Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
(Note: There have been questions asking who the “kings of the earth,” this verse is referring to, mine is a separate question about Jesus’s relationship with these so-called kings).
Revelation 1:4-5 (NASB):
John to the seven churches …
143 J. David Pawson, The Normal Christian Birth: How to Give New Believers a Proper Start in Life (London, Sydney, Auckland, Toronto: Hodder &…
The Syriac of Luke 23:54 seems to affirm an interpretation of "Sabbath Dawning". In addition, the same word seems to be used 43 times in the Syriac New Testament to mean "Dawn".
So, Why is ἐπέφωσκεν, (Dawning) interpret…
Introduction
The accepted date of authorship by critical scholars for the visions in Daniel (7-12) is the second century BC (Maccabean revolt 167-3 BC). The reasoning goes that the predictions in chapter 11 regarding the Maccabean revolt a…
ἀποκαλυφθῆναι Is the aorist and would be translated as “was revealed”
Does μέλλουσαν (present tense) “is about to be” somehow change the aorist ἀποκαλυφθῆναι to the future tense?
Can someone explain how this aorist is translated as a futur…
1 Corinthians 15:5 NASB
5 and that He appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.
In all the narratives of four evangelists there seem to be no record of Christ meeting Cephas then the twelve after his resurrection,but that he met them t…
I see more and more journal articles on New Testament interpretation preferring to use the Louw-Nida Greek Lexicon that is based on "semantic domains". An example from the introductory essay of a 2016 book Paul and Gnosis edited…
The Greek word euanggelidzo is used 135x, while the word for pastoring is used only 15x (and only 4x does it apply to shepherding a church). Yet this word is most always translated as "preach" or "proclaim." Does this…
How are the terms Pentecostal, Charismatic and Hyper-Charismatic used to describe different religious movements? The typical use of Pentecostal on this site is in…
The gospels of Mark and Luke both portray John the Baptist’s ministry as being done "for the remission of sins":
John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of
repentance for the remission of sins. (Mark 1:4)
And …
KJV Revelation 16 : 16
And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
Revelation 16:16 ESV
And they assembled them at the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.
Revelation16:16 NIV
Then they gat…
Pneuma 28,1_f8_89-103II 3/16/06 4:21 PM Page 89 Pentecostal Theology, Volume 28, No. 1, Spring 2006 Fanning the Flames: How the Renewal Movement Has Shaped…