Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
1 Timothy 5:20 (ESV) reads
“As for those who persist in sin, rebuke them in the presence of all,
so that the rest may stand in fear.”
My readings leads me to believe that “all” represents an entire congregation and “…
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Among the Romans there were three gods which made up the entrance of a door – “Cardea (Hinge-goddess), called after hinges, and Forculus (Door-god) after doors, and Limentinus (Threshold-god) after the threshold, and Janus himself (Gate-god) after the gate” – Tertullian
Was there a Philistine, Canaanite, Summarian, or Ugaritic equivalent for the Roman Threshold-god, Limentinus, that could have been associated with or given a different significance to the passage of 1 Samuel 5:5?
1 Samuel 5:4-5
But the following morning when they rose, there was Dagon, fallen on his face on the ground before the ark of the Lord! His head and hands had been broken off and were lying on the threshold; only his body remained. That is why to this day neither the priests of Dagon nor any others who enter Dagon’s temple at Ashdod step on the threshold.<
What do you think is actually going on 1 Kings 22: 19-23. For me God has decided the king needs to die and asks…
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When Paul says “let us therefore celebrate the festival” does he refer to:
the feast of unleavened bread?
the feast of unleavened bread and the Passover?
the Passover?
the christian faith but with the purity presaged in the…