CHAPTER 1 PART I--PROLOGUE OR HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION IN PROSE--(Job 1:1-2:13') Job 1:1-5 . THE HOLINESS OF JOB, HIS WEALTH, &c. 1. Uz--nor...
\\INTRODUCTION TO LAMENTATIONS\\ This book very properly follows the prophecy of Jeremiah, not only because wrote by him, but because of the subject ...
BAND The English word has two generic meanings, each shading off into several specific meanings: (1) that which holds together, binds or encircles: ...
Evil [N]As a prerequisite for any discussion of evil, moral evil must be distinguished from physical or natural evil. This essay uses the term moral e...
CHAPTER 2 Acts 2:1-13 . DESCENT OF THE SPIRIT--THE DISCIPLES SPEAK WITH TONGUES--AMAZEMENT OF THE MULTITUDE. 1-4. when the day of Pentecost w...
?EXPOSITION Verse 24. This is the day which the LORD hath made. A new era has commenced. The day of David's enthronement was the beginning of better t...
?EXPOSITION Verse 90. Thy faithfulness is unto all generations. This is an additional glory: God is not affected by the lapse of ages; he is not only ...
CHAPTER 1 Solomon 1:1-17 . CANTICLE I.--(Solomon 1:2-2:7')--THE BRIDE SEARCHING FOR AND FINDING THE KING. 1. The song of songs--The most exce...
Ethics The ancient world did not consider religion to be morally inspiring, creative, or corrective; the reputed behavior of gods and goddesses repell...
BIBLE, THE, IV CANONICITY $ IV. Literary Growth and Origin--Canonicity.$ Thus far the books of the Old Testament and New Testament have been taken si...
Compiled by C. H. SpurgeonI am persuaded that the use of a good Catechism in all our families will be a great safeguard against the increasing errors ...
GOOD good (Tobh, Tubh, yaTabh; agathos, agathon, kalos, kalon): In English good is used in various senses, most of which are represented in the Bible...
HEAD hed (ro'-sh, Aramaic re'sh, and in special sense gulgoleth, literally, skull, cut-off head (1?Chronicles 10:10), whence Golgotha (Matthew 27:33; ...
CHAPTER 50 Isaiah 50:1-11 . THE JUDGMENTS ON ISRAEL WERE PROVOKED BY THEIR CRIMES, YET THEY ARE NOT FINALLY CAST OFF BY GOD. 1. Where .?.?. m...
CHAPTER 55 Isaiah 55:1-13 . THE CALL OF THE GENTILE WORLD TO FAITH THE RESULT OF GOD'S GRACE TO THE JEWS FIRST. 1. every one--After the speci...
CHAPTER 9 Jeremiah 9:1-26 . JEREMIAH'S LAMENTATION FOR THE JEWS' SINS AND CONSEQUENT PUNISHMENT. 1. This verse is more fitly joined to the la...
CHAPTER 5 Isaiah 5:1-30 . PARABLE OF JEHOVAH'S VINEYARD. A new prophecy; entire in itself. Probably delivered about the same time as the sec...
Proverbs, Theology of Proverb's theology consists of five aspects: (1) God has immutably structured both the cosmos and society; (2) God has revealed ...
Church [E] [S](Hebrew: qahal, edah; Greek: ekklesia)(The people of God; the collective body of believers. (Also, CONGREGATION, ASSEMBLY, THE BODY OF C...
Suffering [N]The experience of physical pain and/or mental distress. The words and phrases in the Bible expressing this concept are too numerous to li...