Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
One poster’s answer to a separate question has "As is clear from Mark 12:29, this is not a statement which is consistent with the Shema. Jesus should say there is one, εἷς true God, or even more properly, there is one, εἷς God. Instea…
Every conscientious bible student knows that John the Baptist began his ministry in Tiberius’ 15th year. Turn to Luke 3:1-3.
Luke Chapter 3 (KJV)
1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of…
Just saw this posted. How many believe that Jesus died on Friday? John Kissinger [11/27/2015 5:05 PM] you should read Dake about this 🙂…
Malachi 4:5 “See, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes. 6He will turn the hearts of the parents to their children, and the hearts of the children to their parents; or else I will come a…
Luke 23:34 (DRA) (emphasis added)
34 And Jesus said: Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. But they, dividing his garments, cast lots.
Addressing the Father, Jesus acknowledges God’s ability to forgive their sin (…
I have been researching for a long time John 19:30, more specifically the word Tetelestai (τετελεσται) in the Greek. But recently came across the topic of the Hebrew Gospels (possible late translations) and is fascinating.
What did Jesus…
In Acts 19, there were a few traveling Jews that had heard Paul was removing demons by the name of Jesus, so they attempted to do the same:
"Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evi…
Paul states in Romans 4:22 that there was a reason that righteousness was imputed to Abraham (‘therefore’). The reason (or reasons) are stated in 4:16-21:
He believed God (who quickens the dead and calls those things that be not as thoug…
Paul argues in Galatians that circumcision obligates one to keep the whole of Torah:
Gal 5:1 For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and
do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. Gal 5:2 Look: I, Paul, say
to y…
Then when Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that He had been condemned, he felt remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, – Mat 27:3 LSB
What inferences from Matthew can support what sparked Judas’ …
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…
Did the writers of Jonah employ dramatic irony by making Jonah aware that by successfully convincing the people of Nineveh, the capital of Assyria, to repent, he would set in place events that would see the conquering and enslavement of hi…