Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
Some argue that Elijah died and was not really taken into heaven because John 3:13 says that “no man hath ascended to heaven”.
John 3:13 (KJV)
And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, [even] the Son o…
1 Samuel 21:1-5 (NKJV)
1 Now David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And Ahimelech was afraid when he met David, and said to him, “Why are you alone, and no one is with you?” 2 So David said to Ahimelech the priest, “The king ha…
This is in relation to another post in which the question was asked why the Sabbath was called “the day after the Day of Preparation.”
It strikes me odd that Pharisees would be about this sort of thing on the Sabbath. What were the Pha…
Why does Mary Magdalene tell the John and Peter:
we do not know where they have laid him (see John 20:2)
if she and the other women were already told by the angels that Jesus had risen (see Luke 24:1-12)?
In the accounts of Matthew and Mark both thieves on the cross mock Jesus, but Luke’s account says that one of them didn’t mock Him but on the contrary he rebuked the other thief and said “Lord, remember me when you come into you Kingdom…
There seems to be a disagreement between the gospels of Luke and Matthew regarding the location of the first appearance of the resurrected Jesus to the eleven disciples.
The author of Luke states, Luke 24:
33 And they rose that same hour …
I was reading Joshua 21:43-45
Joshua 21:43(A)Thus the Lord gave to Israel all the land that he swore to give to their fathers. And they took possession of it, and they settled there. 44 (B)And the Lord gave them rest on every side just as…
I was reading Joshua 21:43-45
Joshua 21:43(A)Thus the Lord gave to Israel all the land that he swore to give to their fathers. And they took possession of it, and they settled there. 44 (B)And the Lord gave them rest on every side just as…
There are many passages that appear to directly contradict each other. Here is a sample on the subject of judgement.
Jesus Judges no one:
John 3:17, 18 – For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world …
Exodus 20:4
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any
thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or
that is in the water under the earth:
Graven Image of a Snake(seraph).
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John 19:14 seems to indicate that Jesus had been arrested, and brought before the priests, and then Pilate, and was then being sent for crucifixion on the day of preparation for the Passover.
Now it was the day of preparation for the Passo…
background
Paul asserts in Galatians 1:18-20 that he saw none of the apostles except Cephas and James the Lord’s brother. Acts 9:26-30 (27) But Barnabas brings Paul to the apostles and brought to the Apostles & moving / preaching free…