by Dawson Jarrell | Nov 1, 2023 | Biblical studies, Hermeneutics, Spiritual Gifts
“Spirit of Prophecy” in Second Temple Literature “Spirit of prophecy” in Second Temple Literature is thought by many scholars to be in the background knowledge of New Testament pneumology. In the intertestamental literature the term “Spirit of prophecy” became a...
by Dawson Jarrell | Oct 21, 2023 | Biblical studies, Spiritual Gifts, Spiritual Growth
Getting Started in the Prophetic Be Prophetic like Haggai? Haggai is for the unsure and first timers. What do I mean? I mean Haggai has something to say to someone first beginning to walk in their prophetic gift. So let’s look at what encouragement he has to...
by Dawson Jarrell | Oct 2, 2023 | Biblical studies, Christian Living, Discipleship, Spiritual Growth
Demons, Sickness and the Idolatrous Practices The Jewish view of demonic and sickness began to be developed in the Second Temple period. They held ideas like, God permits human sickness and other disasters to occur. They also held that sometimes demons are involved,...
by Dawson Jarrell | Sep 10, 2023 | Biblical studies, Christian Living
Demons, Sickness and the Second Temple In the cultural waters of Jesus and Paul, people already had an idea of the demonic. In Hellenistic Greek, “daimonia” were semi-divine beings with powers of various sorts who could be either good or evil. Basically, the same...
by Dawson Jarrell | Sep 2, 2023 | Biblical studies, Devotional, Discipleship, Spiritual Growth
Old Pictures & Renewed Vision Years ago, in my grandfather’s living room, there were two little black-and-white pictures of him that my grandmother hung with pride. Both were true of him and were taken around the same time. One was him in his garden leaning on a...
by Dawson Jarrell | Jul 26, 2023 | Biblical studies, Hermeneutics
THE GARDEN OF EDEN WAS A TEMPLE? G.K. Beale, the name sounds like a superhero or a CEO media mogul, like Clark Kent or Josh Lewis. In reality, G.K. Beale is a biblical scholar, so he is neither rich nor has superpowers, but he is knowledgeable. Beale is known for his...
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