# Requests **URL:** https://omnifora.com/c/coreyjmahler-com/requests/17.md?page=3 [Latest](https://omnifora.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://omnifora.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://omnifora.com/tags.md) **Page:** 4 --- ## [Female body builders](https://omnifora.com/t/female-body-builders/5351)
**Author:** [@coyote](https://omnifora.com/u/coyote)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2026, 7:18pm UTC](https://omnifora.com/t/female-body-builders/5351 "2026-05-21T19:18:44Z")
Topic Suggestion/Request: Female body builders Reasoning: As a Christian, I find female bodybuilders repulsive, and this muscular trend is growing in our Christian circles. How should the church address it and explain… --- ## [Are japhethites forsaking our duties per genesis?](https://omnifora.com/t/are-japhethites-forsaking-our-duties-per-genesis/5363)
**Author:** [@omniforalogin1](https://omnifora.com/u/omniforalogin1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2026, 7:18pm UTC](https://omnifora.com/t/are-japhethites-forsaking-our-duties-per-genesis/5363 "2026-05-21T19:18:36Z")
Topic Suggestion/Request: (should match post title) Are Japhethites forsaking a duty with roots in Genesis by refusing to enslave the Hamites and bring them back to Christ? The last few lines of your article seem to po… --- ## [Are Christians permitted to partake in medical/health practices that have eastern religion origins?](https://omnifora.com/t/are-christians-permitted-to-partake-in-medical-health-practices-that-have-eastern-religion-origins/5362)
**Author:** [@daniel8841](https://omnifora.com/u/daniel8841)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2026, 7:18pm UTC](https://omnifora.com/t/are-christians-permitted-to-partake-in-medical-health-practices-that-have-eastern-religion-origins/5362 "2026-05-21T19:18:30Z")
Are Christians permitted to partake in medical/health practices that originated from pagan religions, specifically eastern religions? The two practices that come to mind are yoga and acupuncture. I have no desire to do… --- ## [Scriptures for living under judgement in Ohio](https://omnifora.com/t/scriptures-for-living-under-judgement-in-ohio/5361)
**Author:** [@omniforalogin1](https://omnifora.com/u/omniforalogin1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2026, 7:18pm UTC](https://omnifora.com/t/scriptures-for-living-under-judgement-in-ohio/5361 "2026-05-21T19:18:24Z")
Topic Suggestion/Request: (should match post title) As an Ohioan, it is apparent we are under God’s Judgement. I will continue to pray for forgiveness and a Christian leader and encourage my brethren to join me. While … --- ## [Putting up for our children](https://omnifora.com/t/putting-up-for-our-children/5356)
**Author:** [@omniforalogin1](https://omnifora.com/u/omniforalogin1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2026, 7:18pm UTC](https://omnifora.com/t/putting-up-for-our-children/5356 "2026-05-21T19:18:17Z")
Topic Suggestion/Request: If God blessed you with children, how would you prepare them in material, monetary, or non-faith matters? Faith matters are covered through Scripture, Church, the Early Church Fathers, and Ston… --- ## [Demographics and Tobacco](https://omnifora.com/t/demographics-and-tobacco/5354)
**Author:** [@wolfm1066](https://omnifora.com/u/wolfm1066)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2026, 7:18pm UTC](https://omnifora.com/t/demographics-and-tobacco/5354 "2026-05-21T19:18:11Z")
The declining birth rates in the West is well know, and now it seems much of the 3rd world is starting following suit. Form what I’ve read on this and my own experience shows the only groups that are having children in a… --- ## [Does the office of hegemony (empire) come with duties to our subordinate states?](https://omnifora.com/t/does-the-office-of-hegemony-empire-come-with-duties-to-our-subordinate-states/5352)
**Author:** [@omniforalogin1](https://omnifora.com/u/omniforalogin1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2026, 7:18pm UTC](https://omnifora.com/t/does-the-office-of-hegemony-empire-come-with-duties-to-our-subordinate-states/5352 "2026-05-21T19:18:06Z")
Topic Suggestion/Request: Does the office of hegemony (empire) come with duties to our subordinate states similar to how a king would have a duty to his subjects? Reasoning: God gave America an empire and I would rath… --- ## [How do you help a young man deal with lust?](https://omnifora.com/t/how-do-you-help-a-young-man-deal-with-lust/5341)
