Sucking the Pneuma Out of the #Christian #CHURCH
By Jennifer LeClaire Fewer Pentecostals are speaking tongues. Fewer Baptists are getting baptized. Wait, what? Yes, you read that correctly. But what are we…
What is the meaning of the Greek words translated as "blackest darkness" in Jude verse 13
Jude verse 13 speaks of those who are… “wandering stars for whom blackest darkness has been reserved” (NIV) or “wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever” (KJV).
My interest is in the meaning of “blackest d…
What does it mean for the government to "praise" those who do good (1 Pet. 2:13-14; Rom. 13:3)?
My question pertains to two passages. The first one, 1 Peter 2:13-14 reads (NKJV),
Therefore submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake, whether to the king as supreme, or to governors, as to those who are sent by him…
Is Acts 4:29-31 an example of earnestly desiring spiritual gifts (1 Cor. 12:31, 14:1)?
Acts 4:29-31 (ESV)
29 And now, Lord, look upon their threats and grant to your servants to continue to speak your word with all boldness, 30 while you stretch out your hand to heal, and signs and wonders are performed through the name of …
Religious experience needs good…
Best line I’ve read lately – “Religious experience needs good theology the way a traveler needs a reliable map. A traveler with lots of…
Which specific scripture does John 20:9 refer to?
John 20:9 says:
YLT: for not yet did they know the Writing, that it behoveth him out of the dead to rise again.
NKJV: For as yet they did not know the Scripture, that He must rise again from the dead.
NIV: (They still did not understand f…
How can we know WHEN Jesus became "Messiah the Prince" as per Dan, 9:25. Was it at his baptism; arrival on a donkey; or at his death?
Messiah/Christ means "Annointed One/Chosen One". In Dan 9:23, NASB, The angel Gabriel tells Daniel that he needs to … give heed to the message and gain understanding of the vision. And then, goes on to relate to him the "…
Mexican Pentecostals in America During the Great Depression
While the Incomparable Misery (starting in 1929) influenced everybody in the United States, it was especially obliterating to displaced people who had fled the…
Significance of Paul’s conversation with the Tribune in Acts 22:26-28
In Acts 22, Paul is about to be flogged, but mentions to a centurion that he is a Roman citizen. The centurion gets the tribune in charge of the situation and brings him to Paul, and this conversation ensues…
27 The tribune came and ask…
Is it possible that the soldiers near Pontius Pilate were less in number than the people in the crowd at Jesus’ trial?
Matthew 27:24 KJV — When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but
that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands
before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just
person: see ye to it.
Mark 15:…
Did Jeremiah’s prophecy about Pharaoh’s defeat at Nebuchadnezzar’s hands fail?
Jeremiah 46:2-12 foretells Necho’s defeat at Carchemish, which indisputably happened. The fulfillment of verses 13-26, on the other hand, is a tad bit unclear.
This second Egypt-concerned message prophesies a "coming of Nebuchadnezzar…
Inheritance of the Spirit Filled
Today we look at the Inheritance of the Spirit Filled Lesson 11 from the series, “The Holy Spirit” http://andnowyouknowmore.blogspot.com The following study is offered…