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    WWJD Did Jesus Pray to Mary?

    There is no reason that God would ask a created being for anything. Except as a child, in which case He prayed to Mary throughout His childhood.
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    'Will Heaven be boring?' John Piper responds to fears about eternity

    If someone is afraid eternity in heaven may be boring, attend the Divine Liturgy to practice for it.
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    Which would you prefer to see in your translation, "Yahweh" or "Jehovah"?

    When the Greek-speaking Jews translated the Scriptures into Greek in the few centuries leading up to Christ, they used "Kyrios" to translate YHWH/JHVH. That pattern continued in the New Testament. As that is the precedent set by the pre-Christian Jews and by the Apostles, then I am perfectly...
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    what is worship?

    If the essence of the question is "What is that which must be rendered unto God, and only unto God, and if rendered to anyone or anything else is idolatry?" then the answer is - other than the acknowledgement that He is God - incense and the Eucharist.
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    If no Orthodox parish - Catholic or Lutheran?

    My advice is to contact the closest priest and to work to find a way.
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    Romans 4, water baptism?

    Paul is not saying that he has no interest in people being baptized. Rather, he is saying that, with limited exceptions, he is not the one sent to do the baptizing. Paul is "sowing seeds", so to speak, doing the initial evangelization. Others after him will be the ones to baptize.
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    What is the “one baptism” mentioned in Ephesians 4:5? (I have an answer, but I would like input).

    It is not "one kind of baptism", as in water but not spirit, or spirit but not water. Rather, one baptism for all people, as opposed to a baptism for the Jews and a baptism for the Gentiles. The emphasis is on Jews and Gentiles being fellow heirs of the promises made to Abraham, and that there...
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    Question for Amillennialists

    There are two primary passages from the Old Testament that establish the "amil" view, and which establish the paradigm continued into the New Testament. One is Psalm 110:1-2 The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit Thou at my right hand until I make Thine enemies Thy footstool. The LORD shall send the...
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    Jehovah vs Yahweh

    Aa far as I can tell, "Jehovah" gets the "v" correct, as well as the fact that there are three syllables, while "Yahweh" gets the "Y" correct. I don't remember where I heard this, but I had heard somewhere that the word "Adonai" preserves the vowel sounds of "YHVH", making it something...
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    Exodus and Egyptian Chronology

    I can't speak to every single detail, but at least many of these discrepancies are cleared up when we use the genealogies as they appear in the Greek translation of the Old Testament instead of the Masoretic Old Testament. The Greek translation is seemingly based on a Hebrew that is different...
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    Do Greek English speaking people call their saviors name Jesus?

    I know lots of Greek Christians, many of whom are native Greek speakers who speak English as a second language. Every one of them that I know pronounces it the English way when speaking English and the Greek way when speaking Greek.
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    Favorite book of the OT

    It is the Psalms. But it is by such a large margin that it is almost in a category of its own to me. So other than the Psalms, if we consider the 12 Minor Prophets as a single book, as has been the historical norm, then "The Twelve" would be my favorite.
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    Are Christmas Trees Pagan according to Jeremiah 10?

    My answer to the question is "no". The passage begins by discussing the heathen being "dismayed by the signs of the heavens." The paradigm of Scripture is that the sun, moon, and stars are directly associated with angelic beings who are assigned by God to govern the movements of those heavenly...
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    What is the validity of the Book of Enoch?

    At the very least I believe we can say that Enoch was part of what formed the worldview of the authors and recipients of the New Testament. Even if we conclude that it is not truly part of the Old Testament (which I agree with), it was certainly a prominent piece of literature in the late 2nd...
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    Comparison of Genesis 1 and Psalms 104

    I agree.
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