Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
Is Paul giving Christians license to omit Sabbath observance in Colossians 2:16-17 and Romans 14:5-8? Is this corroborated by Acts 15?
Below the passages:
Colossians 2:16-17
16 Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of foo…
There are persuasive arguments for the crucifixion not being on a Friday. I guess the Friday hypothesis is based on the reference to it being before a Sabbath, and not knowing some of the details of those arguments.
But that would imply t…
When Jacob flees from Laban, Rachel steals his household gods.
When Laban had gone to shear his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s
household gods.
Genesis 31:19 (NIV)
Jacob seems pretty serious about the household gods too.
But…
In June 2017 and May 2018, I had email exchanges with Prof. Larry W. Hurtado and Dean Craig C. Hill (two high-caliber NT scholars) about the second coming, the rapture and, more specifically, the saints in 1 and 2 Thess.
1 Thessalonians 3…
Isaiah 3:12 New American Standard Bible 1995
12 O My people! Their
oppressors [a]are children, And women rule over them. O My people!
Those who guide you lead you astray And confuse the direction of your
paths.
Isaiah 3:12
English Stand…
6And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD; for seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. 7On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall not do any ordinary work.
Leviticus 2…
Isaiah 34:14 in the Masoretic Text is the following:
גְשׁוּ צִיִּים אֶת-אִיִּים, וְשָׂעִיר עַל-רֵעֵהוּ יִקְרָא; אַךְ-שָׁם הִרְגִּיעָה לִּילִית, וּמָצְאָה לָהּ מָנוֹח
Here, לִּילִית is supposedly the only known mention of “lilith” in …
What are the most significant arguments for an early date of authorship of Daniel (6th century BC)? What are the primary arguments for a late date (2nd century BC)?
Most of the translations of Gen 4:7 read something like (LEB):
If you do well will I not accept you? But if you do not do well,
sin is crouching at the door. And its desire is for you,
but you must rule over it.
I also re…
1 John 3:8 King
He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning.
Romans 5:12
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin
Since the devil sinned before Adam and sin will bring d…
What is meant by “loose the loins of kings” in Isaiah 45:1?
Genesis 38:6-11 (NJPS):
Judah got a wife for Er his first-born; her name was Tamar. But Er, Judah’s first-born, was displeasing to the Lord, and the Lord took his life. Then Judah said to Onan, “Join with your brother’s wife and do you…