Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
We read the usual genealogies in Genesis 36, of Esau’s family and Seir the Horite’s, and then some of the names are repeated as “duke” or “chief” (depending on the translation) so-and-so. What was a “duke,” then?
John 5:7 (KJV)
“For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.”
1 John 5:7 (NIV)
For there are three that testify:
1 John 5:7 (ESV)
For there a…
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In Exodus 32:24 Aaron says to Moses:
So I told them, ‘Whoever has any gold jewelry, take it off.’ Then they gave me the gold, and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf!”
it seems reasonable that this is a lie because later it …
Irrespective of whether one believes in Gap theory or not we see that the word Bara and asa is used several times in Genesis interchangeably. What confuses me is how are we to understand the actual meaning of the word in the text. Eg. in G…
Wikipedia summarizes a traditional “Biblical Theology” approach to interpreting the Bible as follows:
Biblical theology seeks to understand the progressive unfolding of God’s special revelation throughout history… Biblical theology i…
This is my paper on #AnneMoody that I presented at the 2023
meeting of the Mississippi Historical Society. It’s an overview of our efforts
to promote her legacy. I’m happy to report that the entire paper is now available for your review.
#ComingOfAgei…
This is my paper on #AnneMoody that I presented at the 2023
meeting of the Mississippi Historical Society. It’s an overview of our efforts
to promote her legacy. I’m happy to report that the entire paper is now available for your review.
#ComingOfAgei…
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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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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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…
For study reasons, I would like to find a concordance for the Deuterocanonical books + the Book of Enoch. Ideally, the concordance should contain the original Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic text with an a dictionary. It should look something li…