This list was created with the idea that St. Peter's admonition to "be ready always to give an answer to every man" assumes a question has been asked about...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Sep 2, 2010 6:33 pm
I just discovered that Igumen Tryphon (Parsons), Abbot of All-Merciful Saviour Monastery <http://www.vashonmonks.com/> (ROCOR), Vashon Island, WA, is a convert...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Sep 2, 2010 6:54 pm
I got the sense that he was raised WELS and then CLC; perhaps he became LCMS later in life or when he went to college, etc. Outside of the Midwest it can be...
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Rebecca Wilson
emmy88heaven
Sep 2, 2010 9:07 pm
Hello, Christopher, Is, "Incidentally, the initial Monastery grounds on Vashon Is. were donated by John Ratzenberger, Cliff on *Cheers*", TRUE?! Rebecca ...
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xcjorr@...
christopher3rd
Sep 2, 2010 9:17 pm
Yup, it's on the website: John and Georgia Ratzenberger. Don't know what the connection was then, or now. Christopher Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry...
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mrthatoneguy92
Sep 7, 2010 7:23 pm
I'll be honest- even though I've done my fair share of research and dictionary looking, I still don't quite understand synergy, how it relates to the whole...
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Benjamin Harju
benjamin.harju@...
Sep 7, 2010 11:22 pm
Tim, Synergy is based on the notion of human freedom and God's respect of that freedom. Fallen man is bound as a captive under the tyranny of the devil. He is...
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xcjorr@...
christopher3rd
Sep 7, 2010 11:37 pm
I would add that if you remove the idea that 1) salvation is earned and the idea that 2) grace is simply God's undeserved favor rather than God's energies and...
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mrthatoneguy92
Sep 7, 2010 11:38 pm
Thanks very much, Mr. Harju. I appreciate your definition. The way you "broke it down" (as though that can truly ever be done) is good for someone like I, who...
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mrthatoneguy92
Sep 7, 2010 11:46 pm
Thank you, Christopher, for your help! I appreciate what you have said. 1) One of the first things I saw as being an area of agreement between Lutheranism and...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Sep 8, 2010 1:08 am
I think it's especially important to remember that no one - including Christ! - earns salvation. Forgiveness is not forgiveness if anyone - including Christ!...
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mrthatoneguy92
Sep 9, 2010 2:28 pm
Wow... that is deep. I'm going to have to chew on that one for awhile....
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mrthatoneguy92
Sep 13, 2010 3:50 pm
So, synergy could basically be described as God working within and through us, and us cooperating with that said work?...
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Benjamin Harju
benjamin.harju@...
Sep 14, 2010 4:18 am
Yes, basically. If you have further concerns about synergy, I hope you will continue to feel free to address them. Since salvation is not ever something...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Sep 14, 2010 3:02 pm
The Lutheranism I grew up in often referred to the differences between a theology of the cross and a theology of glory. Ben Harju discusses this difference...
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mrthatoneguy92
Sep 14, 2010 7:10 pm
I went to Divine Liturgy for the Exaltation of the Cross last night. Very informative. And to be honest, it was the most "Christ-centred" "Cross-focused"...
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mrthatoneguy92
Sep 14, 2010 7:12 pm
Thanks, Mr. Harju. What exactly do you mean by "assimilate" our salvation? As in living it out and making it a part of our everyday life?...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Sep 14, 2010 7:45 pm
Glory to God! Definitely take a look at the texts from Vespers and Matins (Orthros), too, if all you attended was Divine Liturgy. The Divine Liturgy is mainly...
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Benjamin Harju
benjamin.harju@...
Sep 14, 2010 9:29 pm
Yeah, like that. Also in the sense that our everyday life becomes an expression of the life of Jesus Christ, with whom we are united in communion. I chose...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Sep 14, 2010 9:39 pm
The link I gave before to a Fr. Stephen Freeman post gets at something like this, too. Also, here's a pertinent selection from St. Anthony the Great (+356)...
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mrthatoneguy92
Sep 14, 2010 10:48 pm
Where would I find the information for Vespers and Orthos for the Feast? Because of my work, I have little chance to attend church (let alone an Orthodox...
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mrthatoneguy92
Sep 14, 2010 10:50 pm
P.S.- I find it interesting also that the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross was my third Liturgy I attended. God sure works in mysterious ways......
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xcjorr@...
christopher3rd
Sep 14, 2010 11:04 pm
The service texts can be found here: http://www.oca.org/PDF/liturgicaltexts/09.September/2010-0914-texts.doc Christopher Sent from my Verizon Wireless...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Sep 15, 2010 12:54 am
You can also find a more limited selection of hymns for the feast here: ...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Sep 29, 2010 5:08 pm
Saturday, February 12, 2011 Taking our cue from Fr. Georges Florovsky, the eminent 20th century Orthodox theologian who wrote with passion on this topic, we...
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mrthatoneguy92
Sep 29, 2010 10:34 pm
This sounds absolutely wonderful! I'll have to see if I can make it. Chances are 99% I cannot (I might have to attend "online"), but I'm hoping for that 1%...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Oct 4, 2010 1:30 pm
I thought you might be interested in the recently released census of Orthodox Christians in the United States, if you hadn't seen it already. "A census of all...
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mrthatoneguy92
Oct 14, 2010 6:16 am
I really am having a tough time understanding what exactly the Orthodox perspective on God's Wrath is. It is clear from Scripture that God possesses wrath,...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Oct 14, 2010 2:04 pm
I would take a look at these posts: - http://orthodoxyforlutherans.blogspot.com/2010/07/wrath-and-justification.html - ...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Oct 14, 2010 2:16 pm
I think we've also discussed this here in the somewhat recent past. You may want to do a search of the Message Archives of the group. Christopher ... ...
