I still remember the first purchase I made after becoming a Christian and buying a small, NKJV Pocket Bible with a snap flap—Vine’s Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words. I was beginning to hunger for God’s Word and wanted to take my Bible reading and studying a…
Pitfalls abound for both the poor and the rich. The poor can be tempted to see wealth as their deliverer, that only if they had more money their problems would simply vanish. On the other hand, the wealthy can look to their riches for security and comfort. They can trust…
Psalm 16 begins with a superscription that says “a miktam of David.” What’s that, you ask? Well, according to the ESV Archaeology Study Bible, a miktam possibly suggests “something carved into stone and thus indelible . . . a written testimony of the petitioner placed on display in the temple…
Have you ever considered the importance of rest in the biblical storyline? Hebrews, one of the most biblical books in the Bible, has a lot to say about it. Let’s look deeper into this theme with some help from the Reformed Expository Commentary series. The Sabbath Rest One of the…
We all know there are people God brings into our lives we would rather not help. There may even be occasions when helping them means taking risks. Risks that may seem pretty dangerous to us at times. One such occasion occurred in the early church when God called Ananias to…
Ever since the first untrue words were uttered in the garden by the serpent and his lies infiltrated that sacred space, the need to believe the truth became essential. This is all the more true since sin has affected our natural disposition. We are inclined to “suppress the truth” (Rom.…
If you’ve been wanting to dig a little deeper into the Bible but are intimidated by the dense and technical academic commentaries, then we have an excellent option for you—the Opening Up the Bible commentary series. This is a series designed for study, so you could consider it a bridge…
Have you ever wondered why God gave us five senses? Or have you ever wondered what life would be like without one of your senses? Which sense would you choose to live without if you had to choose one of them? Thankfully, we don’t have to make that choice when…
It is very easy in our day and age to find ourselves fascinated with anything new. It could be a new TV show, a new gadget, a new pet, or a new restaurant. With new things popping up everywhere, it is ever so easy to overlook or forget about the…
The Reformation Commentary on Scripture is a very unique commentary. The editors of this series have given us access into how the reformers understood the Scriptures. Comments are provided by numerous reformers with multiple comments for every passage of Scripture and often for every verse. Considering how challenging it would…