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How do I work with God (3) Work motivations (33)

How do I work with God (3) Work motivations (33) By: Servants of God’s Love Hostel Preface Working with God is a necessity, and not a choice, that was said by Apostle Paul in (first Corinthians 9:16) that he who realizes the true meaning of forgiveness, good eternity and God’s fatherhood can never hold …

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The Dead Mouse (1) Self in Dealing with God (24)

Spiritual Life / By Youssef Matta

The Dead Mouse (1) Self in Dealing with God (24) Introduction Pride, Ego and Conviction are the great war in the spiritual life, and they will remain fighting us as long as we are alive. Only God alone can protect us from these. The dead mouse is the nick name for this hard war. …

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The prayer Stages… (1) Forcing stage (21)

Spiritual Life / By Youssef Matta

The prayer Stages… (1) Forcing stage (21) Introduction Many complain that they are unable to sustain the same feelings and depth that they began with, in their spiritual lives in prayer, so they soon feel pixels and slacken, and if they overcome it, they get bored. Frankly, all of this is perfectly normal, …

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Trinity and Oneness and the Incarnation (20)

Spiritual Life / By Youssef Matta

Trinity and Oneness and the Incarnation Introduction Lord Jesus Christ, glory be to Him, told His disciples, “and you shall be witnesses to Me.” (Acts 1: 8) This witness is based on two main pillars: first, bearing witness to the true doctrine, and second, bearing witness through Christian behavior. It is not possible to …

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How to Be Liberated from Frequent Falls? Reasons and benefits (4)

Spiritual Life / By Youssef Matta

How to Be Liberated from Frequent Falls? Reasons and benefits By: House of God’s Love Book name: Book series of Principles of Spiritual Life How to be liberated from frequent falls By: Servants of God’s Love Hostel * We hope in Christ that this series would reach the hands of every Christian youth. …

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Coptic art in the Coptic museum

Culture, Heritage / By Armia FAYEZ

Coptic art in the Coptic museum Coptic art began to emerge in Egypt around 300 A.D. In form, style, and content it was quite different from the art of Pharaonic Egypt. How’ did this come about? Broadly speaking, there were two causes. The first is that indigenous Egyptian art had been in contact with the …

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The churches of old cairo

Places, Heritage / By Armia FAYEZ

The churches of old Cairo INTRODUCTION Cairo has been the capital of Egypt for more than one thousand years, but the actual city and history of Cairo are the legacy of many previous capitals of Egypt, of great cultural centers and successive civilizations founded there. The earliest was a predynastic settlement dating from the 4th …

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Figures in the Carpet and Monastic Spirituality in the Wadi al-Natrun (Scetis)

Eminent, Places / By Armia FAYEZ

Figures in the Carpet: Macarius the Great, Isaiah of Scetis, Daniel of Scetis, and Monastic Spirituality in the Wadi al-Natrun (Scetis) From the Fourth to the Sixth Century Not many years ago I read a very good scholarly book on Palestinian monasticism in Late Antiquity. In my review of that book I observed, however, that …

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Covenant – The Works and Decrees of God

Theology / By Youssef Matta

Covenant – The Works and Decrees of God The basic structure of the relationship God has established with His people is the covenant. A covenant is usually thought of as a contract. While there surely are some similarities between covenants and contracts, there are also important differences. Both are binding agreements. Contracts are made from …

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Manichaeism and Gnosticism in the Panopolitan Region between Lykopolis and Nag Hammadi

Heritage, History / By Armia FAYEZ

Manichaeism and Gnosticism in the Panopolitan Region between Lykopolis and Nag Hammadi TO DEAL WITH the religious movements of Manichaeism and Gnosticism in the area of Sohag presents a good many problems and raises several questions that will perhaps never be answered. This fact depends on our lack of evidence concerning these two strong ‘enemies’ …

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