**Author:** [@omniforalogin1](https://omnifora.com/u/omniforalogin1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2026, 7:17pm UTC](https://omnifora.com/t/how-do-you-help-a-young-man-deal-with-lust/5341 "2026-05-21T19:17:58Z")
Topic Suggestion/Request: How do you help a young man deal with lust when he is not old enough to be married? Reasoning: Many of us are adult converts who missed or sinfully dodged this lesson in our teen years. For t… --- ## [Should we use hymns written by women?](https://omnifora.com/t/should-we-use-hymns-written-by-women/5369)
**Author:** [@northernprecentor](https://omnifora.com/u/northernprecentor)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2026, 7:08pm UTC](https://omnifora.com/t/should-we-use-hymns-written-by-women/5369 "2026-05-21T19:08:31Z")
Topic Suggestion/Request: (should match post title) Is our hymnody a form of teaching within the Church, and if so, should we refrain from utilizing hymn texts that were written by women? Reasoning: (why should this … --- ## [Do you foresee a new LCMS Archbishop putting the synod back on a faithful path?](https://omnifora.com/t/do-you-foresee-a-new-lcms-archbishop-putting-the-synod-back-on-a-faithful-path/5370)
**Author:** [@northernprecentor](https://omnifora.com/u/northernprecentor)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2026, 7:08pm UTC](https://omnifora.com/t/do-you-foresee-a-new-lcms-archbishop-putting-the-synod-back-on-a-faithful-path/5370 "2026-05-21T19:08:22Z")
Topic Suggestion/Request: (should match post title) Do you have any thoughts on this summer’s LCMS election for Archbishop? Could the right candidate change the course of the denomination for the better? I imagine it w… --- ## [Was the Great Commission issued to all Christians?](https://omnifora.com/t/was-the-great-commission-issued-to-all-christians/5376)
**Author:** [@northernprecentor](https://omnifora.com/u/northernprecentor)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2026, 7:08pm UTC](https://omnifora.com/t/was-the-great-commission-issued-to-all-christians/5376 "2026-05-21T19:08:17Z")
Topic Suggestion/Request: (should match post title) Was the Great Commission in Matthew 28 issued to all Christians (related to the idea of POAB), or was it more of a directive to those in the Office of Public Ministry… --- ## [Mormon and Amish Influence](https://omnifora.com/t/mormon-and-amish-influence/5380)
**Author:** [@coyote](https://omnifora.com/u/coyote)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2026, 7:08pm UTC](https://omnifora.com/t/mormon-and-amish-influence/5380 "2026-05-21T19:08:11Z")
Topic Suggestion Mormon and Amish Influence Reasoning: Will predominantly white Mormon and Amish communities in America grow into significant political or social forces due to their in-group preferences and resistance… --- ## [Age gaps in marriage](https://omnifora.com/t/age-gaps-in-marriage/5381)
**Author:** [@benjamin](https://omnifora.com/u/benjamin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2026, 7:07pm UTC](https://omnifora.com/t/age-gaps-in-marriage/5381 "2026-05-21T19:07:55Z")
Topic Suggestion/Request: I’m passing on this question from a friend How should a young Christian man approach the pursuit of marriage when he has developed a strong interest in a godly young woman who is significantly… --- ## [Is the language of the "Call" in the LCMS Biblically sound?](https://omnifora.com/t/is-the-language-of-the-call-in-the-lcms-biblically-sound/5368)
**Author:** [@northernprecentor](https://omnifora.com/u/northernprecentor)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2026, 4:00pm UTC](https://omnifora.com/t/is-the-language-of-the-call-in-the-lcms-biblically-sound/5368 "2026-05-09T16:00:37Z")
Topic Suggestion/Request: (should match post title) Can you explain the call process within the LCMS? There seems to be a confusion of terms, as “Calls” are issued not only for those in the Office of the Public Ministr… --- ## [Family members who sin publicly](https://omnifora.com/t/family-members-who-sin-publicly/5310)
