Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
Luke 9:3 and Luke 22:36 seem to form an inclusio. In chapter nine, Jesus instructs the Twelve, “Take nothing for the journey—no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no extra tunic.” But in chapter 22, he tells them, “But now if you have a pu…
Since Joseph wanted to divorce Mary in Matthew 1:19 yet they were already betrothed, does that mean he did not trust her?
Matthew 1:19 NIV "Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet[a] did not want to expose her to …
1 Kings Chapter 10 broadly seems to detail the fulfillment of God’s promise to Solomon from Chapter 3:
13I give you also what you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that no other king shall compare with you, all your days. ESV
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Romans 8:19-22 (DRB):
19 For the expectation of the creature waiteth for the revelation of the sons of God.
20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him that made it subject, in hope:
21 Becau…
Exodus 3:2 (ESV):
And the angel of the LORD (malʾak yhwh) appeared to [Moses] in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush.
It seems pretty clear from what follows that the individual in the bush is YHWH himself.1
When the LORD…
Judges 18:1 says that Dan had no inheritance but Joshua 19:40-48 indicates otherwise. What am I missing?
Judges 18:1 ESV
In those days there was no king in Israel. And in those days the tribe
of the people of Dan was seeking for its…
Each day that God worked in Creation in Genesis chapter one concludes with the words, "And the evening and the morning were the [1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th] day."
Day as we know it, begins with the morning and ends with the eve…
Ephesians 1:22-23
"And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church, 23 which is his body, the fulness of him who fills all in all". ESV. My emphasis. [fills all/panta].
Does the first &qu…
Colossians 1:13
"He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son". ESV. My emphasis. [domain/exousias].
Matthew 28:18
"And Jesus came and said to them, "All author…
If Matthew believed Jesus is God and was the ‘word’ and existed before the world was created, why does he have a genealogy for Jesus in Matt 1?
Matt 11:28 – 28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Matt…
In Genesis 24 55-59 it says the following:
55 But her brother and her mother replied, “Let the young woman remain
with us ten days or so; then you may go.”
56 But he said to them, “Do not detain me, now that the Lord has
granted success t…
Isaiah 11:6-9 reads:
6 The wolf shall dwell with the lamb,
and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together;
and a little child shall lead them.
7 The cow and…