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You Must Be Born Again! The Anabaptists [Part 2]
Posted by Father Peter Farrington
|Date: April 12, 2021

You Must Be Born Again! The Anabaptists [Part 2]
The Anabaptists were also propagating entirely new views about baptism with a clear rejection of the anci ...
The Anabaptists were also propagating entirely new views about baptism with a clear rejection of the ancient and universal view of baptism as a sacrament. We see that baptism is a spiritual circumcisi ...
April 12, 2021
| by Father Peter Farrington
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Participation In The Divine Life
Posted by Abbot Tryphon
|Date: April 09, 2021

Participation In The Divine Life
Our faith is a free gift from God, not dependent upon anything we can do, but this lifelong process of sa ...
Our faith is a free gift from God, not dependent upon anything we can do, but this lifelong process of salvation requires that we cooperate with God's grace, that we might be transformed by the Holy S ...
April 09, 2021
| by Abbot Tryphon
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Curbing Division Within The Church
Posted by Abbot Tryphon
|Date: April 02, 2021

Curbing Division Within The Church
Driven by fear, there are people who leave the Church and head into schism. They are all filled with prid ...
Driven by fear, there are people who leave the Church and head into schism. They are all filled with prideful people, thinking of themselves as the only remnant of Christ’s Church. These people practi ...
April 02, 2021
| by Abbot Tryphon
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What Is The Church For? The Tasks [Part 4]
Posted by Father Peter Farrington
|Date: April 01, 2021

What Is The Church For? The Tasks [Part 4]
If our congregations are places of discord, tension, and frustration, then we are not living the life of ...
If our congregations are places of discord, tension, and frustration, then we are not living the life of Christ together. If the communities in which we are placed receive no benefit from our presence ...
April 01, 2021
| by Father Peter Farrington
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What Is The Church For? The Community [Part 3]
Posted by Father Peter Farrington
|Date: March 29, 2021

What Is The Church For? The Community [Part 3]
It must be the concern of each member, of the servants and pastors, and of the congregations as a whole. ...
It must be the concern of each member, of the servants and pastors, and of the congregations as a whole. Why do we need doctrine? Why do we need to be reproved and corrected and taught how to live the ...
March 29, 2021
| by Father Peter Farrington
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Our Free Choice
Posted by Abbot Tryphon
|Date: March 26, 2021

Our Free Choice
We are not compelled to love God, having been created with free will. God does not, nor can He, compel Hi ...
We are not compelled to love God, having been created with free will. God does not, nor can He, compel His creatures to love Him. Mutual love requires, by its very nature, freedom to either respond in ...
March 26, 2021
| by Abbot Tryphon
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What Is The Church For? The Scripture [Part 2]
Posted by Father Peter Farrington
|Date: March 25, 2021

What Is The Church For? The Scripture [Part 2]
It is impossible to be a fruitful member of a congregation, let alone have any service, if we have not ma ...
It is impossible to be a fruitful member of a congregation, let alone have any service, if we have not made our spiritual condition the priority of our life. For I know this: that after my departing s ...
March 25, 2021
| by Father Peter Farrington
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What Is The Church For? The Business [Part 1]
Posted by Father Peter Farrington
|Date: March 22, 2021

What Is The Church For? The Business [Part 1]
I worked for such a company. We were busy, but busy with so many different things, and wrong things, that ...
I worked for such a company. We were busy, but busy with so many different things, and wrong things, that for all our busyness we were failing as a business. It was not until we were taken over by a m ...
March 22, 2021
| by Father Peter Farrington
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The Lost Sheep Of Orthodoxy [Part 2]
Posted by Father Peter Farrington
|Date: March 15, 2021

The Lost Sheep Of Orthodoxy [Part 2]
If it is truly that transforming and renewing experience of union with God then we must come to share his ...
If it is truly that transforming and renewing experience of union with God then we must come to share his own life and love, and give ourselves in sacrifice and humility for the sake of those on the e ...
March 15, 2021
| by Father Peter Farrington
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40Th Holy Chrism “Myron Oil” 2021 Preparation
Posted by COPTICNN™ | Coptic News
|Date: March 10, 2021

40Th Holy Chrism “Myron Oil” 2021 Preparation
BREAKING NEWS | Today, Myron Oil preparation is scheduled for the 10 and 11 March 2021. The Holy Chrism, ...
BREAKING NEWS | Today, Myron Oil preparation is scheduled for the 10 and 11 March 2021. The Holy Chrism, also known as the Myron Oil, would be prepared for the 40th time in the Church's history by Pop ...
March 10, 2021
| by COPTICNN™ | Coptic News
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