Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
In Matthew 6:13, The Lord’s Prayer reaches its end with the famous:
and deliver us from evil (or from the evil one)
I’m not here to ask which translation is right, I just want to understand what are the reasons behind the choice from evi…
Book Reviews / Pneuma 35 (2013) 87-156 145 Afro-Pentecostalism: Black Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity in History and Culture. Amos Yong and Estrelda Alexander, ed….
Would Paul’s comment include all tyrannical governments without the people rising up against them?
Rom 13:1 (BLB) Let every soul be subject to the authorities being
above him. For there is no authority except by God; but those existing
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I like to frequently cross reference different translations of the Bible (usually Douay-Rheims, KJV, NIV, NASB). I’ve noticed that the older versions (KJV, Douay Rhiems) of the Revelation 7:14 translates as follows:
Then one of the el…
What kind of seal or mark and what would it look like? Revelation 9:4 talks about a seal on the forehead.
Revelation 9:4
"They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any green plant or any tree, but only those people who d…
Given the similarities between the two accounts (feeding the 4000 vs the 5000), it seems that these are two variants of the same event.
What are the scholarly opinions about this?
Pneuma 30 (2008) 299-307 An Obituary for the Wrong Subject: A Response to Alistair Kee’s The Rise and Demise of Black T eology 1…
Mark 3:16-17
"He appointed the twelve: Simon [to whom he gave the name Peter]; 17 James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James [to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder];". ESV. My emphasis.
Barnes…
As we approach Thanksgiving here is an article on Puritanism that you may want to share. It outlines the Puritans’ marvelous achievements in recovering…
After reading Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy a question arises. For instance, in Genesis 32:33 (NASB)
Therefore, to this day the sons of Israel do not eat the tendon of the hip which is on the socket of the hip, becau…
I was reading Genesis 33 and noticed extra dots (i.e. not part of the niqqud that I understand) above the letters of “and he kissed him” in verse 4 (picture from archive.org’s Biblia Hebraica):
and he fell on his neck and kissed him, and…
Pneuma 32 (2010) 337-353 Presidential Address 2010 When Liberation Becomes Survival Estrelda Alexander Professor of Teology, Regent University School of Divinity, Virginia Beach, VA,…