This is the second half of an article looking at various figures of speech employed in the Bible. I looked at five of the main…
All Christians should be aware of the overriding importance of rightly handling the Word of God. So much harm to the church and to individual…
On who? Hermeneutics is simply the practice or discipline of interpretation. Biblical hermeneutics – which is what I discuss here – is about the basic…
We live in pretty radical times, and so we need some pretty radical solutions for all that ails us. And many people think that our…
As soon as Adam and Eve disobeyed God, the excuse-making began. And it has been that way ever since. Sinners who love their sin will…
The fourth book of the Pentateuch is directly related to the books preceding it and following it. In Exodus God delivers the Israelites from Egyptian…
The third book of the Pentateuch is one often ignored and overlooked by Christians, but it is an important part of God’s revelation to us.…
OK, a few quick confessions: I know very little about American Bible teacher Beth Moore, and up till this point I have not had a…
The 66th and final book of the Bible is also the most mysterious and enigmatic of them all. Also called the Apocalypse, it has three…
As we come to the close of the New Testament we find these three short but important letters by John (authorship is disputed, but likely…
These three letters (along with John’s letters – see my next article in this series) form the penultimate portion of the New Testament, with only…
After the four gospels, the book of Acts, and the thirteen Pauline epistles, we come to the final nine books of the New Testament. The…
The three letters that we refer to as the Pastoral Epistles are 1 & 2 Timothy and Titus. That specific term has only been around…
Three more of Paul’s 13 epistles are covered here. Of interest, they give us what may well be the first and last of his writings.…
These two shorter epistles by Paul (four chapters each) are very important parts of the New Testament. They feature a number of important truths and…
As mentioned in this series, all up the Apostle Paul wrote 13 canonical letters, making up almost half of the New Testament. These are two…
Eerdmans, 2018. What a difference a generation makes. When it comes to buying new commentaries, some might ask: Why bother? Are not the older ones…
The two lengthy letters Paul wrote to the believers at Corinth are very important parts of our New Testament. Both letters were likely penned in…
The book of Romans is in many ways the magnum opus of the Apostle Paul. In its 16 chapters so many vital Christian truths and…
Eerdmans, 2018. The newest volume in the excellent Pillar New Testament Commentary series is another first-rate effort. The American New Testament professor has already done…