**Author:** [@daniel8841](https://omnifora.com/u/daniel8841)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2026, 3:27pm UTC](https://omnifora.com/t/family-members-who-sin-publicly/5310 "2026-05-01T15:27:15Z")
Topic Suggestion/Request: How do we deal with family members who have sinned publicly? Reasoning: I have a cousin who was at one time living in sin with his girlfriend prior to marriage. I confronted him about it sev… --- ## [This sin of the Jews is not yet complete](https://omnifora.com/t/this-sin-of-the-jews-is-not-yet-complete/5307)
**Author:** [@omniforalogin1](https://omnifora.com/u/omniforalogin1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2026, 3:27pm UTC](https://omnifora.com/t/this-sin-of-the-jews-is-not-yet-complete/5307 "2026-05-01T15:27:08Z")
Premises Nations have a trajectory of sin that can reach a fulfillment. Genesis 15:16 - And they shall come back here in the fourth generation, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.” There is a hierarch… --- ## [The Bride of Christ, Papal Infallibility, 1 Tim 2:12](https://omnifora.com/t/the-bride-of-christ-papal-infallibility-1-tim-2-12/5312)
**Author:** [@omniforalogin1](https://omnifora.com/u/omniforalogin1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2026, 3:27pm UTC](https://omnifora.com/t/the-bride-of-christ-papal-infallibility-1-tim-2-12/5312 "2026-05-01T15:27:01Z")
Whereas the Church is the Bride of Christ and The Holy Spirit through Paul to Timothy demands women’s silence in the church and matters of theology, does it therefore follow that the Church cannot speak or teach except a… --- ## [Septuagint and Small Catechism, Ninth and Tenth Commandments](https://omnifora.com/t/septuagint-and-small-catechism-ninth-and-tenth-commandments/5313)
**Author:** [@sonofalfred](https://omnifora.com/u/sonofalfred)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2026, 3:26pm UTC](https://omnifora.com/t/septuagint-and-small-catechism-ninth-and-tenth-commandments/5313 "2026-05-01T15:26:53Z")
As Lutherans, how do we deal with the difference between the Septuagint and the Small Catechism with regard to the Ninth and Tenth Commandments? --- ## [When does one cease to be a new convert?](https://omnifora.com/t/when-does-one-cease-to-be-a-new-convert/5315)
**Author:** [@sevendays](https://omnifora.com/u/sevendays)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2026, 3:26pm UTC](https://omnifora.com/t/when-does-one-cease-to-be-a-new-convert/5315 "2026-05-01T15:26:42Z")
Topic Suggestion/Request: (should match post title) (1) Given that new converts are explicitly warned to not teach: when does one know that he is no longer “new”? (2) Considering the fact that rebuking the sins of oth… --- ## [Girls who attend non-denom churches](https://omnifora.com/t/girls-who-attend-non-denom-churches/5333)
**Author:** [@daniel8841](https://omnifora.com/u/daniel8841)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2026, 3:26pm UTC](https://omnifora.com/t/girls-who-attend-non-denom-churches/5333 "2026-05-01T15:26:08Z")
I’m currently attending this young adults group at this non-denominational church in the hopes of meeting a girl who is actually a devout Christian. Unfortunately, this particular church used to be a United Methodist ch… --- ## [Regional liturgical vestments compared to Hawaiian shirts](https://omnifora.com/t/regional-liturgical-vestments-compared-to-hawaiian-shirts/5332)
**Author:** [@omniforalogin1](https://omnifora.com/u/omniforalogin1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2026, 3:25pm UTC](https://omnifora.com/t/regional-liturgical-vestments-compared-to-hawaiian-shirts/5332 "2026-05-01T15:25:58Z")
You’ve previously derided Hawaiian shirts in the pulpits. You are also a proponent of national churches reflecting their specific national character. Would you be opposed to regionally specific vestments for pastors tha… --- ## [Spiritual gifts and addiction](https://omnifora.com/t/spiritual-gifts-and-addiction/5331)
**Author:** [@omniforalogin1](https://omnifora.com/u/omniforalogin1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2026, 3:25pm UTC](https://omnifora.com/t/spiritual-gifts-and-addiction/5331 "2026-05-01T15:25:48Z")
If the presence of spiritual gifts makes one desire more spiritual gifts (reading Scripture makes one want to read more Scripture) does this indicate that addiction, which operates in the same way, is spiritual in essenc… --- ## [Is violating copyright law ever morally permissible?](https://omnifora.com/t/is-violating-copyright-law-ever-morally-permissible/5330)
