Adam, the Second Christ is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation ( Col 1:15 ). Like the first Adam, he is the ruler of creat...
Church, the [T] Definition of the Church. The New Testament word for church is ekklesia [ejkklhsiva], which means the called out ones. In classical Gr...
Praise [N] [T]Praise, mostly of God, is a frequent theme in the psalms, the Hebrew title of which is Praises. Yet praise is a theme that pervades the ...
Sanctification [N] [T] [E]The generic meaning of sanctification is the state of proper functioning. To sanctify someone or something is to set that pe...
CHAPTER 1 - Of the Holy Scriptures1. The Holy Scripture is the only sufficient, certain, and infallible rule of all saving knowledge, faith, and obedi...
Up to this point, we have spent considerable time discussing background information in order to better prepare the reader for the verse-by-verse expo...
Family Life and Relations The Old Testament. In Western societies individuals are often considered the societal units, brought together by some common...
Galatians, Theology of More than any other book in the New Testament, including perhaps even Romans, Paul's letter to the Galatians has been the sourc...
Holy Spirit [N] Third person of the Trinity.Old Testament. Some have argued that Old Testament believers were saved and sanctified by the Spirit just ...
Jesus Christ, Name and Titles of In our culture names serve primarily to distinguish one person from another. In Bibletimes names had other significan...
Woman [T] [E]In an age of women's liberation, modern Bible readers have understandably scrutinized Scripture for its teachings on gender. Assessments ...