Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
At our wedding, we played Louis Armstrong’s famous song, What a Wonderful World. That song would later become pretty problematic for me because of some poorly formed theology, some of which you may be familiar with. The world is bad and evil, as are al…
Jeremiah 50:2 ASV
Declare ye among the nations and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is put to shame, Merodach is dismayed; her images are put to shame, her idols are dismayed.
After giving Jesus’s genealogy in the first chapter, Matthew goes on to point out the number of generations between significant events:
Thus there were fourteen generations in all from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile…
Common Christian doctrine is that salvation is granted by God’s grace through faith/believe in Jesus.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
John 3:16
…
I have heard that the Greek word aiōnios is more literally translated “age-long”, the adjective form of aiōn meaning “age”. Aiōnios is translated as “eternal” in most bibles. I’m thinking specifically of Matthew 25:46. Were there any ot…
Revelation 6:14 (KJV)
14 “And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together;
and every mountain and island were moved out of their places”.
The language is symbolic and does not literally refer to the Heavens,and every…
A possible example of prophecy referring to past events can be Joel’s four waves of locusts, unless Joel lived even before the deportation of Israel, which is not entirely consistent with the rest of his book.
There is also the need for re…
What is the difference between exegesis and hermeneutics? Are they the same, is there overlap, or does one pick up where the other leaves off?
Pentecostal Than Missions What Jose Miguez contribution to theological, 283 is More It Claims Bonino Studies, is a very important It is an honor…
I was reading through Exodus the other day and thought that the translation of Exodus 26:26-27 was odd.
OSB:
“You shall make bars of incorruptible wood: five for the posts on one side of the tabernacle, five bars for the posts on the …
Isaiah 9:6
For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." NKJV. My emphasis.
A. …