! Hi!    Vatican 2 upstaged the Lutheran Reformation, in a general sense stealing from them their reason...
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Rev. Brad
brad.varvil
Jul 4, 2009 5:29 pm
Peter, I sense there is truth in what you observe among the Orthodox, however, I don't think I know them well enough to concur. Episcopal scandal is nearly as...
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donpedrogordo
Jul 4, 2009 6:03 pm
Hei! Tschüß! ¡Hola! Oi! Ciao! Hi! Yes, this remains the fundamental problem that blocks resolution of all others. Of course, as long...
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Rev. Brad
brad.varvil
Jul 4, 2009 7:20 pm
Well said, Peter. Coming as I do, from a Lutheran reformation perspective, one of the challenges I still have with examining Orthodoxy, is my fundamental ...
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donpedrogordo
Jul 4, 2009 9:50 pm
Hei! Tschüß! ¡Hola! Oi! Ciao! Hi! Some dreams and speculations are more attractive than others! Yours is a glad thought! Imagine a...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Jul 5, 2009 12:15 am
He’s Got Issues <http://energeticprocession.com/2009/07/03/hes-got-issues/> *By Perry Robinson* http://energeticprocession.com/2009/07/03/hes-got-issues/ As...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Jul 5, 2009 12:52 am
Perry's comment regarding a dichotomy "between Chalcedonian Christology articulated in Ecumenical Council, and the views of Orthodoxy" also confused me. I...
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randall hay
sr72000
Jul 5, 2009 8:03 pm
Christopher, thanks for the detailed response. I was rather surprised at some of the things W & W said, and I'd like to add a few of my own observations if I...
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Rev. Brad
brad.varvil
Jul 6, 2009 1:32 am
Good evening, I've been searching for an answer to these questions for a while, and thought perhaps someone here might be able to assist. The questions go...
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randall hay
sr72000
Jul 6, 2009 4:30 am
There's an Orthodox saying I think is relevant here, "we know where the Holy Spirit is; we don't know where He isn't." I've never heard it suggested...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Jul 6, 2009 12:32 pm
I found this quote by Metropolitan Philaret, former First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, which I thought was fitting (especially...
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Bradley Varvil
brad.varvil
Jul 6, 2009 2:04 pm
Subdeacon Randy, Many thanks-- that does help. As one who has worked inter-denominationally for many years, one of the basic truths I've encountered, is that...
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randall hay
sr72000
Jul 7, 2009 3:29 am
Rev. Brad, as you suggest there has never been a utopian church, because the Church is made up of sinners...which is a good thing for me! Many types of...
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Bradley Varvil
brad.varvil
Jul 7, 2009 3:41 pm
Randy, Thanks for your insights. Perhaps as points of clarification, you could offer a few more. You seem to be hinting about the definition of the Church as...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Jul 7, 2009 4:16 pm
The Patrick Barnes book and the other resources I shared get into exactly this territory. Even a cursory look will be helpful. Needless to say, the Church is...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Jul 7, 2009 5:38 pm
Energetic Procession on Issues, ...
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Bradley Varvil
brad.varvil
Jul 7, 2009 9:53 pm
Greetings, I did read the whole article. I don't know how well it would proceed in a friendly conversation, since the author adopts a similar confrontational ...
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oruaseht
Jul 7, 2009 9:57 pm
Thanks for publishing this link, I don't listen to Issues, etc. at all anymore so I missed this. I like this kind of "comparative symbolics" but I really...
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Rev. Brad
brad.varvil
Jul 7, 2009 11:15 pm
Friend, I don't think Augustine would draw the conclusion you suggest he would... At least I've never read such conclusions in his writings. There is much in...
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oruaseht
Jul 7, 2009 11:36 pm
God's peace be with you Brother. The logical conclusion of Augustine's theology - at least through our Confessional Lutheran Lens - is that man is born a...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Jul 8, 2009 1:18 am
To be fair, Perry is as sharp elbowed with the Orthodox as any non-Orthodox. A friend once said that saints are grump Also, the Issues Etc. series was...
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Rev. Brad
brad.varvil
Jul 8, 2009 1:45 am
Friend, I think one must be careful to distinguish what Augustine writes, from what readers may imply he means to say. Like the Orthodox, Catholics of Roman...
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Rev. Brad
brad.varvil
Jul 8, 2009 1:51 am
Most certainly-- and unfortunately for Lutherans, we were neither well represented by Issues, nor were we spared a valid counter blow. Indeed, I think this...
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oruaseht
Jul 8, 2009 3:22 am
Dear Brother, I feel you have under-estimated the extent to which only a few Fathers have greatly influenced our Western/Lutheran mind & theology -...
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Rev. Brad
brad.varvil
Jul 8, 2009 3:46 am
Friend (I didn't catch your name, or I would happily call you brother or sister), Perhaps you are right-- I might well have underestimated the influence of...
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randall hay
sr72000
Jul 8, 2009 3:53 am
Reading some of these latest posts, I think we need to be careful not to set up our own theological straw-men. It's easy to exaggerate views of the Atonement,...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Jul 8, 2009 1:56 pm
I think it worthwhile to note that this is a list about Orthodoxy. It is only about Lutheranism insofar as those with a background in the Lutheran church are...
