A man, steady in the way of his duty, though he may have many enemies, needs to fear none. Those that hate sin truly, hate it as sin, as a transgression of the law of God, and a breaking of his word. Our obedience is only pleasing to God, and pleasant to ourselves, when it ...
To confirm the young earth consensus of the time from the earliest Christians to just over a century ago (a span of about 1800 years), let’s look back at some of those, who wrote about it (I’ll link the work of Ben Kissling in the show notes): Irenaeus 165 AD – Earth is les...
Verse 1The renewing grace of God alone prepares the heart for every good work. This teaches us that we are not sufficient of ourselves to think or speak any thing wise and good.Verse 2. Ignorance, pride, and self-flattery render us partial judges respecting our own conduct.Verse 3. Roll...
The verb’s tense depicts a steady... Mk 6:49 a ghost. 6:49 a ghost. An apparition or imaginary creature. The Gr. term gives us the English “phantom.”... Mk 6:50 Be of good cheer! 6:50 Be...
About 90 per cent of Tyndale's work and a great part of Coverdale's, survive in the Authorized Version. The Geneva and Rhemes versions, in their different ways, brought a new accuracy to the translation. The Geneva provided pithy phrases, while Latinisms from Rhemes contributed to the ...
The same Spirit exercised His mysterious hidden influence on the writings of both Testaments, and made of the works of those who lived before Our Lord an active and steady preparation for the New Testament dispensation which He was to introduce, and of the works of those who wrote after Him...
My heart is ·steady[steadfast; ready], God; my heart is ·steady[steadfast; ready]. I will sing and ·praise[play a psalm for]you. GNV Mine heart is prepared, O God, mine heart is prepared; I will sing and give praise. GW ...
special training is needed for special work. Israel had come into Egypt to endure chastening and be made fit for national independence. But in Egypt Moses was a courtier, perhaps heir to the throne. That he may be chastened and fitted for his share of the work which God was about to acc...
Many years ago, when an offer came to become a vocalist on a secular network radio program, he turned it down. The possibility of a steady job, and big money in the entertainment business, may have been tempting in those Depression years, but Bev Shea’s sail was set, and he never tu...
The story’s third meaning is in its foreshadowing of the foot-washing, when Jesus, on the night before he died, knelt at the feet of his friends to perform the work of a servant, surrendering his power for love’s sake. The foot-washing marked the turning point from a paradigm of do...