Footnotes(1 )Luke xi. 10.(2 )Prov. xvii. 28, lxx.(3 )Is. ii. 3, lxx.(4 )Phil. iii. 14.(5 )i.e., confessed or denied himself a Christian. The Benedicti...
Spirituality [N]Hebrew Spirituality. Hebrew spirituality is a life lived within the framework defined by God's saving Acts in his history with his peo...
ESSENISM AND CHRISTIANITY. IT has become a common practice with a certain class ofThetheory which Gxwriters to call Essenism to their aid in accounti...
Elder [N] [E] [S]In both the Old and New Testaments, the term elder indicates one of advanced age (Heb. zaqen [eqz]; Gk. presbyteros [presbuvtero]) wh...
Baptize, Baptism The Greek root-word baptizein [baptivzw] means to plunge, immerse, sink; hence to wash; to be immersed, overwhelmed (in trouble). Fro...
PHILIPPIANS. CHAPTER IV. Precepts for Christian Life. SUMMARY.--Personal Admonitions. Going to the Lord for Help. Setting the Mind on Noble Thin...
THE REVELATION OF JOHN. CHAPTER XXII. The New Jerusalem (Continued). Epilogue. SUMMARY.--The River of the Water of Life. The Tree of Life. The Div...
Predestination [N] [E]The Concept. Divine predestination means that God has a purpose that is determined long before it is brought to pass. It implies...
Homily LIX.Homily LIX. John ix. 34-36.-And they cast him out. And Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when He had found him, He said unto him,...
IV. ANGELS ?? The reaper* are angels . . . The Son of Man shall send forth His angels, and they shall gather out of His Kingdom all things that cause...
by Alfred Edersheim 1876 Chapter 1 Palestine Eighteen Centuries Ago Eighteen and a half centuries ago, and the land which now lies desolate? bare,...
THE REVELATION OF JOHN. CHAPTER XIX. The Marriage Supper of the Lamb. SUMMARY.--Rejoicing in Heaven. The Bride Preparing for the Bridegroom. The W...
Union with Christ [T]According to the New Testament, the religious experience of the earliest Christians was derived from and dependent upon Christ. C...
OF THE RESPECTIVE DUTIES OF HUS- BAND AND WIFE. I SHALL begin with the respective duties of a husband and wife, which are summed up in these two ge...
Psalms, Theology of The Book of Psalms is a sizable collection of musical poems and prayers of diverse authorship and form. Psalms are independent lit...
War, Holy War Despite the fact that many nations have used Scripture passages out of context to promote martial ventures, the Old Testament does not g...
TN considering this question three points will be taken in succession. I shall endeavour to show:? I. That the writer was intimately acquainted with...
Homily LXXIV.Homily LXXIV. John xiv. 8, 9.-Philip saith unto Him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us. Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so ...
Flood, the Terminology. The Genesis flood is denoted in the Old Testament by the technical Hebrew term mabbul [lWB;m] (etymology uncertain; perhaps fr...
Person, Personhood The biblical view of humanity is critical to our understanding of the Scriptures and God. Anthropology is an essential element of t...