Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
A recent answer to an old question of mine said that Deuteronomy 31:2 showed what is called ‘the integral age of the prophets’. I had never heard of this before, so all I can do is give the link, and then the answer posted on 6/1/23 by Joh…
Isaiah 14:12-15 KJV
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! 13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my …
In Matthew 5:19, Jesus states that anyone who relaxes (ESV) even the least of the commandments in the Law and teaches others to do the same would be called least in the kingdom of heaven. But then in several instances, with regard to the S…
I began this series this past March, in which I set out to look back at how we have responded to the events of 2020. I am not going to focus on the medical or political aspects of the pandemic or the shutdowns. Rather, I am concentrating on local church ministry—zeroing in on how this […]
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PNEUMA_f6a_60-80 2/27/06 17:11 Page 60 Pentecostal Theology, Volume 26, No. 1, Spring 2004 Gordon Fee and the Challenge to Pentecostal Hermeneutics: Thirty Years Later…
Besides there being a general consensus of opinion (see Biblehub.com/commentaries on Dan, 8:14, 8:26) that Daniel in his vision is previewing Antiochus Epiphanes’ persecution of the Jews, in the 2nd Cent. BC, which reportedly lasted 2300 d…
Can somebody explain the time gap between Numbers 25, which goes into detail about how the Moabite/Midianite coalition enticed the Israelites into sinning, resulting in about 24,000 deaths and concluding with God’s call to avenge them, and…
In the tenth chapter of 1 Enoch, in verse 17 (or 23 in some manuscripts), following the sentence on Semyaza and the other fallen angels who procreated the nephilim, God says that:
11 To Michael likewise the Lord said, Go and announce his c…
Are you and your ministry prepared for the next crisis that will inevitably flow from these “perilous times” in which we live, “in the last days” (2 Tim. 3:1)? SermonAudio is preparing—which will allow all of its broadcasters to be better suited for the next cultural calamity, whatever that may be. The company is building […]
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There are those who suggest that chapter 16 is a later addition to an originally shorter epistle to the Romans.
It strikes me that arguments against the originality of Romans 16 based upon what we do/don’t know about the individuals mentio…
And we stand by this truth to be SELF-evident Word has spread widely about a prophecy that William Seymour allegedly gave regarding such a…
Cybersecurity is a subject about which I know almost nothing and would certainly never give advice. Yet this is an issue that affects all of us—in our communications, finances, and now, especially, ministries. So, along with many other people, I am dependent upon the expertise, advice, and assistance of those who really live within this […]
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