Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
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…
Cornelis van der Laan, Roelof Polman and the Netherlands Foreward Evangelicalism, 11; Meteuchen, Pp. xv, Sectarian Birth by Walter 364. ISBN 0-8108-2412-4. Reviewed by…
The word God is mentioned twice in John 1:1, If God refers here to the Father, does that mean that John 1:1 may be read (In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with the Father , and the Word was the Father?
Are there historical fa…
I mean Elohim is a plural form of God. So the correct translation would be gods.
Now, perhaps the word elohim is followed by singular words and hence the word Elohim must mean plural.
So what? That doesn’t change the fact that elohim is …
Old Testament scholar Bernard M. Levenson says that to regard the Shema as an assertion of monotheism is "a view that is anachronistic. In the context of ancient Israelite religion, it served as a public proclamation of exclusive loya…
At the top the first page of Ephesians in Chester Beatty papyrus P46 there is a notation in the Greek letters RMS. I also notice a similar notation at the top of many of the pages, with slight variations. Does anyone know what this is? Is …
In the first verse of the book of Ezekiel, it reads:
Now in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth of the month, as I was among the captives by the river Chebar, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.
(Ezek…
I have read that in biblical numerology the number 11 indicates a system or period given to chaos or disorganization, and a survey of the text seems to bear this out. See, for example: Meaning of Numbers in the Bible.
Are there any syste…
One way of reading Gen 1:1 with its immediate context is that it is part of the first day of creation
1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of t…
(1 Corinthians 1:1) Παῦλος κλητὸς ἀπόστολος Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ διὰ θελήματος θεοῦ καὶ Σωσθένης ὁ ἀδελφὸς
(KJV) Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,
Note that “to be” is added in the…
Daniel 11:36-37 KJV
And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accompl…
~The Bridegroom Is Coming~……… Joseph Mackiewicz 2 Corinthians 11: 2– For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have ESPOUSED you…