Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
Dr. Eli Lizorkin-Eyzenberg is the Professor of Ancient Cultures at Israel Bible Center. Use this link to register for Dr. Lizorkin-Eyzenberg’s course The Jewish Gospel of John.Sign up for Israel Bible Center’s certificate program in Jewish Con…
After the resurrection in John’s gospel, Jesus appears to the disciples and in John 20:22 he breathes on them and says, “Receive the Holy Spirit.” What is happening here? Is Jesus giving them the Holy Spirit by breathing on them?
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Wesley’s journal entry for May 17, 1740 – “I found more and more undeniable proofs, that the Christian state is a continual warfare; and…
Who are the intended recipients of the fourth gospel (John)?
For example, is it for:
The Jewish community who had questions about the identity of Jesus?
The Gentiles who need to know the relationship between Jesus and God?
A good answer …
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In John 10:8 we hear Jesus saying that all those who came before him were thieves. Of course, he was not referring to prophets like Isaiah or John the Baptist. But to whom was he referring to? Is it that there had been Jewish leaders who c…
Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.
John 8:32
I’ve read that the truth is sin which allows for freedom (does this mean we shouldn’t be free?), another explanation is the power we possess and how we can run into…
[This is the second of a two-part repost in recognition of Holy Week. See part I.] In the conclusion here I shall more closely explore the three verses leading up to Pontius Pilate’s pithy phrase in John 19:22. Due to the rather technical nature of the…
Some stories in Wesley’s journals will catch you a bit off guard if you’re not familiar with just how intense the Methodist revival was….
In this article Hebrew scholar Michael Heiser makes the claim that the term μονογενής (monogenēs) in John 3:16 means “unique” rather than “only-begotten.” However, he does not provide citations, referring to “Scholars of Greek.”
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If you want to start at the beginning with an introduction to Israelite Creation in Context, click HEREThere are a wide variety of articles you can find about Creation, Exodus, Plagues, and Numbers HEREA short collection are as follows:https:/…
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…
While at least two people didn’t die, Jesus spoke of only the Son of man ascending into heaven. Jesus next said the Son of man would need to be lifted up.
John 3:13-14 (KJV)
(Jesus said) “And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but …