**Author:** [@demiurgetsar](https://omnifora.com/u/demiurgetsar)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2026, 3:25pm UTC](https://omnifora.com/t/is-violating-copyright-law-ever-morally-permissible/5330 "2026-05-01T15:25:31Z")
Topic Suggestion/Request: Is violating copyright law ever morally permissible? For example: Cracking a piece of software one has paid for, but the company which published it is now defunct and the licence servers are… --- ## [Berlin-Style Curry Ketchup](https://omnifora.com/t/berlin-style-curry-ketchup/5325)
**Author:** [@c0llinshat10](https://omnifora.com/u/c0llinshat10)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2026, 3:24pm UTC](https://omnifora.com/t/berlin-style-curry-ketchup/5325 "2026-05-01T15:24:37Z")
This sounds quite good, would you mind sharing a favorite style of making this? A type of sausage (pork, of course) that is a good pairing? Thank You --- ## [What is your most supernatural belief?](https://omnifora.com/t/what-is-your-most-supernatural-belief/5340)
**Author:** [@omniforalogin1](https://omnifora.com/u/omniforalogin1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2026, 5:31pm UTC](https://omnifora.com/t/what-is-your-most-supernatural-belief/5340 "2026-04-28T17:31:56Z")
Topic Suggestion/Request: What is your most supernatural belief? Reasoning: You previously mentioned not taking the angelic view of the Nephilim. What phenomena do you believe are supernatural/preternatural that other… --- ## [Do you have any recommendations for living Lutheran teachers?](https://omnifora.com/t/do-you-have-any-recommendations-for-living-lutheran-teachers/5338)
**Author:** [@omniforalogin1](https://omnifora.com/u/omniforalogin1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2026, 12:22am UTC](https://omnifora.com/t/do-you-have-any-recommendations-for-living-lutheran-teachers/5338 "2026-04-28T00:22:03Z")
Topic Suggestion/Request: Do you have any recommendations for living Lutheran teachers? Reasoning: Your work is edifying and great to listen to multiple times (particularly Stone Choir) but it does not always cover th… --- ## [Seeking Advice on Grieving](https://omnifora.com/t/seeking-advice-on-grieving/5318)
**Author:** [@daniel8841](https://omnifora.com/u/daniel8841)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2026, 7:08pm UTC](https://omnifora.com/t/seeking-advice-on-grieving/5318 "2026-04-17T19:08:37Z")
Topic Suggestion/Request: My grandmother, who I was close to, went to be with the Lord a few days ago. I know where she is and I am looking forward to being with her one day. I have had two grandparents pass away in r… --- ## [Protoevangelium in Septuagint](https://omnifora.com/t/protoevangelium-in-septuagint/5314)
**Author:** [@daniel8841](https://omnifora.com/u/daniel8841)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2026, 7:54pm UTC](https://omnifora.com/t/protoevangelium-in-septuagint/5314 "2026-04-16T19:54:26Z")
Topic Suggestion/Request: How should we read the protoevangelium as it is written in the Septuagint? The Greek in the LXX seems to translate to “watch against”, as opposed to “bruise” or “strike”, which is used in the … --- ## [A close family member is LDS](https://omnifora.com/t/a-close-family-member-is-lds/5311)
**Author:** [@c0llinshat10](https://omnifora.com/u/c0llinshat10)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2026, 2:49am UTC](https://omnifora.com/t/a-close-family-member-is-lds/5311 "2026-04-16T02:49:07Z")
Trying to convince a family that LDS is not Christian; can you please help provide further discrete points on how to point them to true Christian Doctrine? Indeed, by their ‘prophets’ alone, their fruits are judged as no… --- ## [Resistance and the Magdeburg Confession](https://omnifora.com/t/resistance-and-the-magdeburg-confession/5308)
**Author:** [@daniel8841](https://omnifora.com/u/daniel8841)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2026, 4:15pm UTC](https://omnifora.com/t/resistance-and-the-magdeburg-confession/5308 "2026-04-14T16:15:41Z")
Topic Suggestion/Request: \* Disclaimer: This is a hypothetical question for theoretical discussion only (feel free to remove if needed) I believe in the episode on the Magdeburg Confession you guys said that the gener… [Previous page](https://omnifora.com/c/coreyjmahler-com/requests/17.md?page=2) [Next page](https://omnifora.com/c/coreyjmahler-com/requests/17.md?page=4)