Latin American Pentecostals Their Potential For Ecumenical Dialogue
85 Latin American Pentecostals: Their Potential for Ecumenical Dialogue Everett A. Wilson* Latin American Pentecostalism, despite its rapid growth, remains on the margins of…
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Question concerning those who "wash their robes" in Revelation 7
In Rev. 7:9-14, it is written,
9 After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could count, from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in whi…
Was Matthew trying to make a connection between Elisha and Jesus after the deaths of their respective precursors?
Background
When Elijah died, Elisha succeeded Elijah and performed a miracle to cross the Jordan river, and the people watching said he had Elijah’s spirit as Kings 2:15 (NIV) says:
The company of the prophets from Jericho, who were watch…
Why did the disciples lay their coats on the colt during the triumphal entry while others laid theirs on the ground? And other related questions
In the synoptic gospels, all of the accounts depict Jesus riding into Jerusalem on the back of the colt of a donkey. They make a note that the disciples placed their coats on the donkey (and Matthew’s account even says they laid their coat…
One sure way for a parent to alienate their children…
One sure way for a parent to alienate their children is to attempt to use them for their advancement. We regularly see Hollywood parents…
Do the New Testament "sin no more" and "your sins are forgiven" have likely Hebrew models that restrict their interpretation?
The Egerton papyrus has a version of Jesus’s healing of the leper that adds further information at the beginning and end:
Egerton 1 recto (35)
And behold, a leper came, saying, “Rabbi
Jesus, I traveled with lepers and ate with them at the…
What does "atoned" mean in "Yet he, being compassionate, atoned for their iniquity". Psalm 78:38?
Psalm 78:38
"Yet he, being compassionate, atoned for their iniquity and did not destroy them; he restrained his anger often and did not stir up all his wrath." ESV. My emphasis.
Being compassionate was the reason for God’s aton…
Mark 14:57-59: Are the false witnesses some of Jesus disciples, and did he foresee and forestall the efficacy of their testimony?
The false witnesses seem to be privy to the incident occurring earlier in Mark 13:1-2:
1 As Jesus was leaving the temple, one of His disciples said to Him,
“Teacher, look at the magnificent stones and buildings!”
2 “Do you see all these g…
1212: They Will Have Their Reward
Sermon given by Win Worley in 1987. © WRW Publications. Pastor Worley’s books, booklets, CDs/DVDs available at https://wrwpublications.com.
Does everyone in hell has their own worm?
Mark 9:48 KJV Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. Mark 9:48 ESV ‘where their worm does not die…
Eviscerating History: Conspiracy Theories and their Consequences
What’s been tickling your ears? Christian historian William De Arteaga argues that conspiracy theories undermine factual history and he offers practical advice to avoid falsehoods and grow in the truth. But I tell you that for every careless word that people speak, they will give an account of it on the Day of Judgment. – Matthew 12:36 (NASB) But what […]
What significance does ‘God’s law’ have in Romans 8:7,if any, with regards to those who set their mind, on the things of the Spirit?
The passage starts off with drawing a distinction between the law
“For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.”
Romans 8:2 ESV
And it appears the law, through Christ, if…