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  1. Arsenios

    Pastor preaching watered down sermons

    By itself it does not, you are right... There reverse, however, where ONLY adults come, guarantees inviability... It is one of those "necessary but not sufficient" conditions for the viability of a church... Self-replenishment via children in terms of the neighborhood church community...
  2. Arsenios

    Cast Iron Pizza Pan

    It is easy to go overboard with salt... Which makes most commercial pizza inedible on a daily basis... It is well balanced with moderate salt... Rainbow-esque I say! Arsenios
  3. Arsenios

    Cast Iron Pizza Pan

    I was going to mention malt... That is the key, and enough but not too much garlic in the sauce, with enough oregano, and a hint of anise... Sauce gets better with time, until it begins its way into experimental biology in the fridge... We used to get a 40 pound bag of Brazilian die-malt that...
  4. Arsenios

    Pastor preaching watered down sermons

    We have a church here in town that was, and may still be, down to its last 9 members, the youngest of whom was 67... Sad to see... Yet the basis of the Church is God, not man-made programs, and God is the basis of the family... Christian families love their children... But I want to show you...
  5. Arsenios

    Cast Iron Pizza Pan

    Saran-wrapping it with no air bubbles in the fridge is good, but it will expand [rise] after a few... Small dough balls make into good snack bread and it will bake into mini-loaves as well... And we have made it into pizza dough after several days, because it gets pressed out of it's rising...
  6. Arsenios

    Pastor preaching watered down sermons

    Yet it is young people who are the future, and the measure of the health of a church is the number of couples attending with their children... Old drones like me don't count, but young families sure do... Yet you are right, young people themselves do not necessarily mean a future... But...
  7. Arsenios

    Pastor preaching watered down sermons

    Here is a little 10 minute Sermon/Homily I posted it on another thread today: THE PUBLICAN AND THE PHARISEE ON A COMMUTER TRAIN Priest Dimitry Vydumkin A man (Mikhail by name) recently [last year] posted a short story in a social network that was instantly reposted by many. The story...
  8. Arsenios

    concupiscentia

    THE PUBLICAN AND THE PHARISEE ON A COMMUTER TRAIN Priest Dimitry Vydumkin A man (Mikhail by name) recently [last year] posted a short story in a social network that was instantly reposted by many. The story is as follows (leaving out the swear words): “I was on an electric train on my...
  9. Arsenios

    Ask Cam!

    Is there life after breath? Arsenios
  10. Arsenios

    Pastor preaching watered down sermons

    Sleeping through sermons is not all bad - Snoring, however... :) We do not exactly have sermons in the Orthodox Faith... The Sunday Service of the Divine Liturgy often has a Homily in the center of it, and while we do not start throwing things at the Priest if it goes past 10 minutes in...
  11. Arsenios

    Does prayer change things or does it only change us?

    Well, it speaks of pestering God with the same issue all the time across a lot of time... For the Orthodox, this means taking a small prayer and repeating it throughout the day and night... Or having several small prayers and doing one for a time and then another and another... A line from the...
  12. Arsenios

    Cast Iron Pizza Pan

    I ate pizza daily for 14 years... Never tired of it... Breakfast pizza puts an egg on a slice of sausage and mushroom... A.
  13. Arsenios

    Cast Iron Pizza Pan

    My favorite is Pepperoni, Mushroom and Sausage (with extra cheese)... Ya gotta be a little careful with ordering it... Initials alone are not a good idea... And it has to be Italian Sausage... Arsenios
  14. Arsenios

    Cast Iron Pizza Pan

    If it gets too wonky it can be repaired fairly readily with a hammer and a rock... A fairly solid rock... Set the pin head on which the wheel rotates against the rock... Make sure it is stable there... An anvil is better but who has one? (besides me - I have several) Then sharply begin...
  15. Arsenios

    Can God hide from us?

    The disciples on the Road to Emaeus did not recognize Him until "The Breaking of the Bread"... "Take... Eat... This IS my Body which is broken for you for the remission of sins..." Etc etc... Arsenios
  16. Arsenios

    Can God hide from us?

    Yes, they must turn to be healed... Thank-you Menno... Arsenios
  17. Arsenios

    concupiscentia

    In the bad old days, hell-fire preachers needed the town drunk for someone to point at in condemnation so that the congregation would know what was the alternative to his sermon for that day... Not to mention that woman of bad repute, and a host of others... Even the Pharisee did the same...
  18. Arsenios

    Cast Iron Pizza Pan

    When the cutter dulls, it sharpens nicely and easily by holding it at an angel that both sharpens and spins it against a fine high rpm (1750) sharpening wheel at about 100 grit... Arsenios
  19. Arsenios

    Cast Iron Pizza Pan

    You just condemned me to purchase one! But, no you vorry... You agonna get yours soon enough! :) Arsenios
  20. Arsenios

    concupiscentia

    Serial Killers work VERY hard at their craft too... Good to have someone to kick, right? Let's go condemn somebody! I mean, Yikes!! Arsenios
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