Pentecost means "fifty" and designates the fiftieth day after Passover. Pentecost relates to the Old Testament Feast of Weeks. Deut. 16:9-10 reads, "You shall count seven weeks for yourself; you shall begin to count seven weeks from the time you begin to put the...
Speaking in tongues is the New Testament phenomena where a person speaks in a language that is unknown to him. This language is either the language of angels or other earthly languages (1 Cor. 13:1). It occurred in Acts 2 at Pentecost and also in the Corinthian...
The OT saints were saved the same way the New Testament saints were/are saved, by faith. For what does the Scripture say? "And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness." 4Now to the one who works, his wage is not reckoned as a favor, but as...
It was the custom of the Jews to come together on the Sabbath, which is Saturday, cease work, and worship God. Jesus went to the synagogue on Saturday to teach (Matt. 12:9, John 18:20) as did the apostle Paul (Acts 17:2; 18:4). So, if in the Old Testament we are...
Has the Christian Church failed? Christianity is supposed to be the representative of Jesus who taught love, forgiveness, sacrifice, unity, and humility. Though that may be true to a large extent, Christians have demonstrated an amazing ability to overlook many...