Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
In the New Testament the city of Babylon is mentioned a few times. Notably in the book of Revelation:
6Then I saw another angel flying in midair, and he had the
eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth—to every
nat…
Was the official (βασιλικὸς) in John 4:46 Roman or Jewish?
So he came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And at Capernaum there was an official whose son was ill. (Jn 4:46, ESV)
In Acts 5:3-4, Peter says:
"Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the price of the land for yourself? While it remained, was it not your own? And after it was sold, was it not in you…
Pentecostal Theology, Volume 25, No. 1, Spring 2003 In the Economy of the Divine: A Response to James K. A. Smith Graham Ward I…
Ezekiel portrays the siege & destruction of Jerusalem for forty years
Ezekiel 4:1-6 NIV
4 “Now, son of man, take a block of clay, put it in front of you and draw the city of Jerusalem on it. 2 Then lay siege to it: Erect siege wor…
Jesus walked on the Water, Mark 6:
51 And he got into the boat with them, and the wind ceased. And they were utterly astounded, 52 for they did not understand about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.
What exactly were the discip…
In Jeremiah 34:14, we read that a Hebrew slave which has served six years must be let go at the end of the seventh year:
Jer 34:14:
מִקֵּץ שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים תְּֽשַׁלְּחוּ אִישׁ אֶת־אָחִיו הָעִבְרִי אֲשֶֽׁר־יִמָּכֵר לְךָ וַעֲבָֽדְךָ שֵׁשׁ שָׁ…
124 Book Reviews Ellen Lewin,Filled with the Spirit: Sexuality, Gender, and Radical Inclusivity in a Black Pentecostal Church Coalition(Chicago,IL: University of Chicago Press, 2018)….
On many occasions when one died he was said to be buried in his father’s sepulchre:
KJV Judges 8:32
And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
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We are initial told that when God created humankind he made him in his image and likeness.
Genesis 1:26 ESV
Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over th…
I’m meditating on Psalm 36. In v. 10 the psalmist asks for God’s unfailing love and righteousness for the godly. But I can’t figure out in what sense the psalmist is asking for the righteousness of God. Is he doing it in the same sense as …
I am not ashamed of the Gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation for everyone who believes: first for the…