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“𝐈𝐬 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐚𝐲𝐬?” ( 𝐀 𝐁𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 ) 𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 The question of whether Sunday is holier than other days has been a recurring issue in Christian thought and practice. While many Christians gather for worship on Sunday and refer to it as the “Lord’s Day,” others argue that all days belong equally to God. This tension reflects a deeper theological issue: the relationship between the Old Testament law and the freedom of the gospel. In many traditions, including sections of Kerala Pentecostalism, Sunday has come to be treated not merely as a day of gathering but as a uniquely sacred day, sometimes carrying expectations and restrictions that distinguish it sharply from other days. This raises an important question: Does the New Testament support the idea that one day is holier than another, or does such thinking risk repeating the Galatian error of addi...

Galatian Christians vs. Kerala Pentecostals (A Theological Analysis of Gospel Distortion, Legalism, and Ecclesial Identity) 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 The Epistle to the Galatians presents one of the most intense and urgent theological confrontations in the New Testament. The crisis Paul addresses is not a rejection of Christ but a distortion of the gospel through the addition of the Mosaic Law. This distortion threatened the very foundation of Christian identity and salvation. Paul recognized that even a minor alteration to the gospel results in a fundamentally different system of living. His response is therefore direct, emotional, and uncompromising, because what is at stake is nothing less than the truth of the gospel itself. This paper argues that similar patterns can be observed in certain expressions of Kerala Pentecostalism. Practices that were originally intended as expressions of holiness—such as rejection of gold ornaments, emphasis on plain clothing, and visible simplicity—ha...

  𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐚𝐮𝐥 : 𝐁𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐎𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 One of the most debated questions in contemporary evangelical theology concerns the nature and scope of leadership roles open to women in the church. Can a woman preach the Word of God in the gathered assembly? Can she teach men in a public setting? Can she exercise pastoral authority over the congregation? At the center of this discussion stand two key Pauline texts: 1 Corinthians 14:34–35 and Galatians 3:28. While the latter affirms that in Christ there is “no male and female,” the former commands that women “keep silent in the churches.” The apparent tension between equality in Christ and order in worship has fueled extensive scholarly debate. A careful reading of Scripture, however, reveals not contradiction but coherence. When interpreted within their original literary, historical, and theological contexts, Pau...