Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
We know the basic lexical meaning of τίθημι, and we know ultimately Jesus referred to his sacrificial death on the cross. But, in Jesus’ figurative statements like this in John, they have an everyday life meaning for what Jesus used for t…
On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were
together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus
came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you!" John 20:19
Some translate, ‘sh…
On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the disciples
had gathered together […]
John 20:19 (NET)
Can we know from this chapter or verse whether only the elven apostles are present int the room, or other followers as well…
The Father creates so the Son also creates. (John 5:19)
Because the Father loves his Son so much, he always reveals to him everything that he is about to do. (John 5:20).
Did the Father determine creation and His son, Jesus brought His vis…
1 John 3:16 KJB
Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
Why does Mary Magdalene tell the John and Peter:
we do not know where they have laid him (see John 20:2)
if she and the other women were already told by the angels that Jesus had risen (see Luke 24:1-12)?
442 Book Reviews John Christopher Thomas and Frank D. Macchia,Revelation(Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdmans, 2016). 692 pp. $36.00 paperback. The biblical book of Revelation has…
In Kenneth E. Bailey’s book "Jesus through Middle Eastern Eyes" he challenges common renderings of the Parable of the Ten Minas in Luke 19 (also called the Parable of the Pounds):
"As Westerners one of our lenses [we percei…
Old Testament scholar Bernard M. Levenson says that to regard the Shema as an assertion of monotheism is "a view that is anachronistic. In the context of ancient Israelite religion, it served as a public proclamation of exclusive loya…
I was just reading a few stories pointing at medieval art that conceived of what was written in Aramaic on the cross and that Pilate had put the four words “Jesus the-nazorean, and-king of-the-jews”. There’s this claim that his formulation…
John 1:51
"And he said to him, ‘Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man’". ESV. My emphasis.
Genesis 28:12-13
"And he dreamed, and behold, …