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Recent content by Mike Ward

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    Christ at the Checkpoint

    Looking at their web page more deeply in other pages they very frankly refer to "evangelical Palestinians." I think they were trying to project the image that they represent Palestinian Christians to gain a certain moral authority. Honestly, I suspect they only represent a minority of...
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    Christ at the Checkpoint

    Hello, I am not Orthodox, and I had a question I'd like an Orthodox opinion on. I'm trying to decide what to make of Christ at the Checkpoint. I've heard some criticism of it, but their web page is kind of vague. (Sorry, I'm not allowed to post links, but you can find their page via...
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    Depressed

    I struggle with anxiety myself. I've been doing very well for several years now, but there have been times that the attacks were almost unbearable. I do hope you can figure out your triggers or find something that will help, but I fear it's just the nature of some of us to feel bad some...
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    Problem with a question on Christs divinity

    This is a thorny issue. I agree with those who say that there is scripture to support the argument that Jesus is God, but there is also scripture that is sighted to show he is not. Also, I think that we tend to see all scriptures through the filter of our pre-conceived opinions. The idea...
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    Eliminating the Sunday Morning Sermon

    Phleboto, do you know why your church is considering this?
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    Search for a Church

    I think I understand, but I'm not sure how to help. I wish I had some better advice, but you might try the Looking for a Church thread in Faith Groups. Good luck.
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    Why is it okay to celebrate Jesus birthday on Christmas?

    It's not more important. Who said it was more imporant? I celebrate Christmas once a year, I go to church two days a week.
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    Why is it okay to celebrate Jesus birthday on Christmas?

    This is complete speculation. The only source describing Eostre as a pagan goddess is Bede who mentions she was celebrated in Eostre month. We get the name Easter from the month named after her (the name for the holiday is only derived from Esotre in a few languages in most it's name is derived...
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    Why is it okay to celebrate Jesus birthday on Christmas?

    The custom of Christmas trees only goes back to the 15th century, long after Christian missionaries felt any need to compromise with pagans. As for the date of Christmas no one is sure why Dec. 25 was chosen. One theory is that the date of the holiday Sol Invictus was chosen, but that was a...
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    No Christmas

    Just to be precise. We did celebrate Jesus all the time. And we even celebrated his birth at times. Hark the Herald was in our song books, and I can remember singing it once or twice--just never at Christmas time. We just did not celebrate his birth as part of Christmas, and we were adamant...
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    The Last Temptation of Christ

    I've seen about the first quarter and the last quarter of it. Somehow I missed the middle. My thoughts were that Jesus seemed slow and confused. I found the ending confusing since it was not clear to me if the last part of them movie was a dream or if it really happened and God miraculously...
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    Example & Commandments of Men

    It isn't even clear that they took the Lord's Supper in Acts 20 since it says "break bread" which could refer to a common meal. If we take the position "break bread" always refers to the Lord's Supper in Acts then Acts 2 would say the Christians took the Lord's supper daily! We tend to try...
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    The Golden Compass

    I find the very idea that my God is the villain of the trilogy offensive. It doesn't not threaten my faith, I'm just not paying money for that experience. I would not expect a Muslim the want to read a book in which Allah or Mohomad were the villain nor a Buddist to read a book were the Budda...
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    No Christmas

    I've never gone to a Worldwide Church of God or anything like it but until a year and half ago my family and I went to a non-institutional Church of Christ and they do not celebrate Christmas though most mainline Churches of Christ do. Actually, we celebrated Christmas as a secular holiday and...
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    Helping the homeless: Where do you draw the line?

    I don't think there is a right answer about who or how you should help, but I don't think you should feel guilty for not giving a person money everyime time they ask for it. You cannot help everybody so you have to make choices. If you hang on to your money beause you are greedy that is one...
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