I don't know what your relationship with Christ is on any level, frankly. And that's okay. God is good and loves mankind, and I trust He will fill in the...
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Travis (Constantine) ...
travis.stolz
Jul 22, 2008 11:23 am
One more thing. There are a lot of "I"s in what you've written. "I like this; I don't like that." "I understand this; I don't understand that." "I've...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Jul 22, 2008 12:54 pm
Christ is obviously calling you and the Holy Spirit is working - he is, after all, "everywhere present and fills all things", as a common Orthodox prayer puts...
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Rosemarie Lieffring
lieffring
Jul 22, 2008 2:40 pm
It is interesting to read the various accounts of how God brings His people to Holy Orthodoxy. I started praying the daily prayers from the Jordonville prayer...
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Anastasia Theodoridis
anastasiatheo
Jul 22, 2008 3:03 pm
Another way that occurs to me that one could begin to get at the heart of Orthodoxy is to listen to the music on Ancient Faith Radio. http://ancientfaith.com/ ...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Jul 22, 2008 3:28 pm
An example of worship explaining doctrine and practice: As a Lutheran looking at Orthodoxy, I wanted to be disabused of the idea that prayer to the saints was...
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tfrjen
Jul 22, 2008 9:59 pm
Enjoy your phone call tonight. I got him all warmed up for ya. Hehe!...
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k3n77
Jul 23, 2008 3:41 am
My dear friend Chuck Wilkinson, a protestant minister, passed away this morning. He loved God with all his heart. I was blessed to be able to pray with him...
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tantuslabor
Jul 23, 2008 8:49 pm
Welcome, tfrjen. See comments below... ... I haven't read what others have said to you; "fools rush in where angels fear to tread," and all that. But note that...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Jul 24, 2008 12:42 pm
Anastasia has finished her 17-par series on "Why Did Jesus Die?". Questions? Comments? Critiques? Links to all 17 posts can be found collected here: ...
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adam_roe
Jul 25, 2008 1:48 am
I can't say I know for CERTAIN what you mean, but I did have a very nice visit with a very kindly pastor Tuesday evening. He and many others have exhibited...
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Micah
micahlile
Jul 25, 2008 11:03 pm
Christopher, I think what my question comes down to is the Orthodox understanding of what occurred at The Fall, and what our condition is now as a result of...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Jul 26, 2008 12:13 am
A good book to read on this subject is The Ancestral Sin by Romanides. The canons you quote are definitely Orthodox. In fact, they hold ecumenical authority...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Jul 26, 2008 12:32 am
Here are a few resources that discuss the point at issue: - http://www.antiochian.org/1311 - http://www.oca.org/QA.asp?ID=4 -...
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randall hay
sr72000
Jul 26, 2008 2:54 pm
Micah, we are unable to do anything on own without God; but we Christians are able to work with Him. This is what is meant by "synergy". The Greek word...
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caspianrex
Jul 28, 2008 5:06 pm
Thank you, all my brothers and sisters, for your all the help you have given me in my journey of faith! After much prayer, I am no longer looking East....
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Jul 28, 2008 7:38 pm
Well, it looks like you picked up a good prayer through your interaction with Orthodoxy by the looks of your signature. That prayer can replace any and all...
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James Royal Prickett,...
k3n77
Jul 29, 2008 2:19 am
And you also!...
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Jeff Fowler
jfowl100
Jul 30, 2008 1:01 am
I am curious how the Orthodox view "vocation";. Is the Lutheran understanding of "vocation"; (i.e. we are masks of God, God works through us, changing your...
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randall hay
sr72000
Jul 30, 2008 3:49 am
Very much....GOd gives us each a station and tasks in the world. All Orthodox are tonsured, not just monastics....we're all called to daily holiness and...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Jul 31, 2008 8:58 pm
Given our recent discussion regarding the best way to 'learn about' and 'study' Orthodoxy, I thought this selection from Fr. Stephen apropos: Somewhere in the...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Jul 31, 2008 9:27 pm
The Conversion of St Vladimir and Orthodox Apologetics<http://voxstefani.blogspot.com/2008/07/conversion-of-st-vladimir-and-orthodox.html>from The Voice of...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Jul 31, 2008 10:50 pm
"Most holy Theotokos, save us!" (Part 1)*from Pillar and Ground of the Truthby **Fr. Gregory Hogg * ...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Aug 1, 2008 2:02 pm
"Most holy Theotokos, save us!" (Part 2)<http://frgregory.blogspot.com/2008/07/most-holy-theotokos-save-us-part-2.html> *By Fr. Gregory Hogg* Here we encounter...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Aug 1, 2008 2:03 pm
"Most holy Theotokos, save us!" (Part 3)<http://frgregory.blogspot.com/2008/08/most-holy-theotokos-save-us-part-3.html> *By Fr. Gregory Hogg* So far we've seen...
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heifromheinola
Aug 1, 2008 4:20 pm
From Finland. Fr Thomas has an interesting podcast at http://ancientfaith.com/podcast/hopko <http://ancientfaith.com/podcast/hopko>; on intercessory...
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Brian Fink
brfinkster
Aug 7, 2008 2:08 pm
After a year away from Holy Cross, with family, marriage and individual counseling, and although HC has had the information that they requested for almost two...
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Anastasia Theodoridis
anastasiatheo
Aug 7, 2008 2:32 pm
Dear Brian, Many, many prayers go with you! That is what the Church is for, to carry one another. That's what the faith of the saints is for, to stand in for...
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randall hay
sr72000
Aug 8, 2008 12:56 am
Hi, I'm Subdeacon Randy. I haven't been participating in LLE for long, but it sounds like you've had a really rough time. My prayers are with you. I haven't...
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jfowl100
Aug 8, 2008 6:55 pm
The Lutheran Confessions teach that the Papacy is the antichrist. Would the Orthodox agree with the various arguments presented in the Confessions about why...
