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Holy Spirit in 1 and 2 Thessalonians

Jonathan Jenkins February 4, 2026

We have seen in previous essays how the spread of the prophetic powers into new fields of preaching was integral to the spread of the church. The Spirit’s powers were essential in Jerusalem, Samaria, with Cornelius, and to defend the work of Paul’s first missionary journey. Is it reasonable to think that the same emphasis about the work of the Holy Spirit would be missing from the first epistle written to one of the first apostolically planted churches among the Gentiles in Europe?

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The Extent of Prophecy in the Church

Our tendency in reading through Joel’s words is to emphasize the prophetic terms contained within them. However, to do so is to miss the point. The words that need our attention come before the mention of prophecy, dreams, and visions and are repeated afterwards as well. What makes Joel’s prophecy so amazing is that the promised prophetic abilities are guaranteed to “all flesh.”

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Jonathan Jenkins January 16, 2026

The Sanctification of the Holy Spirit

But what if Paul’s expression of “sanctification by the Spirit” was not a statement of one’s possession of salvation? What if instead of reading those words and seeing the statement that God through His Spirit sanctifies those who are saved, we read that God sanctified through His Spirit those He was going to save?

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Jonathan Jenkins December 6, 2021

Joel 2:28-32: The Promise of the Holy Spirit

The Bible’s doctrine about the work of the Holy Spirit with man begins in Genesis. It is described nearly one hundred times in the Old Testament. The Spirit’s work in the New Testament is built upon these sure, concrete, and easy to understand examples. The brightest and clearest of all of these examples is the “promise of the Holy Spirit” in Joel 2.

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Jonathan Jenkins January 15, 2026

Which Translation of the Bible Should I Use?

The Bible is the most popular book of all time. Publishers sell a lot of them every year. This simply means that it is not immune from the effects of a market-based economy. A new translation, or more commonly, a new edition or format of an existing translation can mean a boost in sales to a publisher.

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Jonathan Jenkins September 7, 2021

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This is a personal ministry of Eric Owens and Jonathan Jenkins. We started our web streaming efforts in about 2002. DBS has been through several phases for the years. When 2020 turned upside down on all of us, Eric and Jonathan thought that an ongoing series lessons focused on connecting God’s people to Him and each other would be encouraging in hard time. For 4 years we ran the nightly CONNECT online gospel meeting featuring over 200 gospel preachers. Most of those lessons are preserved in the video library on our site. We continue our 20 year history of livestreamed Bible studies today.

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