Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
Paul has some very strong words against the Galatians implying that they are returning to their former state:
Formerly, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to those that by nature are not gods. But now that you have come to kn…
Within the field of hermeneutics there is an established principle "Scripture interprets Scripture", which is used by some as a key rule for interpretation.
What does this rule mean, and where does it fit into a larger picture of…
Why does the Bible say that Abraham sacrificed his “only-begotten son” (Heb. 11:17, Gen. 22:2) despite the fact that Isaac had a step-brother Ishmael who was 14 years older than Isaac and was in fact the first-born son of Abraham?
I had once heard that one of the remarkable thing about the creation account in Genesis, as compared to the other creation accounts of the cultures of the surrounding area is that God creates the universe out of nothing, or ‘ex nihilio’; w…
Revelation 14:11 (ESV)
And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever, and they have no rest, day or night, these worshipers of the beast and its image, and whoever receives the mark of its name.”
In what sense do they have no …
Three days ago I got into an argument with my Atheist friend, who said that God orders that infants be dashed to pieces and that every women with child shall be ripped open, does God order this to happen as punishment or is this a prophecy…
The phrase “Stupid is as stupid does” became famous in 1994 with a movie called Forrest Gump. (Note: I do not like the word “stupid.” It sounds unchristian, but readers will understand it better than “A reprobate mind is as a reprobate mind does.”) Most Bible prophecy teachers are aware that the World Health Organization […]
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In John 3:5, Jesus tells Nicodemus that to enter the kingdom one must be “born of water and the Spirit”. How is this phrase understood? Is it a single construct (i.e. one birth of both water and Spirit)? Or are two births in view (one of w…
Your word is a lamp to my feet
and a light to my path. (ESV)
has similar wording to John 1:1,4.
In the beginning was the Word… In him was life, and the life was the light of men. (ESV)
Is there any connection? The traditional in…
John 6:44 says:
No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. (ESV)
While John 14:6 says:
No one comes to the Father except through me (ESV)
Comparing these two verses, brings to my mind the egg/chicken paradox: Which …
In the tenth chapter of 1 Enoch, in verse 17 (or 23 in some manuscripts), following the sentence on Semyaza and the other fallen angels who procreated the nephilim, God says that:
11 To Michael likewise the Lord said, Go and announce his c…
1 Chronicles 22: 8
But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.
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