Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
Jesus begins the parable of the sheep and the goats by saying it concerns His return in glory to set up His kingdom (Matthew 25:31)
All those on earth at that time will be brought before the Lord, and He will separate them “as a shepherd s…
In response to the query on why Jesus’ disciples did not fast like those of John the Baptist, Jesus tells the parable of New Wine in Old Wineskins in the Gospels viz. Matthew 9:14–17, Mark 2:21–22, and Luke 5:33–39.
Interestingly, Luke ad…
Can you explain the parable of the wineskin? what was Jesus trying to tell the disciples?
"Neither is new wine put into old wineskins. If it is, the skins burst and the wine is spilled and the skins are destroyed. But new wine is p…
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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The Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25:14-30) is nearly identical to the Parable of the Ten Minas (Luke 19:11-27).
One major change is that the values and quantities of the money is very different in each parable, as well as the number of …
Isaiah 6:9-13 to Mark 4:10-12 seem quite similar. One difference is that Mark 4:10-12 does specify (Mark 4:11) "outside" when referring to people who are Not Jesus Christ’s followers along with the twelve. However, Isaiah 6:9-1…
The Parable of the Ten Minas (Luke 19:11-27) is nearly identical to the Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25:14-30).
Perhaps the most surprising variation of the Ten Minas is that it references the ruling nobleman in a manner that evokes one…
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…
I have read Robbins and Witheringtons different understanding of socio-rhetorical criticism and have better understood Ben Witherington III’s method:
“socio-rhetorical criticism” is the study of ancient social history with a particular em…
According to Luke’s narrative the king called ten servants and gave each a pound.Yet when the king returns he only accounts for three servants and nothing is said about the other seven servants and their pounds. The margin of accumulated i…
Matthew 4:19 says: Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men!
And, indeed Peter becomes a good fisher of people once that, in Acts 2:41, it is written: "and about three thousand were added to their number that day."
I was…
It seems clear that in at least some parables there is an analogical correspondence between some character in the parable and Jesus. For instance, in the parable of the tenants in Luke 20, most would interpret the character of the son in r…