Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things
that he did, and the children crying out in the temple, “Hosanna to
the son of David!” they were indignant, and they said to him, “Do you
hear what these are sayi…
In Exodus 20:1-17 and Deuteronomy 5:6-21 the commandments are listed in a more or less similar way.Was thinking whether there are listed this way so as to potray a cascading pattern from the greatest in the beginning to the least at the en…
(Jude 1:24 in the Greek)
This is somewhat of a Greek interpretation question, though I assume someone might be able to find a reference to answer my question outside of the Greek language. I cannot find an answer to this anywhere, though I…
Revelation 19:1 YLT
And after these things I heard a great voice of a great multitude in the heaven, saying, ‘Alleluia! the salvation, and the glory, and the honour, and the power, is to the Lord our God;
Matthew 6:16 YLT
And mayest Thou n…
But I said: "I have toiled for nothing. I used up my strength for an unreality, in vain. But surely my judgment is with Jehovah, And my wages with my God."
Jesus Christ was perfect. He came to earth knowing what he must do and …
And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a
flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in
them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the
house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoke…
We can read in
John 3:17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the
world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
and in Hebrews
Hebrews 3:1: Therefore, holy brothers, you who share in a heavenly
calling…
The Book of Judges contains a disturbing story known as the Levite’s Concubine, which bears more than a passing resemblance to the story of Lot’s daughters in Sodom.
As they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city,
ba…
Texts are listed below for reference. Acts written in Greek and the Septuagint (LXX) are word for word the same but is this enough evidence to say the Ethiopian read from the LXX. Phillip probably could read both. The Ethiopian probably…
Much debate has been had over the use of ‘the word’ in John’s prologue. Many early English translations translated the relevant pronoun in John 1:2-4 as ‘it’ instead of ‘he’, suggesting the referent to not be a male person but a thing.
In…
2 Maccabees 7:28 (GNT) states,
So I urge you, my child, to look at the sky and the earth. Consider everything you see there, and realize that God made it all from nothing, just as he made the human race.
The CEB and DRA also translate th…
Whilst reading Psalm 7 this morning, I came across a strange expression at the end of verse 9:
O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins."
This is fr…