Recent Commentaries

In this passage of Scripture, Christ challenges Peter to leadership. The key issue is Peter’s love for the Lord Jesus and that should be a key matter with us today. It is interesting to note that Peter had denied his Lord three times, and now the Lord asks Peter three times, …

When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they asked Him an ethical question about the Law (vv. 34-35). They said, “Master which is the great commandment in the law” (v. 36)? This was not a new question for the scribes and Pharisees as they had been debating …

Last time, we read about rise of Alexander the Great. His early death resulted in his Kingdom being divided among four of his generals. Today’s passage is a continuation of that conflict we saw last time between the king of the North (Seleucus) and his descendants in Syria and the king …

Jeremiah says that in those days they even had trouble with rulers wasting money in an extravagant way on their own private homes (vv. 13,14). When the nation of Judah was bankrupt and deep in trouble, king Jehoiakim used his power to force unpaid Jewish slave labor to bu …

Paul portrayed his special affection for the Corinthians and his special role. To unify the church, he appealed to his relationship with them. By “father” he meant he was the church’s founder. Because he started the church, he could be trusted to have its best interests at heart. Paul’s tough …

Asa was the fifth king of the House of David and the third of the Kingdom of Judah. He was the son of Abijah, and great-grandson of Solomon. Azariah the son of Obed, a prophet of the Lord went to meet Asa and challenged him to remain true to the Lord so he could continue to enjoy the …

Throughout this book, God’s people have been stubborn and rebellious, and the Lord has chastened them for it. But in spite of their disobedience, the Lord has been faithful to care for them. Because of His judgment of the rebels at the tabernacle (16:31-35), and His miraculous de …

We, as the people of God, have been given a promise. We have a land awaiting us which we have yet to inherit. It is already ours, but for us to receive it, we like the Israelites need some instruction. The land I am talking about is not the blessed promised land of heaven but the …

This psalm confirms that God’s promises will be fulfilled no mater what the circumstances are. God had made specific promises to King David about his dynasty, promises regarding the sanctuary and mount Zion which would be blessed with food for the poor, salvation for the priests …

Azariah was a good king like his father but he too failed to remove the high places. He expanded Judah’s territories southward to Elath (2 Kings 14:22), eastward so that the Ammonites paid him tribute (2 Chron. 26:8) and westward by defeating the Philistines (2 Chron. 26:6, 7).& …