Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
1 Corinthians 14:
22 Tongues, then, are a sign, not for believers but for unbelievers; prophecy, however, is not for unbelievers but for believers.
Tongues were for unbelievers and not for believers. Only 4 verses later:
26b When you co…
Calvinist/Reformed Baptists often cite the the following verses associated with Jacob being selected as opposed to Esau as examples of supporting the Doctrine of Calvinism/Predestination(i.e. Unconditional Election, Limited Atonement, etc….
Revelation describes the height of the new Jerusalem to be equal to its base, which is 12,000 furlongs. Generally speaking one does not usually refer to the “height” of a city. I’m not sure what that means. I mean, as a type of the body of…
Just saw this posted. How many believe that Jesus died on Friday? John Kissinger [11/27/2015 5:05 PM] you should read Dake about this 🙂…
A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; All sighing thereof have I made to cease.
— Isaiah 21:2 (KJV)
Is Isaiah referring to Pe…
I began this series this past March, in which I set out to look back at how we have responded to the events of 2020. I am not going to focus on the medical or political aspects of the pandemic or the shutdowns. Rather, I am concentrating on local church ministry—zeroing in on how this […]
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This question focuses on grammar not "what makes sense".
The first step to understanding a passage is parsing:
identify the parts of speech
assign the pronouns to the proper names
assign the verbs and adjectives to the pronouns …
I see more and more journal articles on New Testament interpretation preferring to use the Louw-Nida Greek Lexicon that is based on "semantic domains". An example from the introductory essay of a 2016 book Paul and Gnosis edited…
The rapture according to scripture is pre-Trib This is the ONLY correct and scriptural rapture
What is the significance of this phrase and why is this particular aspect of creation noted as not existing anymore in the new earth? The best I can tell is that many times throughout scripture the sea is pictured of chaos, raging, needin…
Malachi 4:5 “See, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes. 6He will turn the hearts of the parents to their children, and the hearts of the children to their parents; or else I will come a…
"but do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for forty-two months." (Rev 11:2 – ESV)
But exclude the outer court; do not measure it, be…