Pentecostal Theological Education in the Majority World

Pentecostal Theological Education in the Majority World

Dave Johnson and Rick Wadholm Jr. eds., Pentecostal Theological Education in the Majority World: The Graduate and Post-Graduate Level, Volume 1 (Baguio City, Philippines: Asia Pacific Theological Seminary Press, 2022), 213 pages, ISBN 9789718942994. The editors of this volume, Dave Johnson and Rick Wadholm Jr., are both Assemblies of God ministers. As the back cover […]

Stupidocrisy: Media Say Trump Prosecution Good for US :: By Bill Wilson

Stupidocrisy: Media Say Trump Prosecution Good for US :: By Bill Wilson

Many leading media outlets have written stories suggesting that democracies routinely prosecute their heads of state, and this is good for the democracy, they say. These stories are no less an attempt to shape America’s public opinion that prosecuting former president Trump is good for the country. America is a Constitutional Republic where the rule […]

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Exes and Eyes :: By C. Gray Adams

Exes and Eyes :: By C. Gray Adams

The exegete ‘ex-tracts’ from God’s Word what God intended the reader or hearer to receive. Said another way, the exegete examines the text to determine the point God is making. The eisegete ‘eyes (sees)’ into the text what they want or need it to say in order to prove their point. One does not have […]

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Sustaining the Weary with a Word

Sustaining the Weary with a Word

This isn’t a private message, but it is a deeply personal one. This morning, I opened my Bible to Isaiah 50:4-9, one of the passages assigned for this coming weekend in The Revised Common Lectionary. And God met me there. The first few lines of the pas…

Meaning of γυναικα in 1 Tim 3:11

Meaning of γυναικα in 1 Tim 3:11

I’m looking for commentaries/publications regarding use of word ‘γυναικα’ in 1 Tim 3:11.
I need commentaries, which would cover following concepts:

γυναικα – the wife [of a Deacon]
γυναικα – a woman [in general]
γυναικα – a woman [Deacon]…