It is good for us to try to understand how the first readers might have understood an Old Testament passage before going on to the New Testament understanding of that passage. Possible meaning when written At first, Psalm 110 may have been understood as a royal enthronement poem. When David had captured Jerusalem, it would have been natural to have
Psalm 109 is one of the more extreme imprecatory psalms. Rather than commenting on the words of the psalm itself, this article will deal with the reasons such psalms are included in our Bibles. We will then leave it to the reader to determine how the interpretive principles stated here apply to Psalm 109. Christians struggle to understand psalms that
An older brother, Grady McKnight, asked a young man who occasionally preached, “When will you bring us another sermon?” The young man replied, “When I have something original to say.” Brother McKnight replied, “If it is original then it is not biblical. The preacher is never to bring an original message, but only to preach the old message in a
We are still awaiting the proof copies of the next book. It seems that the brother who is bringing them took a side trip on his way here. He left Oklahoma over a week ago but is not expected to arrive in Eswatini for almost another week. So, we have not yet been able to see the books and approve
We have come to the last book of the Psalter. Throughout book five we seem to be dealing with later psalms — exilic and post-exilic. Only five of these forty-three psalms have a heading indicating a connection with David. The content and themes indicate a later period of history for most of the psalms in book five. It seems likely
Introduction Few passages in the New Testament have generated more discussion than James 2:14-26. Many approach the chapter assuming James is discussing the relationship between faith and works as though they were competing principles. However, a careful reading of the text reveals that James is addressing a different issue altogether. James is not contrasting faith and works. He is contrasting
Brethren, churches throughout the world are in desperate need of Godly elderships and the leadership they are designed to provide. When churches fail to encourage younger men to aspire to become an elder one day, those churches will find it very difficult to face Satan in the future. And over time their membership, without proper leadership, will likely scatter or
Trials come in every life You might be going through a trial right now Maybe, you are battling a serious illness It could be that your marriage is on the rocks You might have a rebellious child A recent loss of a loved one has rocked your world You recently lost your job and have financial struggles Trials come in
Revelation 3:7–13 Today, we are a small group of believers assembled in a dominion and former colony of what was the largest empire in the history of the world up to a hundred and twenty-six years ago. In 1920 the British Empire was 36 million square kilometres, seven times the size of the Roman Empire. Simultaneously today, we are a
We sometimes say of a Godly person that they are ‘Christ like’. While flattering, this might also be an apt description. But there is another term for godliness found elsewhere in scripture that may be a close second. It is, ‘a man after God’s own heart”. David had an amazing life but was a normal man. He was not both
It was the famous Canadian communication theorist Marshall McLuhan who once observed, “We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us.” McLuhan made that statement long before the invention of smartphones, social media, and streaming platforms, yet his insight seems remarkably relevant today. He understood that technology does more than simply deliver information. It shapes how we think, how
Many people are mentioned in the New Testament by name only, or with just with a few extra bits of information. Don’t we wish we knew more about them? Yet, for reasons all his own, God did not include anything more. Aristarchus of Thessalonica is one of them. While he’s not mentioned by name in either 1 or 2 Thessalonians,
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