Is it not singular that the story of four leprous men should be inserted in the Book of the Kings of Israel? No; not for the Bible. If you were to take out of the Scriptures all the stories that have to do with the poor and afflicted, what a small book the Bible would […]
In 2 Kings 6, Israel’s inveterate enemy, the king of Syria, had planned by wicked stealth to destroy them. But Elisha, God’s prophet, forewarned Israel’s king of the evil devices of his adversary so that the nation was delivered. Then Elisha seemed to retire into the obscurity of one of those many seasons of quiet […]
“But we do not want you to be uninformed, brethren…” These few words, recorded in 1 Thessalonians 4:13 ff, reveal the heart of the Apostle Paul for the believers at Thessalonica. As he began his discussion about Christ’s return, the resurrection of those who had died in Christ, and the rapture of the church, he […]
The day dawned wet and raw. I felt as limp as the gray flannel sky. I was leaving for meetings and didn’t feel either willing to leave home or prepared to go. And I felt I deserved to feel miserable, and to inflict it on those around me. Somehow I said my goodbyes and boarded […]
The epistle to the Hebrews differs in some important respects from all the other epistles of Paul, so much so that many have questioned whether it be the writing of Paul, of Apollos, of Barnabas, or someone else. Of this my mind has no doubt. I believe that Paul, and no other, was the author, […]
The Hebrew epistle is a journey into heaven to view the surpassing glories of the Son of God. The literary style of the book is lucid, logical, smooth, stately, and sublime. The customary introduction and salutation are absent. Like the Bible itself, Hebrews begins with God. It is characterized by frequent exhortations interspersing the arguments, […]
The heart-cry of many well meaning, hard-working believers today might be expressed in the words of the hymn: Where is the blessedness I knew, When first I saw the Lord? Where is the soul-refreshing view, Of Jesus in His Word? What peaceful hours I once enjoyed, How sweet their memory still, But they have left […]
In the first seven chapters of this letter the person of the Son of God displaces all else–the Man in the glory of God. In the next three chapters we are introduced to the place where He serves as our High Priest–the sanctuary of glory. In the last three chapters it is the path that […]
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good report. Through faith we understand that the worlds (lit. ages) were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear (Heb. […]