Recent Commentaries

This is a psalm of praise which anticipates the coming of the Lord to rule His people. Jesus fulfilled this anticipation when He came the first time to save His people from their sins (vv. 2-3) and He will fulfill it again when he comes to judge the world (vv. 8-9). The coming of …

Peter says we should not be surprised by trials that come our way (v. 12). Every Christian who lives a godly life will experience a certain amount of persecution. The world does not persecute “religious people” but it does persecute “righteous people.” The trial of a believer is like the …

The Bible is not simply a book of religious ideas or good moral advice; it is the very Word of God. It is “profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness” (II Timothy 3:16). Someone has said; doctrine tells us what is right, …

If you read Psalm 14 and compare it to this Psalm you will find a lot of similarities. Psalm 53 is a sermon that instructs us about a man in his rebellion and apostasy (vv. 1-3). We are living in a day of all types of corruption and immorality. It has been stated that every tenth …

God did not swear to Aaron that his priesthood would be forever. In fact God never suggested to Aaron or anyone else that priesthood would be anything but temporary. One generation of priests yielded to another generation because the priests would die (v. 23). However, in Christ …

Ezekiel worked for God right where he was, among the exiles in various colonies near the Chebar River in Babylon (v. 1). Jerusalem and its temple was over 500 miles away, but Ezekiel helped the people understand that although they were far from home they did not need to be …

Joshua is now called to fulfill the final part of his commission from the Lord, to divide up the land that God has given them so that each tribe can claim its inheritance and enjoy the gift from God. Chapter 13 introduces four ways that their credibility is going to be tested …

We don’t know a lot about the customs of the arrangements for marriage during this period. We do know that Ruth’s way of offering herself in marriage to Boaz followed the coaching of her mother-in-law (v. 1). Naomi explained to Ruth what she must do to show Boaz that she was …

Warren Wiersbe says that “a crisis does not make a person; it shows what a person is made of.” Hezekiah faced three crises during his reign as king. There was an international crisis, which was the invasion of the Assyrian army. There was a personal crisis, which was a sickness where he …

Unlike many of the spiritual gifts, love will never be outmoded, unnecessary, or eliminated (v. 8). Someday, every prophecy recorded in the Bible will be fulfilled, but love will remain relevant. Someday, the gift of tongues will no longer be necessary (perhaps because we will all once again …