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Miracles Among Us: Are There Christians

There is so much division, so much animosity among the faithful each proclaim rights, entitlements and grievances. With so much back biting and double-mindedness it is unbelievable we should find any stability. We have no blessed assurance, certainly not. We have blame for every charge we can make; name-calling, creating new categories and subcategories finding new ways to demean one another. There are the canonical anomolies, immoral behavior of other groups, the ethical decline of anothers and the calls to arms of novices. We are one church united in Christ where people who were riddled with death rise and we are bickering which amounts to the reduction and debasing of ourselves merely hosing down the floor with testosterone. Let's all pray for proper communication, let's be charitable to one another and keep our peace: shaking the dust from our shoes.

For all you runners: the latenight treadmill run was great I got a tempo run in. What was a stumbling block yesterday turned to a stepping stone today. Week two pre-season is almost through good work. Spend more time praying for those who have no one to love them for captives and their salvation.

Fuel for the Run:subversive agenda

I am more determined then ever. There is a real subversive agenda of paramount significance brewing beneath the veil of integration, assimilation and unity. There is an acculturation a revisionist understanding of history and of interpretation of orthodox Christians in the United States. It is as if there is some parallel universe where we all wake up and find the Reformed Baptists are the keepers of the faith. The qualified acceptance of the autocephaly of the OCA is a precursor to the ridiculous notion of an American Patriarchate. Those crafting such agendas are biding their time, indoctrinating converts and our children; until such time as the provisional status somehow will cease to matter. It is of consequence. These progressive American Orthodox Christians  put American before Orthodox. They somehow irrationally seek to discredit or diminish the role of the EP therfore unknowingly cut off any hope for legitimacy. Here's a Biblical reference for all you Bible belching heterics or niave converts: Paul dismissed, rebuked and discounted those who he deemed disloyal or unworthy. Was he a papist? You can't back currency by burying the gold; you back the currency with the gold standard. You must keep a watchful eye for these borderline heretical postures. Why does the Ecumenical Patriarchate ignite such frenzied anger. What has the that man or the office done to harm you?  When has he stamped out your civil liberty or liturgical expression?  In orthodoxy there are no 'beside the points'; jurisdiction is relevant, highly relevant. Established through holy order: a manner of procedure and the non-negotiable apostolic succession. We will not allow modern theologists, theologians, iconologists, professors, modern-day missionaries or iconographers trample the tradition or protocol. If you want full diptych representation then bend your pride and yield your will to the Holy See. FYI we get the distinction between pope and Ecumenical Patriarch if you fail to it is because of your misunderstanding and residual resentment of religious orders.

Gus Bilirakis, Shelley Berkley Turkey on U.S Watch List

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Representative Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) focused on the lack of religious freedom in Turkey stating, “The U.S. Commission on Religious Freedom has listed Turkey on its watch list the last two years. In its April 2010 report that documented the persecution of minority religions in Turkey.” Rep. Bilirakis went on to note that “both the Greek and Armenian churches are not allowed train clergy, I think as you know, in Turkey.” He then asked: “When will religious tolerance become a reality in Turkey, in your opinion?” Panel responses were varied, with Dr. Rubin stating, tersely, “Shortly before Saudi Arabia gets religious freedom.”

Rep. Shelley Berkley shared a long array of concerns beginning with Turkey’s relationship with Israel and Iran. “Add that to the refusal to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide, the continuous and ever more lethal incursions into neighboring Kurdistan, the treatment of the Ecumenical Patriarch and the extraordinary gall for criticizing Israel when they themselves have occupied Cyprus for 36 years, it’s become increasingly evident to me that we need to take a hard look at our relationship with Turkey, reassess whether it is in our continuing national interest to continue it, whether they, in fact, have our interests in mind and whether they can continue to be thought of as truly reliable allies.”

Complete: http://www.armradio.am/news/?part=pol&id=18010