Theology

John Calvin, in his Institutes, taught that men have a natural inclination that gives us knowledge of the divine. He also accepts original sin as the view that wisdom and other gifts God gave Adam were lost: “After the heavenly image in man was effaced, he not only was himself punished by a withdrawal of […]

Pentecostal theology teaches that the evidence of the possessing the Holy Spirit is tongues. They reason by induction from a few cases of tongues accompanying the Gift of the Spirit and infer that every believer who receives the Holy Spirit speaks in tongues. Does scripture support this view? No. It doesn’t. In order for scripture

Listen, my child, to the instruction from your father, and do not forsake the teaching from your mother. 9For they will be like an elegant garland on your head, and like pendants around your neck. The fascinating feature of Proverbs, in the first chapter, we are able to “listen in” on a conversation that a

Proverbs 1:1 (NET): The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel: Authorship: In verse one, we learn that the author of chapter one of Proverbs is King Solomon. This was David’s son who offered a pleasing sacrifice to God in 1 Kings 3:5-14. As a result, God appeared to Solomon in a dream