Body [N]Old Testament. The doctrine of creation sets forth the essential corporeality of human existence. When God created Adam and Eve, he provided t...
PSALM 84 Psalms 84:1-12 . The writer describes the desirableness of God's worship and prays for a restoration to its privileges. 1. amiable--...
Blameless The Old Testament. The concept of blamelessness carries with it two different, yet not dissimilar ideas. The first refers to sacrificial ani...
Worship [N] [E]If Christianity is the transformation of rebels into worshipers of God, then it is imperative for the Christian to know and understand ...
Psalms 1:1 Blessed [is] the man This psalm begins in like manner as Christ's sermon on the mount, ( Matthew 5:3 ) ; setting forth the praises and expr...
Music [T] [E] [S]Teachers of 1?Chronicles 15:22 ; 1 Chronicles 25:7 1 Chronicles 25:8 ; 2?Chronicles 23:13 Physical effect of, on man 1 Samuel ...
SERMON CI. PREACHED AT LINCOLN'S INN. Psalm xxxviii. 3. There is no soundness in my flesh, because of thine anger, neither is there any rest in my...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 4. O let the nations be glad and sing for joy, or, they shall joy and triumph. When men know God's way and see his salvation, it brin...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 6. I call to remembrance my song in the night. At other times his spirit had a song for the darkest hour, but now he could only recal...
Friend, Friendship Most of the Old Testament words translated friend, friendship, or be friendly come from two Hebrew roots, rh and hb. The most com...
Heaven, Heavens, Heavenlies Heaven is the created reality beyond earth. The heavens and the earth ( Gen 1:1 ) circumscribe the entire creation, or wha...
Chapter?34This psalm was penned upon a particular occasion, as appears by the title, and yet there is little in it peculiar to that occasion, but that...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 4. Sing unto God, sing praises to his name. To time and tune, with order and care, celebrate the character and deeds of God, the God ...
Hell [N] [T] [E] [S]Place of God's final retributive punishment. Scripture progressively develops this destiny of the wicked: the Old Testament outli...
Prayer [N] [T] [E] [S]An examination of the Old and New Testaments and of the early Church Fathers reveals certain minimal beliefs or assumptions that...
Jesus Christ, Name and Titles of In our culture names serve primarily to distinguish one person from another. In Bibletimes names had other significan...
Forgiveness [N]Terminology. There are several Hebrew terms equivalent to the English to forgive, as defined below. The three most common are verbs (u...
?EXPOSITION Verse 7. He shall not be afraid of evil tidings. He shall have no dread that evil tidings will come, and he shall not be alarmed when they...
CHARITY char'-i-ti (agape): 1. A New Word 2. A New Ideal 3. An Apostolic Term 4. Latin Equivalents 5. English Translation 6. Inward Motive...
THE NINTH BOOK. AUGUSTINE DETERMINES TO DEVOTE HIS LIFE TO GOD, AND TO ABANDON HIS PROFESSION OF RHETORIC, quietly HOWEVER ? RETIRES TO THE COUNTRY T...