Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
In defending His actions of healing the invalid and instructing him to pick up his bed and leave the pool, Jesus compares His actions to His Father’s and makes this statement:
For the Father loves (φιλεῖ) the Son and shows him all that he…
Is tithing a cardinal christian requirement?
Are there instances of tithe paying in the early church in the book of Acts of Apostles or in the Epistles?
Are Christians who don’t pay tithe in danger of God’s curse and anger?
I’m comparing both Matthew and Luke’s genealogy of Jesus.
Matthew wrote this:
Ram was the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon… –
Mat 1:3 (NASB)
And Luke wrote this:
the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, th…
The Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25:14-30) is nearly identical to the Parable of the Ten Minas (Luke 19:11-27).
One major change is that the values and quantities of the money is very different in each parable, as well as the number of …
John 3:16
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever belives in him should not perish but have eternal life". ESV My emphasis.
ESV: "should not/me apoletai".
New American Bible: "might not…
Isaiah 46:5 ASV To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and
compare me, that we may be like?
Having consideration of the rest of the bible, does this passage imply;
God has no equal
God has an equal – possibly Jesus
Is there more t…
2 Kings 17:21 NLT
For when the Lord tore Israel away from the kingdom of David, they chose Jeroboam son of Nebat as their king. Then Jeroboam drew Israel away from following the Lord and made them commit a great sin.
But earlier on its c…
God promises a new heaven and earth and says he will never remember the former things
KJV Isaiah 65 : 17
For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
The promise ushers in…
Also known by the more pedestrian title: *How should Romans 9:5 be punctuated?*
Romans 9:5, NA28 (punctuation omitted):
ὧν οἱ πατέρες καὶ ἐξ ὧν ὁ Χριστὸς τὸ κατὰ σάρκα ὁ ὢν ἐπὶ πάντων θεὸς εὐλογητὸς εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας ἀμήν
Two markedly d…
“Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, against the man who stands next to me,” declares the Lord of hosts. “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; I will turn my hand against the little ones.”
Zechariah 13:7 ESV
I…
Yeshayahu (Isaiah) 9:6 is debated with regards to the subject being described i.e. Hizqiyah or Mashiach and that is not something I’m looking to get an answer/opinion on. I have heard that the term; "Prince of peace" is an idiom…
Hebrews 4:11 NASB
“Therefore let us be diligent to enter that rest, so that no one will fall, through following the same example of disobedience.”
How does entering God’s rest, specifically, keep us from falling away from Him in disob…