Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
Song of Songs 6:9b-10 presents the women of the royal court catching sight of the new bride before the wedding, and being so impressed that they declare her praise and blessedness with the following words (verse 10):
מִי זֹאת הַנִּשְׁקָפָ…
PNEUMA 36 (2014) 246–264 Should Pentecostal Theology be Analytic Theology? Christopher A. Stephenson Lee University, Cleveland, Tennessee [email protected] Abstract As pentecostal theology develops, it…
According to 1 Corinthians 11:10 should a woman cover her head when she is praying or prophesying for the reason of signaling to the heavenly host that she is not exposed but is covered (protected) under a higher authority?
1 Corinthians …
In Romans 14:23 after looking at the Greek briefly I noticed "is" comes after sin, should Romans 14:23 read "sin is whatever not of faith?". Grammatically should it be that way or is "Whatever is not from faith is …
[Moses is meeting with The Lord God Almighty, the creator of all things! When God speaks, all that He says comes to pass; now…
And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance (Acts 2:4 KJV).
From a Greek Interlinear translation I see that the Greek word ‘glossa’, translated “tongues,” literall…
How should we understand λαμβάνω in John 5:34?
ἐγὼ δὲ οὐ παρὰ ἀνθρώπου τὴν μαρτυρίαν λαμβάνω, ἀλλὰ ταῦτα λέγω ἵνα ὑμεῖς σωθῆτε. (John 5:34, NA27)
While many more literal translations translate λαμβάνω as receive or accept:
Not that the…
I have come across a theological assertion that Philippians 2:6 should be understood thus:
Who, being in the form of a god, thought it not robbery to be
equal with a god …
What is the hermeneutical justification for adding or not addin…
The New World Translation, the official Bible version of the Watchtower/Jehovah’s Witnesses, translates John 1:1 into English as follows:
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was a god. NWT, 2013
T…
Ephesians 3:15: ἐξ οὗ πᾶσα πατριὰ ἐν οὐρανοῖς καὶ ἐπὶ γῆς ὀνομάζεται (NA 28)
from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named (ESV)
The ESV adds this footnote to the word family: Or from whom all fatherhood; the Greek word patria i…
To underscore the unique anointed ministry of Evangelists as one of the legitimate 5-fold ministries in Christianity alongside pastors, (Eph. 4:11) should the verb, "euangelidzo," be translated as evangelize," instead of the…
In chapter 24.1 of his authoritative book on the fourth century Arian Controversy – The Search for the Christian Doctrine of God – Bishop RPC Hanson discusses how the various parties in that controversy used the Bible to defend their posit…