Let me share a few thoughts on the sub­ject of tongues. I am aware that this is very con­tro­ver­sial, but so be it. Here I give you a list of how these pas­sages are often interpreted:

Let us lay the foun­da­tion to the cor­rect under­stand­ing of the Scrip­tures. (more…)

Let me share a few thoughts on Peter’s vision of a great sheet descend­ing with all kinds of ani­mals in it. Did the vision meant the abro­ga­tion of the food laws as tra­di­tional Chris­t­ian the­olo­gians claim? Or per­haps the pas­sage was meant to com­mu­ni­cate a dif­fer­ent idea. (more…)

Through­out the his­tory of the Chris­t­ian church we have seen many doc­trines devel­oped. One only needs to go to a Chris­t­ian book­store or a bible col­lege library to find the diver­sity of inter­pre­ta­tions on bib­li­cal pas­sages. What is the rea­son for such a diver­sity of inter­pre­ta­tions? (more…)

How often has the above chap­ter been used as proof text that the law (par­tic­u­larly the food laws) is abro­gated? Does it really teach that keep­ing the laws of God isn’t nec­es­sary? Well, if these laws are abro­gated, then one can be faith­ful, while dis­obey­ing the food laws. But does this pas­sage really teach that these laws are abro­gated? We must con­duct a care­ful inves­ti­ga­tion to find out. (more…)

It depends who you ask

The term “Jew” is derived from either Judah or Judaea, I am not sure, but it doesn’t really mat­ter. What mat­ters is how it was used. In the first cen­tury it was used of those who belonged to the reli­gion of the covenant peo­ple. The race is referred to as Israelites, but the reli­gion was Jew­ish. Thus, Paul can argue that those who were of the faith of Abra­ham were true Jews. (more…)