Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
Luke 19:22 And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:
Evil (πονηρός, sc#4190) is used 76x’…
In Deutoronomy 13 there are two following passages:
“If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder, and the sign or the wonder comes true, concerning which he spoke to you, saying, ‘Let us go after …
I am building on a previous question located here.
I am not satisfied with the answers to the question and want to ask specifically if the text describing the manner in which Enoch and Elijah went to heaven are actually different than how…
Christ mythicists claim that Paul refers to James as a brother of the Lord only in the same sense that all Christians are (spiritual) brothers.
Here are the relevant passages (NRSV):
Galatians 1:19 Then after three years I did go up to Je…
444 Book Reviews Michael F. Bird, Jesus the Eternal Son: Answering Adoptionist Christology(Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdmans, 2017). xvi + 155 pp. $18.00 paperback. As…
Was the ministry of Jesus 3 1/2 years or 70 weeks?
"The Gospels record that exactly seventy weeks – four hundred and ninety days – transpired from the day that Yeshua was baptized in water until the day he fulfilled his initial missio…
1 John 4:2 (ESV):
2 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,
When I read this verse, my immediate impression is that of the incarnation: that Jesus already exist…
Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not. 1 Corinthians 15:15 KJV
Why do you people think it is unbelievable that God raises the dead? Of course, I myself was convinced that it was necessary to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus the Nazarene. Acts 26:8-9 New English Translation
Why did it see…
Mt. 6:34b "Each day has enough trouble of its own."
Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more. 2 Corinthians 5:16 KJV.
When could it have happened?
The date of the birth of Jesus is not stated in the gospels or in any historical sources and the evidence is too incomplete to allow for consistent dating.[1] However, most…