Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
The food of John the Baptist was locust and wild honey.
“And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.” (Matthew 3:4, KJV 1900)
Is there any herb or…
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. Matthew 10:28 KJV
and
Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and su…
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: …
— Matthew 6:13
Many people interpret this as a request for protection from external forces, some translations even saying "from the evil one".
But would it correct to…
During a recent Bible study, we had a brief discussion about the meaning of Matthew 20:27-28. I read that in biblical times a servant was someone who voluntarily chose to serve another and slaves did not have a choice but were forced to se…
A Strange sidenote in the Gospel of Matthew documents resurrected "Saints" visible to "Many" in Jerusalem :
Matthew 27:52-53 [KJV]
[52] “And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the Saints which slept arose,”
[5…
In the Bible there was mention of Jesus cursing the Fig Tree (as in Matthew 21:19)!
I do not know why I even thought of this!
But I have a feeling that somewhere in Revelation’s, Enoch or Ezra I saw the line as follows:-
"When the tim…
If Matthew believed Jesus is God and was the ‘word’ and existed before the world was created, why does he have a genealogy for Jesus in Matt 1?
Matt 11:28 – 28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Matt…
Matthew 13:33; Luke 13:20-21. What does this mean?
Matthew 13:33 (KJV): Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
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(NET) Matt 5:19 So anyone who breaks one of the least of these commands
and teaches others to do so will be called least in the kingdom of
heaven, but whoever obeys them and teaches others to do so will be
called great in the king…
286 Book Reviews Miroslav Volf and Matthew Croasmun,For the Life of the World: Theology That Makes a Difference(Grand Rapids,MI: Brazos Press, 2019). 196 pp….
There only seem to be three options I’ve heard or seem possible:
Adultery (Post-marriage)
Fornication (Pre-marriage)
He knew the child was born of the Holy Spirit and want to remove himself from the relationship because he though he was u…
Matthew 13:55-56a (ESV)
Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? And are not all his sisters with us?
SBLGNT
οὐχ οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ τοῦ τέκτονος υἱ…