\\INTRODUCTION TO THE SONG OF SOLOMON\\ This book is entitled, in the Hebrew copies, Shir Hashirim, the Song of Songs. The Septuagint and Vulgate Lat...
OF THE MANIFESTATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE COVENANT OF GRACE. I AM now come to the dawn of grace to fallen man, to the breakings forth and appli...
OF THE NATURE OF A GOSPEL CHURCH, THE SEAT OF PUBLIC WORSHIP. THE word Church has various significations, which it may be proper to take notice of, ...
THE ETHICO-PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE. Sec. II. Absolute and inevitable death (Gen. ii. 17, iii. 3) was the penalty threatened upon transgression; death...
Satan [N] [E] [H] [S]The Hebrew word satan [f'f] means an adversary, one who resists. It is translated as Satan eighteen times in the Old Testament, ...
Motives Motives pose at least a twofold dilemma: (1) the status of a good deed done for the wrong reason or an evil deed done with good (or even witho...
Love [N] [E]God is love and has demonstrated that love in everything that he does. Paul compares faith, hope, and love, and concludes that the greates...
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...
Word [N](Heb. dabar [r'b'D]; Gk. logos [lovgo] and rhema [rJh'ma]). The theological meaning of word within Scripture spans a wide theological spectrum...
Overseer [N]The word overseer (Gk. episkopos [ejpivskopo]) is used a limited number of times in the New Testament, but it has significant implications...
Education in Bible Times Education is essential to the survival of any social group, since a community secures its continued existence and development...
Woman [T] [E]In an age of women's liberation, modern Bible readers have understandably scrutinized Scripture for its teachings on gender. Assessments ...
Chapter?5In this chapter we have the second edition of the ten commandments. I. The general intent of them; they were in the nature of a covenant betw...
Ethics The ancient world did not consider religion to be morally inspiring, creative, or corrective; the reputed behavior of gods and goddesses repell...
CORINTHIANS. CHAPTER X. Warnings Against Idolatry. SUMMARY.--Lights from Jewish History. Beware of a Fall. Will Not be Trials Greater than We Can ...
Chapter?1After the introduction (v.?1, v.?2) we have, I. Paul?s sincere love to Timothy (v.?3-5). II. Divers exhortations given to him (v.?6-14). III....
Chapter?149The foregoing psalm was a hymn of praise to the Creator; this is a hymn of praise to the Redeemer. It is a psalm of triumph in the God of I...
around about Multitudes surround God?s throne (1K. 1K. 22:19; Rev. Rev. 5:11+; Rev. 7:11+), but in concentric positions. Those closest to God appear ...
Idol, Idolatry The most prevalent form of idolatry in biblical times was the worship of images or idolsthat represented or were thought to embody vari...
Chapter?9Both the world and the church were now again reduced to a family, the family of Noah, of the affairs of which this chapter gives us an accoun...