Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
I marvel with gratitude at the wonderful opportunities that the Lord God has given me to learn from some exceptional teachers. My appreciation of this gift only grows as the years go by—and as I speak with other Christian leaders who, for one reason or another, never had such an opportunity. One of the men […]
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This is perhaps the most famous prophesy in popular culture:
This calls for wisdom: let the one who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and his number is 666.1
—Revelation 13:18 (…
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In John 10:8 we hear Jesus saying that all those who came before him were thieves. Of course, he was not referring to prophets like Isaiah or John the Baptist. But to whom was he referring to? Is it that there had been Jewish leaders who c…
Jeremiah 9:24 but let him who boasts boast in this, that he
understands and knows me, that I am the LORD who practices steadfast
love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I
delight, declares the LORD.”
W…
I remember the angst of my teenage years. The questions with no answers. “Why was I ever born?” “Why am I unlovable?” “Is there any purpose for my life?” The sad thing is, I was a Christian, but as I cried to my mother, her answers didn’t help. They were the truth, but I wanted […]
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[This is the second of a two-part repost in recognition of Holy Week. See part I.] In the conclusion here I shall more closely explore the three verses leading up to Pontius Pilate’s pithy phrase in John 19:22. Due to the rather technical nature of the…
Revelation 14:11 (ESV)
And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever, and they have no rest, day or night, these worshipers of the beast and its image, and whoever receives the mark of its name.”
In what sense do they have no …
So I was spending some time with the Hebrew under the Cain and Abel narrative in Genesis 4. I noticed a peculiarity in the Hebrew in God’s instructions to Cain after his offering was rejected. I think it may challenge the way that the th…
This question is prompted by a question in which "software piracy" and copyright issues come up. (See: What’s Christians take on pirating authors books, software, movies etc?)
Some suppose that the commandment refers to stealing …
1Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being
gathered together to him, we ask you, brothers,a 2not to be quickly
shaken in mind or alarmed, either by a spirit or a spoken word, or a
letter seeming to be from us, to th…
Watch and find out what this woman is doing. This is an exciting video that you won’t want to miss! #perrystone #mannafest #prophecy Perry…
Yeshaya Gruber, Nicholas Schaser, Ashely Lyon, and Tupa Guerra join forces to tackle the spiritual realm. What do we really know? You may be surprised to learn that the understanding about angels developed mostly during the Second Temple Perio…