Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
In some translations, the second half of the verse is placed outside the quotation mark, while in other translations it is included inside the quotation mark.
For example:
English Standard Version
it was granted her to clothe herself wit…
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 …
New International Version, Ruth 4:
3 Then he said to the guardian-redeemer, “Naomi, who has come back from Moab, is selling the piece of land that belonged to our relative Elimelek.
New King James Version:
Then he said to the close rela…
John 10:8 says
All who have come before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep have not listened to them.
My question is: Who are the ones mentioned in this passage that have come before Jesus and are thieves and robbers?
I can identi…
In June 2017 and May 2018, I had email exchanges with Prof. Larry W. Hurtado and Dean Craig C. Hill (two high-caliber NT scholars) about the second coming, the rapture and, more specifically, the saints in 1 and 2 Thess.
1 Thessalonians 3…
"…made man a little lower than the Elohim." Who is he referring to when he says ‘man’ and who is he referring to when he says ‘Elohim’?
Could this verse be speaking about two completely different races i.e. Neolithic peoples co…
The seven spirits of God are actually associated with the seven lamps of fire and later in John’s revelation, to the Lamb’s seven horns and seven eyes, see Rev, 5:6. We would appear to be talking about spiritual angels here, as opposed to …
There is a curious law in Leviticus that seems to refer to avoiding an ancient pagan rite.
Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard. (Leviticus 19:27)
Mathew Henry says:
Those that worship…
On who is the wrath of God being poured out on? Aren’t the wicked harvested in revelation 14?
Rev 16:1 – Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the
seven angels, “Go, pour out on the earth the seven bowls of God’s
wrath.”
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We face today, as anyone aware of things going on in our nation and the world knows, a future that would be bleak indeed if not for the promises of Bible prophecy. But our God does not want us to be ignorant of the future—not a future of gloom and doom, but of wonder and […]
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I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had…
For a large part of John 8, Jesus is having a discussion with the Jews about who his Father is and who their Father is.
John 8:54 Authorized KJV
Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; …