Pentecostals and the AMPA receptors of the brain
The conversation began by highlighting the ongoing impact of long COVID, specifically focusing on individuals who continue to experience symptoms like brain fog long…
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Singing In My Soul Black Gospel Music In A Secular Age; The Holy Profane Religion In Black Popular Music
164 Book Reviews / Pneuma 29 (2007) 131-178 Jerma A. Jackson, Singing in My Soul: Black Gospel Music in a Secular Age (Chapel Hill,…
What are the "lower parts" in Ephesians 4:9?
Ephesians 4:9
SBLGNT:
τὸ δὲ Ἀνέβη τί ἐστιν εἰ μὴ ὅτι καὶ κατέβη εἰς τὰ κατώτερα μέρη τῆς γῆς;
KJV
(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
ESV
(In saying, “He …
What is the special relevance of Luke 5:39 in the context of the Parable of the Wineskins?
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…
Is the "root of Jesse" in the LXX, a reference to a divine Messiah?
Isaiah 11-12 is a messianic and eschatological prophecy. It begins by identifying the king.1
There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse,
and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit. (Isaiah 11:1 ESV)
ויצא חטר מגזע ישי ונצר מש…
AMEN. PRAISE THE LORD! Nakakalungkot isipin na: Mas pinipili pa…
AMEN. PRAISE THE LORD! Nakakalungkot isipin na: Mas pinipili pa ng tao na magsayaw sa harap ng just dance machine kaysa sumayaw ng may…
The Soul and ChatGPT
In the first lecture I give to students in my freshman writing class, I ask students to “consider the source” of their writing. I…
After The Thrill Is Gone Married To The Holy Spirit But Still Sleeping Alone
Pneuma 33 (2011) 237-253 After the Trill is Gone: Married to the Holy Spirit but Still Sleeping Alone Monique Moultrie Visiting Assistant Professor, Western…
By what logic is "in love" grouped with "speaking the truth" by commas? (Ephesians 4:15)
I understand that the ordering of words in Greek does not impact the meaning as much as it does in English. But given that ordering (and commas) does matter in English, consider the following two renderings.
Rather, speaking the truth in …
What is the best translation for the word "Diakrino" in Jude 1:22?
Jude 1:22
AKJV And of some have compassion, making a difference:
ASV:And on some have mercy, who are in doubt;
BBE And have pity on those who are in doubt;
BIB Καὶ (And) οὓς (those who) μὲν (indeed) ἐλεᾶτε (have mercy on), διακρινομένους (…
To which beginning is the word ‘beginning’ (arche) referring in the Gospel of John, outside of the prologue?
The standard reading of John 1:1
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the
Word was God."
is that the beginning – ἀρχῇ (archē) – refers to the old beginning, i.e., the beginning described in Genesis 1. …
"Be Perfect" (Mt. 5:48) – a stand-alone commandment, a summary of the Sermon on the Mount, or the conclusion of the teaching on loving one’s enemy?
Note: this is not the same question as those which seek the meaning of "Be Perfect" in itself. Here, the question is what "Be Perfect" refers to in the text.
In Matthew 5:48 Jesus teaches "Be perfect as your Heaven…