Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
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Caleb חלב means dog. How did Caleb know he was being called a human name, and not a dog (slur)?
Helev חלב means milk. How did H…
Judg 11 portrays the Israelites going around Edom and Moab:
17 Israel then sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Let us pass, we pray, through your land’; but the king of Edom would not listen. And they sent also to the king of Mo…
Malachi 2:16 NLT
"For I hate divorce!" says the Lord, the God of Israel. "It is as cruel as putting on a victim’s bloodstained coat," says the Lord Almighty. "So guard yourself; always remain loyal to your wife.&q…
Can you advise where to find transcriptions (i.e. pronunciation, e.g. dawar; I don’t mean transliteration – dābār) of the hebrew (OT) and greek (NT) texts?
When choosing a replacement for Judas, there are two candidates, and in Acts 1:26, we read (ESV):
And they cast lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
Was this like a vote, or was i…
What do you think Jesus meant by saying these words?
Is He saying that there are righteous people among the sinners? If so, then Paul theology that "everybody is a hopeless sinner" seems contradictory.
Acts 2:3 (YLT):
3 and there appeared to them divided tongues, as it were of fire; it sat also upon each one of them,
What does fire mean in this context? And how is the fire related to the divided tongues? How should we make sense of the…
Does God give the Abrahamic blessings,Genesis 12:1-3 in varying measures to Christians?
If so, what makes them vary? Is it because of varying degrees of hardships encountered, because the greater your destiny, the greater your hardships?
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Isaiah 40:1-2 (KJV)
1 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. 2 Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD’s hand…
who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man’s table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores.
(Luke 16:21, ESV)
Some see the dogs as further insult to Lazarus.
Some see the dogs a sympathetic to Lazarus. Dogs likin…
Mathew 3:10 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
What was John referring to as the root of the trees? It seems to be a sin…
We hear Jesus educating the Sadducee who came to him with a cleverly made up query on life after life and on the prospective marital status of souls in heaven in Mk 12:24-25 (KJV) :
And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore …