Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
[See Part I] In the first part of this investigation we looked at the uses of pharmakeia, pharmakon, and pharmakos in the NT. The intent was and is to try to determine a more precise meaning for pharmakeia in our subject verse, Revelation 18:23: 18:21 …
Daniel and Jeremiah were two righteous prophets of God who were fatefully linked together regarding events that occurred before, during, and after the desolations of Jerusalem and the first temple. Jeremiah became a prophet in Jerusalem in 627 BC. Daniel was taken captive during the first invasion by Nebuchadnezzar and the Babylonians in 605 BC […]
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This talk continues from Part 4. This is the last one in this series. We live in troubled times when the very foundations of our faith are being shaken. So many qualified people have written and spoken on this subject that sometimes it feels like one is climbing on the backs of those who were […]
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The origin of the Hebrew language is shrouded in mystery. Jewish tradition as well as various Christian scholars throughout the ages believed that Hebrew was the original language of man. “When God created Adam, he spoke to him” (Genesis 2:16), indicating that God gave Adam a language and this language came from God himself. When […]
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In Part 1 of this teaching about the end times sign of nature as it relates to extreme weather, we learned from the Bible that God does indeed exhibit a pattern of using extreme weather to get a wayward people’s attention and call them back to a right relationship with Him. In Part 2, we […]
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In our culture, it’s become the proverbial fifth wheel of holidays. Really, we don’t even celebrate it anymore. It used to be that we would pause for much of the day—to feast, spend time with our families, and, yes, to watch football … but, most importantly, to worship and give thanks. But sadly, those days […]
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Part 1 can be found at this link. As the Roman church began to gain temporal power, it moved to assert itself over the other churches to bring them into its fold. Having to hold concords with other churches interfered with their primary objective, which was to obtain worldly power. This church needed to dispense […]
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Chapter 11: 8-12 8 “By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going. 9 By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac […]
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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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We will continue this three-part series on the Easter Message from a poem of mine. Today, we will look at the thoughts derived from the next 11 stanzas. The material in the poem comes from the following scriptures: Psalm 22 Psalm 69 Isaiah 52 and 53 The Gospel accounts of the betrayal night and the […]
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After the destruction of the Second Temple in approximately 586 BC, the religious leaders of Judah split into several groups, each with their own Torah text. The rabbis took the Proto-Masoretic text of the Torah, and the Samaritans took theirs, which was called the Samaritan Pentateuch. The Qumran community had assembled texts of different types […]
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