Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
There is a curious law in Leviticus that seems to refer to avoiding an ancient pagan rite.
Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard. (Leviticus 19:27)
Mathew Henry says:
Those that worship…
The etymology of church cannot be traced to the Greek word, ekklesia. Christians persist on using a unscriptural word to justify their religious tradition of associating people to a physical structure. We all know this… why do we allow it?…
In Genesis 6:20 we read that God told Noah to keep three categories of animals
Flying creatures
Animals
Creeping things
What confuses me is the word בְּהֵמָה translated as "animals." Lexicon says that it is usually in reference…
I’ve been operating under the assumption that Moses was the author the book of Genesis (or at least the recorder of a bunch of oral traditions).
This document suggests a different view. http://www.biblicalstudies.org.uk/article_pentateuc…
Another question of semantics – was the cock’s crow which Jesus prophesied Peter would hear before he betrayed Him thrice, the crow of a rooster or a trumpet blast which happened every 3 hours, or so.
It reads in Luke 10:2 (parallel is Matt 9:37-38):
Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.
I’ve en…
Jeremiah 29:11 – "For I know the plans I have for you" declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future"
I have had chronic neck and back pain for 30+ years.
My spine has…
Are there any Universal Rules for transliterating instead of translating used by translation committees? Or is this practice left up to individual committees, and their traditions, seminary emphasis, denomination make-up, etc.?
We are not…
Matthew 7:7 “Ask, and it will be given you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened. 9 …
On who is the wrath of God being poured out on? Aren’t the wicked harvested in revelation 14?
Rev 16:1 – Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the
seven angels, “Go, pour out on the earth the seven bowls of God’s
wrath.”
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For study reasons, I would like to find a concordance for the Deuterocanonical books + the Book of Enoch. Ideally, the concordance should contain the original Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic text with an a dictionary. It should look something li…
Based on reading just the Leviticus accounts, I conclude, surprisingly, that it was the blood of the burnt offering animals that provided atonement for the priests and people of Israel (16:24), and that, actually, the blood that was applie…