Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
As far as we know, Peter and Paul died in Rome in the mid 60s. According to most scholars the Book of Acts is dated to 80+, sometimes as late as 120.
Given how often the book mentions Peter and especially Paul, you’d expect there to be at …
After the flood when God wanted the waters to subside he sent the wind to that
KJV Genesis 8 : 1
And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth,…
Isaiah 8:5-12 New American Standard Bible 1995
5 Again the Lord spoke
to me further, saying,
6 “Inasmuch as these people have rejected the gently flowing waters of
Shiloah And rejoice in Rezin and the son of Remaliah; 7 “Now
therefore, be…
In most articles I read online, the claim is that the Gospels originally were anonymous and that the current names were assigned to them in the 2nd century by the apostolic fathers in order to give them more authority.
What is the evidence…
"…made man a little lower than the Elohim." Who is he referring to when he says ‘man’ and who is he referring to when he says ‘Elohim’?
Could this verse be speaking about two completely different races i.e. Neolithic peoples co…
νικάω … 1. intr. be victor, prevail, conquer… 2. trans. conquer, overcome, vanquish…
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Arndt, W., Gingrich, F. W., Danker, F. W., & Bauer, W. (1979). In A Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament and other early Christian lit…
In Matthew 26:34, we see Jesus telling Peter that before rooster crows, you will disown me three times:
“Truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “this very night, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times.” NIV
However, in Mark…
Isa. 9:18-21,
"18 For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.
19 Through the wrath of the LORD of ho…
The word “soul” in Revelation 6:9 is often interpreted as referring to the immaterial portion of human beings that survives death. The Greek word psuché is found seven times in the Book of Revelation. Quoted from the NASB:
“The souls (psu…
This post is an extension of Staying Within Proper Theological Boundaries. Here we look at the color-coded words plus “Almighty” in the 381 Nicene Creed. We believe in one God, the Father Almighty [pantokratōr], Maker [poitēs] of heaven and earth, of…
Jesus accuses the Pharisees that if they believed Moses, they wold have believed him as Moses wrote about him in John 5:46-47
46For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for he wrote about
Me. 47But if you do not believe his writin…
In Luke 1, we read very similar accounts of two births foretold. In the first, the angel Gabriel tells Zechariah that his wife Elizabeth will bear a son to be named John. In the second, Mary is told by Gabriel that she will conceive a son,…