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Did Jesus Re-name Simon the “Rock” – Confusion with Petra, Cephas, Rock and Peter

  • Post author:Steve Ray
  • Post published:March 16, 2022
  • Post category:Apologetics/Biblical Exposition/Papacy & Catholic Hierarchy

A loving wife of an unbelieving Protestant husband asked me to explain to her husband that Jesus renamed Simon as Peter and how that relates to Greek, Aramaic and Hebrew.…

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John the Baptist Ate Them…Steve Ate One too!

  • Post author:Steve Ray
  • Post published:February 15, 2022
  • Post category:Biblical Exposition/Fun Stuff/Holidays/Feast Days/Pilgrimages/Riddles and Fun/Saints and Fathers

I was just on the radio and mentioned how I ate a grasshopper in the Holy Land, in honor of John the Baptist. Since we just returned from Israel I…

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Paul Prayed for the Dead; we should too

  • Post author:Steve Ray
  • Post published:January 23, 2022
  • Post category:Apologetics/Biblical Exposition/Prayer & Spiritual Life

Does the Bible record St. Paul praying for a dead man? Does the New Testament relate an incident of prayer for the dead? It seems quite certain that it does.…

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