“Your Word is truth.” (John 17:17)
Commentary on different portions of the Scripture, for understanding and edification, not, hopefully, mere knowledge.
“I am Your servant;
Give me understanding,
That I may know Your testimonies.”
(Psalm 119:125)
"You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.’ But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment.” The people had been taught that the commandment...
“You are the light of the world.” Hearing on that day such wonderful words, full of life and hope, spoken with great authority and love, the disciples and the gathered crowd must have begun to think that this teaching was so new, so different from all they had known,...
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” Jesus’ teaching on the mountain was not about how to be saved from the penalty of sin, but about the sort of people who would be His disciples and about how they were to live. It would be some...
Imagine yourself living at a time when a fever could be a death sentence, when life was short and hard, and people suffered without hope. Then Imagine hearing of a man who freely healed all who came to Him of whatever diseases and torments they had, and who, with just...
The apostle Paul’s writing is characterised by reasoned argument. Let’s follow his reasoning in the first few verses of Colossians 3
On Romans 1:5 What does it mean to be a Christian? Are we saved by faith or by obedience? What does the Bible mean when it says that we will be judged by our works at the end? The letter to the Romans opens with the following words: ‘Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus,...
This year, our church family has been listening to God speak through the book of Romans, a letter by the apostle Paul, in the Bible. As a result, I've been attempting to commit the entire letter to memory and so far have gotten the first six chapters down pat. Last...
"The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament shows His handiwork." (Psalm 19:1) Paul could well have used the beginning of David's psalm in his letter to the Romans. "Since the creation of the world", he wrote, "His invisible attributes are clearly seen,...
"The queen of the South will rise up in the judgement with the men of this generation and condemn them, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and indeed a greater than Solomon is here. The men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgement...