Josef K.
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Σ΄ευχαριστώ πάρα πάρα πάρα πολύ!!! Όλες οι ευχές είναι υπέροχες! Ίσως κάποτε αυτό που θέλουμε πολύ να έρθει, τουλάχιστον μπορούμε να ελπίζουμε!!! Σ'ευχαριστώ πάρα πολύ!!!

When does your summer start? I hope you're able to relax at home and have a good time; the permanent existential angst sounds more exhausting than the exams. Your problem is why I won't drink coffee.

I do agree that freedom of will is an achievement. But for the sake of argument, suppose that the Creator made the created with his own strengths and weaknesses, his own preferences, his own beauty. The Creator knows the created better than he could know himself, because He made him. The Created made him with a free will, so he can choose to do what he likes, but he can only be MORE himself and really know himself if he allows the Creator to direct him to find it, if that makes any sense.

Your "freedom of will" is ability to choose preferences (music, clothes, style, attitude, beliefs, etc.) and not to give them up because that's what you want. Am I right? I think a well-balanced person can have both your freedom of will and my surrender of lordship.

I've never heard that about the "kingdom of God" and "kingdom of heaven." Though I would say that since Jesus was God's Son, He used God's name often, and the gospel writers transcribed His words. Obviously I don't agree about the date the gospels were written, but we don't need to go into that.

It seemed like Ivan was using his argument to prove the existence of Christ, not to ignore and obliterate the evidence as the grand inquisitor was. Could you explain what you mean?

Επισης φιλε να 'σαι καλα καλο καλοκαιρι!

Επίσης!!! Καλή επιτυχία και πολλές πολλές ευχές για ένα πανέμορφο καλοκαίρι!!

Καλό καλοκαίρι, καλά αποτελέσματα και ακόμη καλύτερες διακοπές! Κανόνισες τίποτε;

I'm glad to hear things have improved. I guess you're having exams now; how are they going? I am moving away to college in August. I've never lived away from home before, so I am excited. Also I love school.

I'll try. I don't belong to a particular denomination. My church takes the Word of God as its only authority, unlike a denomination which has an organization in charge and requires its pastors to attend seminary.

We believe that Jesus was God's Son, was born of a virgin, grew up like any other human boy, except that He was sinless. Because He was perfect, He didn't have to be punished for His own sins, so He was able to bear the punishment for mankind's sins. He died on Calvary, was buried, and rose from the dead three days later.

Because of that, anyone, no matter what their sin or how long they have avoided confessing it, can confess their sin to God and forsake it, and ask Him to be their Lord. So they will no longer be sent to hell as punishment for their sin, but to be with God in heaven forever.

Some people say that the Christian's salvation is too easy, that we should have to give something up for it. It seems to me that giving up the right to be your own master is difficult enough.

That is basically what we believe, and it's all in the Bible. We're certainly not perfect people. The point is, we don't have to be. I hope this answers your question? There is a lot more the Bible says, but that is just the basics of our faith, and you can read the Bible yourself. It will make much more sense than I do.

μια χαρα σε βρισκω! εγω δεν εχω ξεκινησει ακομα εξεταστικη, αρχιζω στις 22, και τωρα που το σκεφτομαι, πρεπει να ξεκινησω διαβασμα και εγω.....θα γραφω μεχρι τις 10 ιουλιου.

hello my friend, how are you doing? have you already started exams at university?

Ah, yes! We say that here, too: "He is risen, indeed!" though we are not Eastern Orthodox.
How is school for you?