A Moving God Immigrant Churches and Practical Theology
454 Book Reviews / Pneuma 32 (2010) 431-473 Mechteld Jansen and Hijme Stoffels, eds., A Moving God: Immigrant Churches in the Neth- erlands, International…
Does Paul display a negative attitute toward gambling in Ephesians 4:14
In Ephesians 4:14, Paul instructs "that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery [Strong’s 2940, kubeia] of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting&…
Anarthrous "Son of God" in Mark 1:1 and 15:39
Mark 1:1 (ESV),
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God…
Mark 15:39 (ESV),
And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way he breathed his last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”
The…
Why will Dan not be in heaven? What did he do worse than his brethren?
The entire tribe of Dan is absent from the list of those tribes which are to be found in heaven.
Here is the list given in Revelation 7.
And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were
sealed an hundred and forty and four…
Margaret M. Poloma And Ralph W. Hood, Jr., Blood And Fire Godly Love In A Pentecostal Emerging Church (New York New York University Press, 2008). Ix + 257 Pp., $42.00, Cloth.
160 Book Reviews / Pneuma 32 (2010) 123-175 Margaret M. Poloma and Ralph W. Hood, Jr., Blood and Fire: Godly Love in a Pentecostal…
Does Revelation 20:10,14-15 teach eternal conscious torment (ECT) of the wicked?
Revelation 20:10 (YLT)
10 and the Devil, who is leading them astray, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where [are] the beast and the false prophet, and they shall be tormented day and night — to the ages of the ages.
And ver…
How does "ananeousthai" Ephesians 4:23 compare with "anakainosei" Romans 12:2?
Ephesians 4:23
"and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds". ESV. My emphasis. renewed/ananeousthai. [Infinitive verb].
Romans 12:2
"Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, t…
When is the "last day" that is referred to in the book of John?
When is the “last day” that is referred to in the book of John?
The Rapture? The Second Coming? A series of “last days’?
John 6:39
And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but rais…
Does the New Testament use the divine name "Yahweh"?
“Yahweh” is a Hebrew word meaning “I am” and is the name by which God identified Himself in the Old Testament. What I am wondering is if (from a NT perspective) the name “Yahweh” has any significance, or if it is merely the meaning “I am” …
Was the Beast Mentioned in the Biblical Book of Revelation Roman Emperor Caesar Nero?
Transliteration is a form of language translation in which each alphabetic character is substituted for the corresponding character in another alphabet. The stamped image of the Beast, whose name is a number, 666, his forehead and right h…
Will faith and hope continue or cease when the perfect comes? 1 Corinthians 13
1 Corinthians 13 (ESV):
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I
am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have prophetic
powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have
all faith, …
Septuagint translation – nuance intentional, accidental or unresolved? [closed]
It has been somewhat challenging for me to properly contextualize the choice of words in the Greek translation. Instances of "logos" appear quite often, one could argue almost systematic. This site has a helpful summary of all th…