Anatomy of the Psalms
The five so-called poetical books are not the only poetry in the Old Testament. There are stretches of unexcelled poetry in the writings of the prophets and mingled through the narrative sections of Scripture. In fact, the greatest amount of...
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A Closer Look at the Heavenly Hymnbook
From very early times the Jews arranged the canonical books of the Old Testament into three great groups, known as "the Law, the Prophets, and the Writings." The Psalms belonged to the last division and often gave to it its...
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The Shepherd Psalm
Psalm 23 is pitched on a high personal note. No less than seventeen times do "me," "my," "mine" and "I" appear. It is David speaking of himself in personal relation to God, as a sheep to a Shepherd. His words...
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The Fullness of God’s Forgiveness
There is a saying, "Men's evil deeds we write in brass; their virtues we write in water." All the world knows of David's adultery with Bathsheba. The unsparing honesty of God has set down in Holy Writ the whole painful...
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Daily Trust for Daily Need
There was a day not so long ago when correspondents of assemblies knew exactly what to do with letters from workers that even hinted at asking for money. With a practiced flick of the wrist, they sent such "begging letters"...
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Safe & Sure
Before you turn to the verse which I shall ask you very carefully to look at, which speaks of how a believer is to know that he has eternal life, let me quote it in the distorted way that man's...
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Full Assurance
How may I be sure that I have repented enough? Test yourself in this way. You once lived in sin and loved it. Do you now desire deliverance from it? You were once self-confident and trusting in your own fancied goodness....
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Is There Forgiveness?
Some years ago in a cartoon strip Charlie Brown commented after losing a ball game, "How could we lose when we were so sincere?" Maybe you have felt the same way. Deliberate Sins It may be that you have committed serious sin,...
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Did You Know you Can Know?
This first epistle of John was written to give the basis of a person knowing that they believed. But sometimes, due to misunderstanding the text, these verses have the opposite effect. Thus this commentary is so helpful to the doubting...
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