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Hey Searching, Darn it! I was really trying to write a short post because I know that the longer the posts are the more easy it is to gloss over them. Well, perhaps I will try to sum it up in the end so that, if nothing else is read, at least the main point may be. My situation is not...

As will I and my family. May the Lord have mercy on you and lift this burden.

Wow, I agree, I also went through a time where I felt very much the same way. And perhaps it's different for you, but for me, focusing on my lowliness and worthlessness caused me to fall into a deep depression. And, in agreement with Gregorios, I really don't believe that's what God wants. The...

Hah, yes, see, that's something you'll have to forgive me for: coming into Orthodoxy from Evangelicalism means that I'm bringing with me, by force of habit, interpretations of verses as some of my teachers taught me :)

Thank you! (I suppose I should have introduced myself before I started posting, but I got a little ahead of myself :)) -Joe

Hi Everybody, My name is Joe and while I categorize myself as a sort of "hybrid" (if you will) of Eastern Orthodoxy and Protestant Evangelicalism... in all honesty I tend to fall more on the Orthodox side of things :) (I've been delving into Orthodoxy for almost two years now, so I am still...

I feel for you brother (coming from similar message boards). There's a lot of weird things happening with many "Christian" forums on the internet as they seem to be conforming to a more laxed setup. Lord have mercy.

Oh, I agree, and again, my bad, I should have clarified: my comments were mostly toward some Evangelicals (again, stressing "some"; this is not a blanket statement). -Joe

Oh, yes, I should have said that in my post, but I wasn't accusing Father Hopko of being one of these imbalanced Christians who focus too much on Homosexuality. I think, as you said, he has a more balanced view of placing it with other sins. In my experience—and I'm not going to make a blanket...

I love Father Thomas. Thanks for posting this, Dorothea. Unfortunately I feel that for a lot (if not most) Christians, the issue of homosexuality can become an area of great hypocrisy. Specifically referring to those Christians who focus on homosexuality as The Big Baddie Sin, to the point...