Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
King Nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold, sixty cubits high and six cubits wide, and set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon. (Daniel 3:1)
Did these sizes represent something in the Babylon time?
Mark 3:21 NLT “When his family heard what was happening, they tried to take him away. “He’s out of his mind,” they said.”
IN other versions it says “own people” or “friends”
The greek was not very clear to me; it looks like an interpret…
The setting is Jesus in the wilderness, being tempted by the devil (vs. 1) and the second temptation is for Jesus to hurl himself down from a pinnacle in the temple “in the holy city” (vss. 5 & 6).
The devil is, again, trying to get Je…
We see the introductory paragraph of the Gospel according to Luke, as follows:
Since many have undertaken to set down an orderly account of the events that have been fulfilled among us,
Luke 1 – NRSV
Given that the Catholic Church recogn…
In the Torah, the first five books of the bible, there are various narratives that bear strong resemblance to various Babylonians myths. Notably the story of creation, Adam and Eve, and the flood all have Babylonian precursors. These are d…
Autophagy is a critical cellular process by which cells degrade and recycle their own components, enabling survival under stress and promoting overall health and…
In Genesis 2:19-20, God identifies a problem: Adam is alone. He then presents possible solutions to the problem by bringing all the animals before Adam.
The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will
make a helper suit…
Mark 14:49:
Every day I was with you, teaching in the temple courts,
and you did not arrest me. But the Scriptures must be fulfilled.
I understand this as "although I was everyday in the temple, you didn’t come to arrest me. But as …
1 Signs, Wonders, Warfare, and Witness The devil is a sly old fox, If I could catch him I would put him in a…
Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace; Ephesians 2:15 KJV
What is the difference between commandments and commandments…
Ephesians 3:8
"To me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,". ESV. My emphasis. [unsearchable/anexichniaston].
Are these riches of Chri…
If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. If he refuses to listen to the church, treat him like a Gentile or a tax collector. Mattews. 18:17 KJV
How to understand the word ἐκκλησίας in this context?