Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
A friend of mine at church says John’s gospel chapter 6 verse 4 is inauthentic and should not be there.
And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh. (John 6:4 KJV)
What is the manuscript evidence supporting the inclusion/exclusion of…
Romans 14:20
"Do not, for the sake of food, destroy the work of God. Everything is indeed clean, but it is wrong for anyone to make another stumble by what he eats." ESV. My emphasis.
What is "the work of God" that ca…
Pneuma 33 (2011) 427-466 Book Reviews John C. Poirier, Te Tongues of Angels: Te Concept of Angelic Languages in Classical Jewish and Christian Texts,…
[Rom 8:3 NKJV] (3) For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God [did] by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh,
[Rom 8:3 MGNT] (3) τὸ γὰρ ἀδύνατο…
1 Thessalonians 4:3–8 (BE:NT): 3 This is God’s will, you see: he wants you to be holy, to keep well away from fornication. 4 Each of you should know how to control your own body in holiness and honour, 5 not in the madness of lust like Ge…
The following is an excerpt of a critique on "Reason to Believe":
Under these conditions, were the Ten Plagues and a total crush of the Egyptian army in the Red Sea waters to happen, as we are told by the Torah, Egypt’s ruthless…
Throughout the Hebrew Bible, many individuals are described as ‘anointed’, typically with the task of carrying out God’s will.
As many understand, ‘anointed’ translates to ‘Messiah’. The concept of THE Messiah is central to both Judaic and…
Matthew 16:4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas.
Then, several verses later :
Matthew 16:17 Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh a…
“It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown on the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth,”
Mark 4:31
The mustard seed is not the smallest seed on the earth today, so how can this be reconciled with Jesus spea…
I have a question that I have a hard time answering. Did a remnant of Northern Kingdom return to the land after the Babylonian captivity and if so, did their tribal allotment originally in the book of Joshua still apply to them? The reason…
Did they teach this in school? If they did I forgot it.THE HIDDEN EMPIRE1. City States. Did the world wars, revolutions & big events…