Psalm 112 joins Psalm 111 as a set complimenting one another in several ways. They match each other in length, stanza, even verse count. At many points, the stanzas align directly between the songs t…
Peter reiterates and summarizes the main exhortation themes of his epistle in this section. Those who took to heart this epistle would not have been shocked, disillusioned, or broken by persecution s…
Sound familiar? The circumstances recorded in Genesis 20 involving Abimelech, King of Gerar are virtually identical to the situation in Egypt when Abraham and Sarah encountered Pharaoh (12:10-20). Th…
Genesis 19:24-25 records in just three sentences, the destructive judgements of God executed upon the wicked societies of Sodom and Gomorrah. Nevertheless, this moment is referenced time and again th…
Amos was a shepherd, a herdsman, and a dresser of sycamore figs (7:14) before God called him to prophesy to the nation of Israel. Amos was an unlikely vessel to bring the oracles of God's judgement t…
Psalm 111 is one of 9 songs in a unique and distinguished subset called “acrostic psalms”. These poems in their original language are structured in a alphabetic sequence. Each new stanza begins with …
Elect exiles will endure as they live in light of absolutes and ultimates. The unchanging truths of the gospel serving to bring the Lord maximal glory will provide ballast stones in the hull of the b…
Ruth was not the only unlikely bride in the line of Christ. Our last message on Lot's legacy was titled: “A Bitter End?”. The answer by all immediate indications is a resounding yes, until you follow…
Let us note, first of all, the providence of God in placing Psalms 109 and 110 back to back in our Bibles. The prior song is a lament addressing the sufferings of the Messiah and his legal appeal thr…
It is easy to imagine how the life of an exile might be marked with frequent suffering.
The scriptures record the woeful plight of Israel in hardship of this sort on multiple occasions in multiple sc…
The scriptures are never shy when relaying the truth of sin and its consequences. As such, Lot's life appears as the anti-fairy tale... “they lived tragically ever after”. However, the Bible is uniqu…
The record of the trial of Sodom and the entire valley region continues in Genesis chapter 19. In this passage (1-25), two eye witnesses are sent from the Lord Himself. These angels arrive at Sodom t…
This is not the first time Abraham has experienced an extraordinary encounter with mysterious individuals who represent the power and presence of God. In Gen 14:17-24, a feast was shared in the prese…
Psalm 109 is the 2nd of a set of 3 Davidic Psalms in this portion of the Psalter. Each of the Psalms portrays decisive action in different ways. Victory in war (108), victory in court (109), and vict…
Psalm 108 is a selective composite written/compiled by King David drawing nearly word for word from portions of 2 other songs (Ps 57:7-11) and (Ps 60:5-12). Ps 57 is an individual lament, Ps 60 is a …
The book of Hebrews introduces us to Jesus in superlative terms. He is proclaimed in His redemptive majesty with reference to men and angels of significance throughout covenant history in the opening…
The apostle Paul explains to the early church that the experience of the people of God in their deliverance from Egypt was a kind of baptism. I Cor 10:1-5 expounds proclaiming that “ all were baptize…
Having examined how Christian convictions relate to our testimony interacting with the human institutions which make up any given social order, the apostle Peter extends his appeal for Christian cond…
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