Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
Matthew 5:36
Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
What is the connection between "thou canst not make one hair white or black" and "thou shalt not swear by thy head&quo…
Genesis 24:37 NASB
My master made me swear, saying, ‘You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I live; 38 but you shall go to my father’s house and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son…
What is the reasoning behind the prohibition from eating the lifeblood of an animal?
It isn’t until Moses that purposing of the blood for atonement is provided as some additional reasoning behind the prohibition:
For the life of the flesh…
“But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.” 1 Timothy 5:8 KJV
What is the connection between providing for one’s family and denying the faith?…
Why was Pilate’s statement, “What is truth?” (18:38) included in John’s Gospel?
In John 21:25 John wrote that Jesus did much more than what was
recorded in his Gospel. Thus, John was selective in what he included. John gives the purpose …
Why did Satan take everything Job had (his sons, daughters, and all his wealth) but spared his wife? In Job 1:12, 2:6 – the only thing Satan did not have permission to do was to take Job’s life.
In Daniel 10:2-3 ,12-14 (NIV) we read:
²At that time I, Daniel, mourned for three weeks. ³I ate no choice food; no meat or wine touched my lips; and I used no lotions at all until the three weeks were over.
¹²Then he continued, “Do not …
Genesis 48 records the death of Rachel:
But as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died beside me in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was but a little distance to go to Ephrath; and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath …
In Matt 28:19, Jesus commanded the apostles to baptize in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, but we see in Acts of the Apostles that they baptized in the name of Jesus only (Acts 2:38, 8:16, 19:5). Why did the …
Esau’s wife Aholibamah is said to be "the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite" (Gen 36:2). It is easy to fail to notice that a Zibeon is listed further down in the chapter as son of Seir the Horite (36:20), that An…
Matthew 3:16 (KJV) 16 And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
Mark 1:4 (KJV)
John did ba…
Exodus 4:24 At a lodging place on the way, the Lord met Moses and was about to kill him. 25But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son’s foreskin and touched Moses’ feet with it. “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me,” she said…