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What Have I With You?

What Have I With You?

I get a kick out of idioms! Idiomatic expressions spice up speech and literature. They can add levity to mundane subjects or technical works. Here are a few idioms to make you hunger for more: Food for thought A piece of cake Pie in the sky Egg on my f…

Asking in the Name of Jesus

Asking in the Name of Jesus

Pastor Shane Brown gives a Bible-based teaching about understanding the power of attorney believers have been given in the Name of Jesus. http://www.prayerfaithministry.com

Is Jesus giving the Holy Spirit in John 20:22?

Is Jesus giving the Holy Spirit in John 20:22?

After the resurrection in John’s gospel, Jesus appears to the disciples and in John 20:22 he breathes on them and says, “Receive the Holy Spirit.” What is happening here? Is Jesus giving them the Holy Spirit by breathing on them?

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Sadducees, Pharisees, and the Death of Jesus

Sadducees, Pharisees, and the Death of Jesus

Professor Israel Knohl is the Yehezkel Kaufmann Professor of Biblical studies at the Hebrew University and a senior fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem. He recently sat down with Dr. Yeshaya Gruber to talk about his new book Th…

Addressing someone as Ἐπιστάτα

Addressing someone as Ἐπιστάτα

In the New Testament the Greek word used for ‘Lord’ is often ‘kurios’ or ‘Kyrie’, a transliteration of Greek Κύριε (Kyrie), vocative case of Κύριος (Kyrios). I understand and believe the implications from the Septuagint is relating YHWH….