Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
Why does the Bible say that Abraham sacrificed his “only-begotten son” (Heb. 11:17, Gen. 22:2) despite the fact that Isaac had a step-brother Ishmael who was 14 years older than Isaac and was in fact the first-born son of Abraham?
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In John 10:8 we hear Jesus saying that all those who came before him were thieves. Of course, he was not referring to prophets like Isaiah or John the Baptist. But to whom was he referring to? Is it that there had been Jewish leaders who c…
Jeremiah 9:24 but let him who boasts boast in this, that he
understands and knows me, that I am the LORD who practices steadfast
love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I
delight, declares the LORD.”
W…
Regarding (Hebrews 8:10); when God puts his Law in the mind and writes it in the heart… is this prophecy referring to the discernment inside (Matthew 7:12)?
In everything, therefore, treat people the same way you want them to treat you….
1.The Nile turned to blood: "The river is blood. If one drinks from it, one rejects (it) as human and thirsts for water."
Frogs: "Frogs were throughout the land. Even the palace was filled with frogs. When they struck the v…
Luke 16:16
The Law and the Prophets were until John; since then the good news of the kingdom of God is preached, and everyone (βιάζεται) into it.
Grammatically, the verb βιάζεται could be either middle or passive. Most translations seem …
I had once heard that one of the remarkable thing about the creation account in Genesis, as compared to the other creation accounts of the cultures of the surrounding area is that God creates the universe out of nothing, or ‘ex nihilio’; w…
Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.
John 8:32
I’ve read that the truth is sin which allows for freedom (does this mean we shouldn’t be free?), another explanation is the power we possess and how we can run into…
Jeremiah 30:7 (ESV)
Alas! That day is so great there is none like it; it is a time of
distress for Jacob; yet he shall be saved out of it.
Based on "there is none like it", my guess is that it is the day of the Lord.
You could …
Can we know how or why the Septuagint renders "forever" in Psalm 102:28? No other translation has this.
Most render this "established." Is there an underlying semantic reason for it to carry the meaning of "forever…
According to what is known as the Maccabean Hypothesis, the Hebrew half of the book of Daniel, chapters 7-12, was written during the Maccabean Revolt around 165 BCE as a propaganda technique to encourage the Jewish population to remain fai…
[This is the second of a two-part repost in recognition of Holy Week. See part I.] In the conclusion here I shall more closely explore the three verses leading up to Pontius Pilate’s pithy phrase in John 19:22. Due to the rather technical nature of the…