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Whom do Jehovah's Witnesses serve?

In a statement urging Israel to abandon idolatry and return to the Lord (Jehovah) Samuel says: And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your ...
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Whom do Biblical Unitarians serve?

In a statement urging Israel to abandon idolatry and return to the Lord (Jehovah) Samuel says: And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your ...
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Why were we created to serve if He is all-powerful?

In Revelation 1:6 and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father--to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen. From the bible we can clearly see that Angels serve ...
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Why do translations use words like "servants" to mean "slaves"?

Luke 12:45-48 uses the word "servants". What kind of servants get beaten up by their master? That looks a lot like slaves to me. We have an English word for that thing. It's called slaves. So why use ...
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Why do most translations say "Servant of Christ" rather than "Slave of Christ"? [duplicate]

Context I'm currently watching http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d94tbcidq74&feature=g-high-rec The argument here is that, with regard to the word "doulas" in the original Greek, our relationship ...
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