Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
There are some questions posted in this SE related to Mark 3:21. But I think it’s still not clear of whom thought Jesus was crazy and "out of his mind".
And when His own people heard about this, they came out to take custody of …
Does he who speaks in tongues edifies himself also refer to repairing of the body and mind 1 Corinthians 14:4?
Some people say praying in tongues edifies your spirit but does it also repair your body and mind?
KJV:
Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world,
according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now
worketh in the children of disobedience
Quoting part of the great answer here: In Ephesians 2…
1 Samuel 18:20-21 (KJV):
And Michal Saul’s daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him. And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him…
Hosea 4:11 reads (NKJV, emphasis added):
“Harlotry, wine, and new wine enslave the heart.
What’s the difference between "wine" and "new wine"? Is it that "wine" is alcoholic while "new wine" is not…
If sinners refers to the hard core, notoriously evil people (1 Timothy 1:9), why are tax collectors singled out? (When Jesus is caught eating with them, Luke 15:1, Mark 2:15, Matthew 9:11, 11:19, Luke 5:30) (Gk. ‘oi ‘amartoloi)
Or is sinne…
Re-enchanting the Text: Discovering the Bible as Sacred, Dangerous, and Mysterious My book, “Re-enchanting the Text: Discovering the Bible as Sacred, Dangerous, and Mysterious”…
How is God a rock?
Psalm 18:2 (KJV)
The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
Psalm 18:31 (KJV)
For who is …
It seems at a cursory reading that God spoke things into existence immediately by simply expressing an imperative sentence, with immediate results. There is no hint, it seems, for billions of years to accomplish these acts. Is this a val…
Christian Standard Bible 1 Kings 11:1
King Solomon loved many foreign women in addition to Pharaoh’s daughter: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite [H2850] women
1 Kings 15:5
For David did what was right in the LORD’s sight…
[Matthew 16:27-28] For the Son of Man will come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He will reward each according to his works. 28 Assuredly, I say to you, there are some standing here who shall not taste death till they …
Galatians 4:8 NIV Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves
to those who by nature are not gods.
by nature
φύσει (physei)
Noun – Dative Feminine Singular
Strong’s 5449: From phuo; growth, i.e. natural production; by extension,…