Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
After the resurrection in John’s gospel, Jesus appears to the disciples and in John 20:22 he breathes on them and says, “Receive the Holy Spirit.” What is happening here? Is Jesus giving them the Holy Spirit by breathing on them?
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Bible verse
14 And increasingly believers in the Lord, large numbers of men (ἀνήρ, G435) and women, were being added to their number, (Acts 5:14, NASB20)
(Greek word study for anēr [ἀνήρ, G435])
The best Greek dictionaries define anēr (ἀ…
Matthew 13 and Revelation 14 contradict. Who are the grapes?
Matthew 13
The weeds/tares are gathered first and burned.
30 Let both grow together until the harvest, and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, “Gather the weeds first and b…
What does ἡ ζωὴ ἦν τὸ φῶς τῶν ἀνθρώπων mean in John 1:4?
John 1:4 (KJV);
In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
The best I can come up with is the knowledge of Jesus’ exemplary life shows us how to live.: τὸ φῶς τῶν ἀνθρώπ…
Joshua 4:8-9 read
8 So the Israelites did as Joshua commanded them. They took twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, according to the number of the tribes of the Israelites, as the Lord had told Joshua; and they carried them over wi…
And Jesus brought His plans into reality. They don’t quote a lot of scripture to support their claim.
Here’s the link
https://www.gotquestions.org/all-things-visible-and-invisible.html
This is the actual quote:
God the Father is the archi…
Matthew 24:36-44 (ESV):
36 “But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only. 37 For as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 38 For as in those days …
In Joshua 14:6 – 15, we read that, after 7 years of conquest, Joshua gave Hebron to Caleb as an inheritance. Up until verse 12, chapter 15 describes the rest of Judah’s allotment. Verses 13 – 19 turns back to the topic of Caleb’s inheritan…
Hebrews 11 list a number of people that Hebrews 12:1 calls a “great a cloud of witnesses”. Among them are the usual suspects: Noah, Abraham, Issac, Jacob, Joseph, and Moses. But there are also some lesser names, including Abel, Enoch, an…
To better understand this question. And why i feel this is a good, rational question, i will spend a little time below, copying and pasting everything i can find regarding the Sea peoples.
When one see’s how notorious historians are painti…
I am building on a previous question located here.
I am not satisfied with the answers to the question and want to ask specifically if the text describing the manner in which Enoch and Elijah went to heaven are actually different than how…
(Closely related Posting: Nature, tone, speakers & audiences of the Isaiah 8:5-10 bible passage )
This is just a theory. If you think about some ministries like Mark Virkler’s ministries ( https://www.cwgministries.org/ ) that encou…