PART VII. ECCLESIOLOGY, OR THE DOCTRINE OF THE CHURCH. CHAPTER I. THE CONSTITUTION OF THE CHURCH, OR CHURCH POLITY. I. Definition Of The Church. ...
Chapter?22The Spirit of Christ, which was in the prophets, testifies in this psalm, as clearly and fully as any where in all the Old Testament, the su...
Chapter?45This psalm is an illustrious prophecy of Messiah the Prince: it is all over gospel, and points at him only, as a bridegroom espousing the ch...
Chapter?14Here is, I. The general method that was taken in dividing the land (v.?1-5). II. The demand Caleb made of Hebron, as his by promise, and the...
Providence of God The word providence comes from the Latin providentia (Gk. pronoia [provnoia]) and means essentially foresight or making provision be...
Eternal Life, Eternality, Everlasting Life The divinely bestowed gift of blessedness in God's presence that endures without end. This relates especial...
Colossians, Theology of Introduction. Although short in length and written to a church Paul did not plant, Colossians stands tall in highlighting the ...
PART IV. THE NATURE, DECREES, AND WORKS OF GOD. CHAPTER I. THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD. In contemplating the words and acts of God, as in contemplating ...
CHAPTER IV. THE WORKS OF GOD; OR THE EXECUTION OF THE DECREES. SECTION I.?CREATION. I. Definition Op Creation. By creation we mean that free act ...
Chapter?2There are two great ordinances which divine wisdom has instituted, the wretched profanation of both of which is complained of and sharply rep...
Chapter?12In this chapter the apostle, I. Considers the case of spiritual gifts, which were very plentifully poured out on the Corinthian church. He c...
Chapter?28The strain of this chapter is very unlike the rest of this book. Job forgets his sores, and all his sorrows, and talks like a philosopher or...
CHAPTER II. DOCTRINE OF THE TRINITY. In the nature of the one God there are three eternal distinctions which are represented to us under the figure ...
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...
CHAPTER IV. TRINITY IN UNITY. Athanasius: Contra Arianos; De Decretis Synodi Nicaenae (Oxford Library, Tr.). Augustine: De Trinitate; De Civitate, X...
WORKING OUT SALVATION Phil. 2:12, 18:?So then, my beloved, even as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence...
Chapter?103This psalm calls more for devotion than exposition; it is a most excellent psalm of praise, and of general use. The psalmist, I. Stirs up h...
Romans, Theology of While a study of Paul's theology in Romans may be undertaken without regard to the setting of the letter, it is more profitable to...
God [N] [T] [E] [S]The Old Testament. In the Old Testament the plural form elohim [yihl\a] became the favored generic term for God. This development i...
Chapter?102Some think that David penned this psalm at the time of Absalom?s rebellion; others that Daniel, Nehemiah, or some other prophet, penned it ...