DOORKEEPER dor'-kep-er (sho`er): The gates of an oriental city and of the temple courts so closely resembled the door of a house that the same Hebrew...
After the Lamb has opened six of the seven seals, there is a pause in the action while the servants of God are sealed for protection from the judgment...
PSALM 31 OVERVIEW Title. To the Chief Musician -- a Psalm of David. The dedication to the chief musician proves that this song of mingled measures and...
Chapter?4An instance of the wisdom God granted to Solomon we had in the close of the foregoing chapter. In this we have an account of his wealth and p...
VI THE ATONEMENT We have reached the point of view from which we must regard the Atonement. Let us strip the doctrine of all materialistic implic...
Chapter?104It is very probable that this psalm was penned by the same hand, and at the same time, as the former; for as that ended this begins, with B...
Chapter?5How bravely Nehemiah, as a wise and faithful governor, stood upon his guard against the attacks of enemies abroad, we read in the foregoing c...
Chapter?25The law of this chapter concerns the lands and estates of the Israelites in Canaan, the occupying and transferring of which were to be under...
PRIESTS AND LEVITES (kohen, priest; nothing is definitely known as to the origin of the word; Lewi, Levite, on which see LEVI): I. DIFFERENT VIEWS OF...
Chapter?1The book begins with the history, not of Joshua?s life (many remarkable passages of that we had before in the books of Moses) but of his reig...
Chapter?15This chapter, which is mostly concerning sacrifice and offering, comes in between the story of two rebellions (one ch. 14, the other ch. 16)...
Chapter 10The prophet, in this chapter, is dealing, I. With the proud oppressors of his people at home, that abused their power, to pervert justice, w...
WISDOM wiz'-dum: 1. Linguistic 2. History 3. Religious Basis 4. Ideals 5. Teaching of Christ 6. Remainder of the New Testament (1) James (2) P...
Chapter?7This chapter continues and concludes Christ?s sermon on the mount, which is purely practical, directing us to order our conversation aright, ...
Chapter?5Two more of Elisha?s miracles are recorded in this chapter. I. The cleansing of Naaman, a Syrian, a stranger, from his leprosy, and there, 1....
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...
SALVATION sal-va'-shun: I. IN THE OLD TESTAMENT 1. General 2. Individualism 3. Faith 4. Moral Law 5. Sacrifices 6. Ritual Law II. INTERMEDIATE...