Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
Paul had fled Jerusalem and gone to Tarsus (Acts 9:28-30). Later (Acts 11:22-26):
News of this [Jews and Gentiles following Jesus in Antioch] reached the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch. When he arrived and saw what…
I’m not a biblical scholar so please don’t be too hard on me.
I understand that twice Abraham presented his wife Sara as his sister. First in Egypt and later after Sodom and Gomorrah.
I am not sure that God recognized ancient Egypt as evil…
Why do you people think it is unbelievable that God raises the dead? Of course, I myself was convinced that it was necessary to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus the Nazarene. Acts 26:8-9 New English Translation
Why did it see…
We read in Tehillim 2:12 [MT],
"Yearn for Purity, lest He be angry and your-way will perish when suddenly His-wrath will kindle. Happy [are] all who take refuge in-Him" (נַשְּׁקוּ בַ֡ר פֶּן יֶאֱנַ֚ף וְתֹ֬אבְדוּ דֶ֗רֶךְ כִּֽי יִבְ…
152 Book Reviews / Pneuma 32 (2010) 123-175 Paul Alexander, Signs and Wonders: Why Pentecostalism Is the World’s Fastest Growing Faith (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass,…
In Matthew 6:13, The Lord’s Prayer reaches its end with the famous:
and deliver us from evil (or from the evil one)
I’m not here to ask which translation is right, I just want to understand what are the reasons behind the choice from evi…
Given the similarities between the two accounts (feeding the 4000 vs the 5000), it seems that these are two variants of the same event.
What are the scholarly opinions about this?
I was reading Genesis 33 and noticed extra dots (i.e. not part of the niqqud that I understand) above the letters of “and he kissed him” in verse 4 (picture from archive.org’s Biblia Hebraica):
and he fell on his neck and kissed him, and…
And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly. John 13:27 KJV
Why couldn’t it be slow?
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…
While reading Psalm 68 this morning, I came across this verse which uses the name "JAH":
Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him. (KJV Psalm 68:4)
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You all said murders, child molester, and thiefs are born that way but are not accepted in society. To make a point that me being born gay doesnt give validty that my sexuality should be condoned. Okay well than how does me being born gay …