Chapter?28Orders being given for the fitting up of the place of worship, in this and the following chapter care is taken about the priests that were t...
LUKE. CHAPTER I. The Birth of John. SUMMARY.--Preface. The Announcement to Mary. The Visit of Mary to Elisabeth. The Prophecies of Mary and Elis...
PETER. CHAPTER II. The Temple of Living Stones. SUMMARY.--Desiring the Sincere Milk. The Living Stone. The Spiritual Temple. The Stone the Buil...
Chapter?12The apostle, having at large cleared and confirmed the prime fundamental doctrines of Christianity, comes in the next place to press the pri...
IT has already been said that the foundation of the supernatural was laid in the Resurrection of the Lord. Before this, humanity existed in two condi...
Corinthians, First and Second, Theology of Many modern interpreters believe that eschatology, the doctrine of the endtimes, is the center of the apost...
EPHESIANS, EPISTLE TO THE \Contents \I. AUTHENTICITY 1. External Evidence 2. Internal Evidence \II. PLACE AND DATE OF WRITING \III. DESTINATION 1. Ti...
Jesus Christ, Name and Titles of In our culture names serve primarily to distinguish one person from another. In Bibletimes names had other significan...
Thankfulness, Thanksgiving The Old Testament. Early in the Old Testament both the language and the concept of thanksgiving are conspicuous by their ab...
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...
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...
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...
Footnotes(1 )He came in with a slow and stately step; he spoke with a broken utterance, sometimes with a kind of disjointed sobs rather than words. He...
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?1In this epistle we have, I. The preface (v.?1-7). II. The substance and body of it (v.?8-21). And then the conclusion (v.?22to the end.) Vers...
Chapter?2The apostle here directs Titus about the faithful discharge of his own office generally (v.?1), and particularly as to several sorts of perso...
Gospel [N] [E]Glad tidings or good news, from Anglo-Saxon godspell.The Old Testament. Good news is proclaimed widely ( 1 Sam 31:9 ; Psalm 96:2-3 ; ...
Mercy [N] [T] [E]Mercy is a concept integral to an understanding of God's dealings with humankind. In English translations of the Bible, it comes to e...
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...
Chapter?68This is a most excellent psalm, but in many places the genuine sense is not easy to come at; for in this, as in some other scriptures, there...