Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
When Jeroboam leaves Jerusalem he met the prophet Ahijah:
And at that time, when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him on the road. Now Ahijah had dressed himself in a new garment, and the two of th…
With respect to the below scripture, why is it difficult for rich people to enter the Kingdom of Heaven?
Matthew 19:23-24 (ESV)
23 And Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly, I say to you, only with difficulty will a rich person enter the ki…
Since, in both of these accounts of what I will call "The Great Earthquake", there will no longer be any mountains, and also, all islands will be completely gone — Are these accounts of the same earthquake?
Revelation 16:18-20 (…
In Amos 4:11
I overthrew some of you as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. You were
like a burning stick snatched from the fire, yet you have not returned
to me,” declares the LORD.
It seems that Amos is describing here a natural d…
4 And his sons visiting one another prepared a banquet every day,
taking with them also their three sisters to eat and drink with them.
5 And when the days of the banquet were completed, Job sent and
purified them, having risen up in the …
I’m attempting to work with two different sources of Hebrew data that may have parsed the Hebrew using a programmatic algorithm, and, in comparing the two sources, I came across an issue concerning Strong’s number H5980.
It appears to be a…
I’m hesitant to speak in absolute terms about this, but perhaps it can be generally agreed upon that in many cases where we see Χριστὸς we tend not to see κυριος as a relational lexicon to describe the godhead. Rather, it virtually always …
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.