Elijah [N] [E] [H] [S]Old Testament. Elijah of Tishbe was a lone figure from the remote part of Gilead east of the Jordan. One of the better known ch...
Philippians, Theology of Paul's letter to the Philippians is not a treatise on theology. Rather, it is a personal letter dealing primarily with person...
FOURTH PERIOD. FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE KINGDOM UNTIL ITS DIVISION, THE PERIOD OF DAVID AND SOLOMON, OR THE RISING AND SETTING OF THE ROYAL GLORY....
King, Kingship The terms king and kingship are common biblical words, occurringover 2, 500 times in the Old Testament and 275 times in the New Testame...
Matthew 11:14 And if ye will receive it The words carry in them some suspicion of unbelief and hardness of heart, as though they would not receive it:...
Micah 6:5 O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, &c.] What a scheme he had laid; what contrivances he had formed; what consultat...
Heal, Health With characteristic realism the Bible accepts the prevalence in God's world of ill-health and affliction, although originally it had no p...
National unity was essential to the accomplishment of the Divine purpose in the chosen people. As Jehovah was the one God, so in all His appointments...
Backsliding [T]Condition that results from spiritual apathy or disregard for the things of God, whether on the part of an individual or a group bound ...
1 Corinthians 9:27 But I keep under my body The allusion is still to fighters, who, by cuffing and boxing, give their antagonists black and blue eyes,...
Anthropomorphism (Gk. anthropos [a[nqrwpo] [human] + morphe [morfhv] [form]). Assignment of human attributes to nonhuman things. Biblical anthropomorp...
Animals [N]God as Creator and Sustainer. Animals, like the rest of the uNIVerse, are created by God. In Genesis 1, God's approval of the created world...
ri^HE mission of Titus, which occupies so prominent a place in the Second Epistle to the Corinthians, has been the subject of much discussion with re...
JAMES. CHAPTER II. Faith and Works. SUMMARY.--Respect of Persons. The Royal Law. He Who Keeps the Law Must Offend in Nothing. Faith not a Livin...
Restore, Renew The Old and New Testaments use terms such as restore and renew to image God's control of history and the believer's spiritual life. Bot...
Eternal Life, Eternality, Everlasting Life The divinely bestowed gift of blessedness in God's presence that endures without end. This relates especial...
Acts 2:41 Then they that gladly received his word The Syriac version adds, and believed; what Peter said concerning repentance and baptism, and especi...
Remember, Remembrance To remember is a normal part of the activity of the human mind. When, however, God is the One who is remembered in prayer and ri...
MATTHEW. CHAPTER XVII. The Transfiguration. SUMMARY.--The Transfigured Lord. Moses and Elias. The Voice from the Cloud. The Lunatic Healed. The...
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...